Incoming Member
Jessica Laura Lamont
Funding provided by the Herodotus Fund
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of study
Classics, Ancient History, Religion, Magic, Medicine
Website
Jessica Lamont's research focuses on Ancient Greek social history, religion, magic, and medicine. Her projects at IAS include a study of magic inscriptions from Roman Greece (Corinth), in addition to healing practices and medical pluralism in Classical Greece.
Visits
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Spring
Degrees
The Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D.
2016
Honors
2026-27
Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Publication Fellowship
2025-26
Association Internationale d’Épigraphie Grecque et Latine: Géza Alföldy Research Grant, Early Career Scholars (<40 yrs)
2024-25
Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS), First Book Award
2024-25
James R. Wiseman Book Award, Archaeological Institute of America
2022-23
Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington DC, Residential Fellowship
2022 August
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Berlin, Residential Research Fellowship
2020-21
Homer & Dorothy Thompson Lecturer, Archaeological Institute of America, National Lecturer
2019
Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship in Greek Studies, Phi Beta Kappa Society
2018-19
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
2012-13; 2011-12
American School of Classical Studies at Athens: Eugene Vanderpool/Michael Jameson Fellowships
2012-13
Alexander Onassis Foundation, International Foreigners’ Fellowship
Appointments
Yale University
Associate Professor of Classics and History