PhD (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Roi Sabar is an archaeologist specializing in classical archaeology of the southern Levant, and northern Israel in particular. His primary research interests revolve around socio-political processes and interactions as they are recorded and reflected in the material culture vis-à-vis historical accounts. He received his PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2023). His dissertation, The Galilee during the Hellenistic Period (4 – 1 c. BCE): Geopolitical Changes in Light of the Fortified Sites and Settlement History, examined the dynamics of a complex geopolitical system from a regional archaeological perspective.
His current research endeavor is focused on archaeological data as proxies for state formation and identity formation processes. In the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies Sabar’s project, State and Identity in Time and Space: A View from the Hasmonean Kingdom, is set to establish an international interdisciplinary scholarly network to study the heyday of the Hasmonean Kingdom.