Josine Blok

Josine Henriëtte Blok (born 9 June 1953)[1] is a Dutch classical scholar.

She has been a professor of Ancient History and Classical Civilisation at Utrecht University since 2001 up until 2019.

She attended the gymnasium and subsequently studied history at the University of Groningen between 1971 and 1978.

In October 1991, she obtained her PhD at Leiden University under professor Henk Versnel [nl], with a thesis titled: "Amazones antianeirai.

[3] She was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011.