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Name Laura Nissin
Position Project Researcher for the Foundation Institutum Romanum Finlandiae
Institutional Affiliation University of Helsinki
Latitude 60.172603
Longitude 24.950656
Research Interests

Ancient Rome, Pompeii, Herculaneum, domestic & urban space, sociology of sleep & Roman sleeping arrangements, (Neo-)Latin,
public/private dichotomy in the ancient Roman society, sensory studies & digital humanities.

Websites https://blogs.helsinki.fi/lnissine/tietoja/; https://tuhat.helsinki.fi/portal/en/person/lnissine
Publications

A) Peer-reviewed scientific articles

1. K. Tuori, L. Nissin, S. Simelius, J. Heikonen: The (in)discreet charm of the bourgeoisie: Public and private spheres in a Roman house in Herculaneum (Casa del Tramezzo di Legno), forthcoming 2018

2. Alexandra Grigorieva and Laura Nissin: FiAR Database of Ancient Roman Food Images, Texts, and Archaeological Records: New Interdisciplinary Pathways for Digital Antiquity, 2017 (forthcoming)

3. E.-M. Viitanen and L. Nissin, Campaigning For Votes in Ancient Pompeii – Contextualizing Electoral Programmata in “Writing Matters: Presenting and Perceiving Monumental Inscriptions in Antiquity and the Middle Ages”, edited by I. Berti et al. 2017, 118-144

4. Sleeping culture in Roman literary sources in Arctos 49 (2015), 95-133*

5. Sleeping arrangements in the Houses of Herculaneum, in K.Tuori and L. Nissin (eds.): “Public and private in the Roman house and society” JRA Suppl. 102, 2015, 101-18*

6. E.-M. Viitanen, L. Nissinen and K. Korhonen: Street Activity, Dwellings and Wall Inscriptions in Ancient Pompeii: A Holistic Study of Neighbourhood Relations in “TRAC 2012, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference”, ed. by A. Bokern et al., Oxford and Oakville 2013, 61-79

7. Cubicula diurna, nocturna - revisiting Roman cubicula and sleeping arrangements in Arctos 43 (2009) 85–107*

B) Non-refereed scientific articles

8. E.-M. Viitanen and Laura Nissin: Pompeian wall inscriptions between public and private space in “CIAC proceedings XVIIIth International Congress of Classical Archaeology”, vol. 2, ed. by J. Álvarez Martínez et al. 2015, 1037-41

9. A Bedroom of One’s Own in “Privata Luxuria: Towards an Archaeology of Intimacy“, ed. by
Anna Anguissola, 2013, 15-29*

10. Review on Katariina Mustakallio: Uskonto ja yhteisö antiikin Roomassa in Mirator 14:2 (2013)

C Scientific books (editor, C2)
11. K.Tuori and L. Nissin (eds.): “Public and private in the Roman house and society” JRA Suppl. 102, 2015

D) Publications intended for professional communities

12. Beds in “The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Wiley Online Library” (DOI: 10.1002/9781444338386), forthcoming 2017

13. Sleeping areas in the houses of Herculaneum, in AIAC News 1/2011, 6-7

14. Teaching material Perhe ja asuminen (on-line course on families and domestic space in Rome/Pompeii), pompeji.metropolia.fi, 2010

15. Cubicula diurna, nocturna – Kurkistus roomalaisten makuukamareihin in Fossa 2/2008

16. S.Aho, R. Berg, G. De Martino, K. Juntunen, L. Laiho-Oliviero, O. Manninen, L. Nissin, E.-M. Viitanen and H. Ynnilä: Helsingin yliopiston Pompeji-projekti kadulla ja uusissa taloissa in Fossa 4/2006

E) Publications intended for the general public

17. Roaming through Rome - erään Wihuristin muistelmia,
Roma. Villa Lanten ystävien vuosikirja IX, 2010

18. E.-M. Viitanen, L. Nissin and H. Ynnilä: Arkeologit selvittävät asutushistoriaa, part of Suomalainen tutkimushanke Pompejissa -article in “Mitä Missä Milloin 2007”, Helsinki 2006, 239–40

G) Theses
19. Doctoral dissertation (article, G5): Roman Sleep - Sleeping areas and sleeping arrangements in the Roman house, 2016
Helda: http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-51-2683-2
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.13989.91367

Articles marked with asterisk (*) in sections A and B are part of my PhD dissertation.

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