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Ancient visual humour, classical reception, political cartoons, medicine and the ancient body.
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Archaeologist
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Researching the ancient world and its afterlives — visual humour, classical reception, political cartoons and the history of medicine. Writing fiction rooted in history and archaeology.
About Alexandre
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Publications
Books, articles, chapters, reviews and selected academic work from 2000 to the present.
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Writing
Historical fiction and other writing, including The 13th Tablet and current projects.
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Drawing
Selected archaeological, architectural and observational drawings made across a scholarly career.
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Current projects
A deliberately current selection rather than a permanent archive.
Echoes of Antiquity
Political cartoons as historical evidence in crises and propaganda, tracing the visual afterlives of classical antiquity.
Research projectThe Snake of Babylon
A historical thriller currently being reworked, bringing archaeology, memory and modern conflict into a fast-moving narrative.
Writing projectNazi caricatures of biblical imagery, 1930–1945
An article in progress with Prof. Joel Kotek on the political manipulation of biblical imagery in Nazi-era caricature.
Current researchSelected recent work
Recent publications
2026“Laughter in Clay: The Archaeology of Humour and Branding on Greek Vases”In press, A Companion to Ancient Greek Humour, Cambridge University Press.→
2023“La réception de l’antiquité gréco-romaine dans les dessins de presse en Chine et à Singapour”Ridiculosa, hors-série, 1–12.→
2022“Ideological struggles and armed conflict”In When Walls Talk! Posters — Promotion, Propaganda and Protest.→