Antonel Jepure

Antonel Jepure earned his PhD from the University of Würzburg (Germany) and the Autonomous University of Madrid, following studies in Paleoanthropology, Prehistory, Archaeology, Paleochristianity, Medieval Studies and Political Science. Jepure’s PhD dissertation received a research award in Germany in 2007.

He has spent over 20 years working on research focused on assimilation and acculturation in Europe’s transition from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages, especially on Spain’s Visigothic period. His research interests and teaching experience are also centered on Human Evolution, Underwater Archaeology, Religious and Medieval Studies.

He has worked as a researcher for the University of the Basque Country, the University of Alcalá and for the Museum of Segovia. He was a member of a Research Project of the European Union about foreigners in early medieval Europe and in several archaeological and subaquatic excavations in Spain, Germany and Croatia.

Prof. Jepure is teaching both at IE University and the Syracuse University in Madrid.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor, IE University, Spain, 2022 – Present

• Adjunct Professor, Syracuse University Abroad, Spain, 2015 – Present

• Research Staff, University of Alcalá, Spain, 2003 – 2006

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Ph.D. in Archaeology, University of Würzburg, Germany, and Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain, 2006

• D.E.A., Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain, 2003

• Magister Artium, University of Würzburg, Germany, 1997