Helene Whittaker

Whittaker studied languages and archeology at the University of Bergen, finishing her candidata philologiae in 1983. She continued her studies at the University of Tromsø and the University of Toronto, completing a Ph.D. in 1996.

Having been a senior lecturer at the University of Tromsø in 1994–2004, she was promoted to full professor at the same university in 2004. In 2009, she was the Peter W. Warren visiting professor in Aegean prehistory at the University of Bristol. In 2013, she accepted the position as professor of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at the department of Historical Studies at the University of Gothenburg.{{citation | title=University of Gothenburg – Helene Whittaker | url=https://www.gu.se/en/about/find-staff/helenewhittaker}} Together with Maria Vaïopoulou, she directed the Greek-Swedish Vlochos Archaeological Project at Thessalian Vlochos in 2016–2018.{{citation | title=The Vlochos Archaeological Project | url=https://www.sia.gr/en/articles.php?tid=113&page=1}}

Whittaker is known for her work on archaeology and antiquity. A portion of her research examines the history of games,{{Cite web |last=Kutilova |first=Klara |date=2017-09-27 |title=Tělo vikinské bojovnice mění pohled na roli žen ve středověku |url=https://www.flowee.cz/82-archiv-2017/esprit/kultura-a-umeni/2807-pani-vikingova-sto-tricet-let-ji-povazovali-za-muze-ted-si-sve-pohlavi-vybojovala |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Flowee |language=cs-cz}}{{Cite journal |last=Whittaker |first=Helène |date=June 1, 2006 |title=Game-boards and gaming-pieces in funerary contexts in the Northern European iron age |url= |journal=Nordlit |issue=20 |pages=103-112 |access-date= |website=}} and she has commented on the historical significance of hnefatafl, an ancient board game that was common during the early Middle Ages.{{Cite web |last=Crown |first=Daniel |date=2018-06-26 |title=The Vikings Took This Board Game Very Seriously |url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-hnefatafl-viking-board-game |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Atlas Obscura |language=en}}

• {{cite book |last=Whittaker |first=Helène |author-link= |date=1997 |title=Mycenaean Cult Buildings. A Study of their Architecture and Function in the Context of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean |url= |location= |publisher= |page= |isbn=}}Review for Mycenaean Cult Buildings
• {{Cite journal |last=Darcque |first=Pascal |date=2001 |title=Review of Mycenaean Cult Buildings, A Study of their Architecture and Function in the Context of the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean (Monographs from the Norwegian Institute at Athens, 1), 1 vol. |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41016797 |journal=Revue Archéologique |issue=2 |pages=368–370 |issn=0035-0737}}

• {{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/922704152 |title=Ancient warfare : introducing current research |date=2015 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |editor-first1=Geoff|editor-last1= Lee| editor-first2=Helene|editor-last2= Whittaker|editor-first3= Graham |editor-last3=Wrightson |isbn=1-4438-8236-4 |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |oclc=922704152}}Review for Ancient Warfare
• {{Cite journal |last=Konijnendijk |first=Roel |date=2017 |title=Review of Ancient Warfare: Introducing Current Research, volume I |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/48677549 |journal=Latomus |volume=76 |issue=3 |pages=863–865 |issn=0023-8856}}

• {{cite book|last1=Whittaker|first1=Helène|date=2014|title=Religion and Society in Middle Bronze Age Greece|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EBtvAwAAQBAJ&q=whittaker+mycenaean|location=New York|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page= |isbn=9781107049871}}Reviews for Religion and Society in Middle Bronze Age Greece
• {{Cite journal |last=PULLEN |first=DANIEL J. |date=2015 |title=Review of Religion and Society in Middle Bronze Age Greece, Helène Whittaker |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24699795 |journal=The Classical World |volume=108 |issue=4 |pages=580–581 |issn=0009-8418}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Lupack |first=Susan |date=2015 |title=Helène Whittaker. Religion and Society in Middle Bronze Age Greece (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014, 291pp., 14 figs., 7 maps, hbk, ISBN 978-1-04987-1) |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-archaeology/article/abs/helene-whittaker-religion-and-society-in-middle-bronze-age-greece-cambridge-cambridge-university-press-2014-291pp-14-figs-7-maps-hbk-isbn-9781049871/979B0D101A4966D067ED156135A78D9C |journal=European Journal of Archaeology |language=en |volume=18 |issue=4 |pages=734–738 |doi=10.1179/1461957115Z.000000000151 |issn=1461-9571|url-access=subscription }}

• {{cite book |last=Whittaker|first=Helène|author-link= |date=2018|chapter=Approaches to Popular Religion in Late Bronze Age Greece|title=Popular Religion and Ritual in Prehistoric and Ancient Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean|url= |location=Oxford|publisher=Archaeopress|pages=55–62|editor-last1=Vavouranakis|editor-first1=Giorgos|editor-last2=Kopanias|editor-first2=Konstantinos|editor-last3=Kanellopoulos|editor-first3=Chrysanthos|isbn=}}

• {{cite journal |last1=Vaïopoulou |first1=Maria |last2=Whittaker |first2=Helene |last3=Rönnlund |first3=Robin |last4=Tsiouka |first4=Fotini |last5=Klange |first5=Johan |last6=Pitman |first6=Derek |last7=Potter |first7=Rich |last8=Shaw |first8=Lawrence |last9=Hagan |first9=Josephine |last10=Siljedahl |first10=Ellen |last11=Forssén |first11=Matilda |last12=Chandrasekaran |first12=Sujatha |last13=Dandou |first13=Sotiria |last14=Forsblom Ljungdahl |first14=Veronica |last15=Pavilionytė |first15=Asta |last16=Scott-Pratt |first16=Hayden |last17=Schager |first17=Elisabet |last18=Manley |first18=Harry |date=2020 |title=The 2016–2018 Greek-Swedish archaeological project at Thessalian Vlochos, Greece |url=http://ecsi.se/opathrom-13-02/ |journal=Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome |volume=13 |pages=7–72 |doi=10.30549/opathrom-13-02 |access-date= |doi-access=free}}

In 2014 Whittaker was named to the Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg.{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Ledamöter, Kungliga Vitterhets- och Vetenskapssamhället i Göteborg |url=https://kvvs.se/ledamoter/ |access-date=2022-08-04 |website= |publisher= |quote=}} She was elected as a member of the Academia Europaea in 2020.{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Helène Whittaker, Academia Europea |url=https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Whittaker_Helene |access-date=2022-08-04 |website= |publisher= |quote=}}

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