The origin myth of the modern West

The origin myth of the modern West

We in the modern West still look back to ancient Greece as our imagined origin. We're still obsessed with ancient Greece.
I'm Professor of Greek Archaeology at the University of Vienna. My research focuses on the construction of identity and cultural interaction. I am especially interested in the making of communities – not only their physical formation through landscape and architecture but also their social formation through cultural practice and conceptual formation through the construction of identity. I am a 2015 Philip Leverhulme Prize Winner.
About Naoise Mac Sweeney