| Véronique Dasen | |
| Birth Date: | 1957 |
| Nationality: | Swiss |
| Occupation: | Classicist, Archaeologist |
| Alma Mater: | University of Oxford |
| Thesis Year: | 1989 |
| Thesis Title: | Dwarfs in ancient Egypt and Greece |
| Workplaces: | University of Fribourg École pratique des hautes études Pantheon-Sorbonne University |
| Main Interests: | Ancient medicine, Ancient magic, Amulets |
Véronique Dasen (born 1957) is a Swiss archaeologist and Professor in Classical Archaeology and Art History at the University of Fribourg.[1] Her research is led in a multidisciplinary and anthropological perspective. Her research interests range from ancient iconography and material culture, the history of the body, of medicine and magical practices to gender studies, history of childhood, and ludic culture (games and divination, games and love, passage rites).
Dasen received her PhD in 1989 from the University of Oxford with a thesis titled "Dwarfs in Ancient Egypt and Greece", which she published as a monograph in 1993.[2]
Since 2008, she has worked as the Professor in Classical Archaeology and Art History at the University of Fribourg. She was the fifth woman to receive her habilitation from the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Fribourg in 2000. In 2016, she gave a series of lectures at the École pratique des hautes études on 'Magic, divination, and the history of the body'.[3] In 2017, she was a visiting lecturer at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University. Also in 2017 she was involved in the successful funding application to the European Research Council for a €2.4million grant for a five-year project titled 'Locus Ludi: The Cultural Fabric of Play and Games in Classical Antiquity'.[4]
Dasen is the chair of the panel 'SHS-4 Social sciences and humanities' for the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique.