Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Heidi Kovanen (PhD in Archaeology, University of Helsinki) is an archaeologist specialising in the architecture of death and burial. Her research focuses on developing new perspectives and sustainable discussion in the Humanities, with a special focus on questions of sex and gender.
Since 2013, Heidi has worked especially in the Mediterranean region - Greece and Italy - with a strong focus on Classical antiquity and the Middle Ages. Her doctoral dissertation (2023) is one of the few works that acknowledges nonbinary identities in the Iron Age Southern Levant, and the single most comprehensive work written about Iron Age human remains in this region.
Education/Academic qualification
MA | Art History, University of Helsinki
Aug 2022 → Dec 2023
PhD | Archaeology, University of Helsinki
Sep 2018 → Jun 2023
MA | Archaeology, University of Helsinki
Feb 2014 → Feb 2017
BA | Archaeology, University of Helsinki
Aug 2011 → Feb 2014
Fields of Science
- 615 History and Archaeology
- Classical Archaeology
- Near Eastern Archaeology
- Gender Studies
- Death and Burial
- 211 Architecture
- 5143 Social and cultural anthropology
- 6132 Visual arts and design
Publications
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Beyond Ideals: Bioarchaeological Sex and Gender in the Iron Age Burials of the Southern Levant (ca. 1200–500 BCE)
Kovanen, H., 30 May 2023, Helsinki: University of Helsinki. 353 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis › Monograph
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Twisting Time: Agency in Léo Caillard’s ‘Neoclassical’ Art
Kovanen, H., Dec 2023, 56 p.Research output: Thesis › Master's thesis
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Review of Stephanie Lynn Budin, Megan Cifarelli, Agnés Garcia-Ventura & Adelina Millet Albà (eds), Gender and Methodology in the Ancient Near East: Approaches from Assyriology and Beyond
Kovanen, H., 1 Mar 2019, In: Studia Orientalia Electronica. 2019, 7, p. 120-122Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review (scientific)
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The Sociability of Death? Roman Burial Architecture and Social Space on the Necropoli di Porto of Isola Sacra
Kovanen, H., May 2018, 32 p.Research output: Other contribution
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Vieraana Kastelholman Linnassa/ Visiting Kastelholm Castle: Access-analyysi linnan tilankäytöstä 1300-luvulta 1600-luvulle/ Access Analysis from the 14th to the 17th Century
Kovanen, H., 2017, 129 p.Research output: Thesis › Master's thesis
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Team 3: Material Culture and Community Heritage
Lahelma, A., Bonnie, R., Lorenzon, M., Holmqvist-Sipilä, E., Kouki, P., Miettunen, P. H., Kovanen, H., Thomas, S., Saari, S., Smith, S. L., Kautonen, S. K., Kailamäki, U., Holappa, M., Cutillas Victoria, B., Gheorghiade, P. & Reinikainen, S. J. J.
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research project
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ANEE: Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires
Silverman, J. M., Svärd, S., Lahelma, A., Nikki, N., Töyräänvuori, J., Jokiranta, J., Laine, L., Kletter, R., Bonnie, R., Thomas, S., Holmqvist-Sipilä, E., Kouki, P., Wasmuth, M., Wallis, C., Lorenzon, M., Jauhiainen, H., Jauhiainen, T., Alstola, T., Bach, J., Fink, S., Konstantopoulos, G., Zaia, S., Sahala, A., Miettunen, P. H., Avneri Meir, R., Aissaoui, A. I., Arpe, O. P., Luukko, M. I., Kovanen, H., Linden, K., Bennett, E. R., Saari, S., Vanderstraeten, E., Autere, K., Debourse, C. H. I., Kailamäki, U., Kautonen, S. K., Spunaugle, A., Tambs, L., Jones, C. W., Wijnsma, U. Z., Valk, J., Gheorghiade, P., Autere, K., Uotila, R., Reinikainen, S. J. J., Cutillas Victoria, B., Holappa, M., Kletter, R., Smith, S. L. & Pfoh, E.
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research project
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Doctoral Thesis: Tracing Gender Identities in the Ancient Near East
01/09/2018 → 22/11/2022
Project: Research project
Activities
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ANEE Annual Meeting 2023 (Hyytiälä, Finland)
Heidi Kovanen (Speaker: Presenter)
22 Aug 2023 → 25 Aug 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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David Fredrick
Heidi Kovanen (Host)
3 Apr 2022 → 5 Apr 2022Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Academic visit at UH
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Course: Open Digital Heritage
Heidi Kovanen (Teacher)
14 Mar 2022 → 6 May 2022Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - External teaching and subject coordination
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ANEE Annual Meeting
Jason M Silverman (Chair of organizing committee), Adrianne Spunaugle (Member of organizing committee), Stefan Lorenz Smith (Member of organizing committee), Repekka Uotila (Member of organizing committee), Heidi Kovanen (Member of organizing committee) & Taru Auranne (Secretary of organizing committee)
13 Aug 2022 → 21 Aug 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Doctoral Seminar: Ancient Near East
Heidi Kovanen (Teacher)
6 Sep 2022 → 14 Dec 2022Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - External teaching and subject coordination
Press/Media
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Pilot run of the MOOC course "Avoin digitaalinen kulttuuriperintö"
15/12/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Visiting the Third Workshop on Gender, Methodology and the Ancient Near East
24/04/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media