Dr Katerina Velentza

Dr Katerina Velentza

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environmental Humanities

Faculty and Department

  • Institutes
  • Energy and Environmental Institute

Qualifications

  • BA (King's College London)
  • MA (University of Southampton)
  • PhD / DPhil (University of Southampton)

Summary

Katerina is a maritime archaeologist, currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environmental Humanities at the University of Hull. Katerina's research focuses on the interrelationships between archaeology, heritage, climate change and sustainability. She is the PI of the project ‘Community Waterscapes: Supporting community heritage to explore and shape Hull’s relationship with water’ contributing with archaeological and heritage perspectives in the research, PGT teaching and PGR supervision of the interdisciplinary department.

Previously, she was a Kone Foundation Fellow at the University of Helsinki, in Finland, carrying out the project 'Re-imagining the use of traditional watercraft in the Aegean Sea for a sustainable environment and economy' with funding awarded by the Kone Foundation (Koneen Säätiö), and a Senior Researcher of Maritime Archaeology at the Estonian Maritime Museum.

She completed a PhD in Archaeology at the Centre of Maritime Archaeology of the University of Southampton (2020), an MA in Maritime Archaeology at the University of Southampton (2015-2016) and a BA in Classical Archaeology at King’s College London (2012-2015).

Recent outputs

View more outputs

Book Chapter

Sculptures lost at sea: A study of the maritime transport and trade of sculptures during Roman times through shipwreck evidence

Velentza, K. (2024). Sculptures lost at sea: A study of the maritime transport and trade of sculptures during Roman times through shipwreck evidence. In A. Landskron (Ed.), Hergestellt und aufgestellt – Keryx 12 Produktionsdynamiken und Kontexte römischer Skulpturen im antiken Mittelmeerraum (41-66). Uni-Press Graz

Ancient sculptures lost at sea: stories of loss and discovery

Velentza, K. (2024). Ancient sculptures lost at sea: stories of loss and discovery. In Delivering the Deep: Maritime archaeology for the 21st century: selected papers from IKUWA 7 (135–147). BAR Publishing. https://doi.org/10.30861/9781407361475

Digital Artefact

Community Waterscapes Storymap

Velentza, K. (2024). Community Waterscapes Storymap

Journal Article

A transdisciplinary co-conceptualisation of marine identity

Buchan, P., Glithero, L., McKinley, E., Strand, M., Champion, G., Kochalski, S., Velentza, K., Praptiwi, R., Jung, J., Márquez, M., Marra, M., Abels, L., Neilson, A., Spavieri, J., Whittey, K., Samuel, M., Hale, R., Čermák, A., Whyte, D., West, L., …Payne, D. (2024). A transdisciplinary co-conceptualisation of marine identity. People And Nature, https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10715

Newspaper / Magazine

Community Waterscapes: Uncovering tangible and intangible heritage of watery landscapes through community engagement in the Hull region

Velentza, K., Worthen, H., & Brookes, E. (2025). Community Waterscapes: Uncovering tangible and intangible heritage of watery landscapes through community engagement in the Hull region

Research interests

Archaeology; heritage; environmental humanities; climate change; sustainability

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

HIKE: Community Waterscapes: landscape change through the lens of water, community and material culture

Funder

AHRC Arts & Humanities Research Council

Grant

£12,670.00

Started

1 July 2024

Status

Ongoing

Project

Re-imagining the use of traditional watercraft in the Aegean Sea for a sustainable environment and economy

Funder

Kone Foundation (Koneen Säätiö)

Grant

£0.00

Started

1 March 2024

Status

Complete

Top