Ria Berg is Director of the

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, also known as The Finnish Institute in

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. The Finnish Institute is an academic institution that supports research in the

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, particularly in relation to

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and

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. Berg is a Professor of Archaeology. She specialises in Pompeii, material domestic space and objects, Roman mirrors, and gender archaeology.

Education

Berg received her PhD from the

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in 2010. Her doctoral thesis was entitled, Il mundus muliebris ''nelle fonti latine e nei contesti pompeiani''.

Career

Berg was appointed as Director of the Institutum Romanum Finlandiae in August 2021. She was previously assistant (2001-5) and then deputy director (2012-16) of the Institute.

Bibliography

* ''Tangible Religion. Materiality of Domestic Cult Practices from Antiquity to Early Modern Era'', ed. by Ria Berg, Antonella Coralini, and Anu Kaisa Koponen (Quasar, 2021)

References

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