Contact: victorinstarhia@yahoo.com

Research Interests

• Classical archaeology
• Greek and Latin epigraphy
• Ancient history of the Black Sea region
• External relations of Greek cities in the Pontic area
• Onomastics and prosopography
• Ancient historiography
• Cultural interactions in the Pontic and Mediterranean worlds

Short Biography

Victor Cojocaru is a Senior Researcher (Scientific Researcher I) at the Institute of Archaeology of the Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, where he has been active since 1993, progressing through all stages of the academic research career to the highest professional rank. He studied ancient history, classical archaeology, and classical philology (Ancient Greek and Latin) at the State University of Chișinău and at the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași. He holds two PhDs, in History (2001) and in Philology (2011), both awarded with highest distinctions (summa cum laude and magna cum laude, respectively). His research focuses on the ancient Black Sea region, with particular emphasis on epigraphy, the external relations of Greek cities, and the dynamics of cultural interactions between Greek and non-Greek populations. His work is primarily based on the analysis of epigraphic sources, integrated into broader historical and archaeological frameworks. He has participated in numerous international archaeological projects (Histria, Olbia, Tyras), including as field director on the Romanian side at Tyras, and has been awarded multiple research fellowships and study visits at major European institutions (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, University of Trier, among others).

Selected publications

Books

Cojocaru, V. (2019). Bibliographia classica orae septentrionalis Ponti Euxini. III. Ars, res sacrae & mythologica. Cluj-Napoca: Mega, 648 p.

Cojocaru, V. (2018). Bibliographia classica orae septentrionalis Ponti Euxini. II. Archaeologica. Cluj-Napoca: Mega, 1018 p.
Cojocaru, V. (2016). Instituția proxeniei în spațiul pontic. Cluj-Napoca: Mega, 340 p.

Cojocaru, V. (2014). Bibliographia classica orae septentrionalis Ponti Euxini. I. Epigraphica, numismatica, onomastica & prosopographica. Cluj-Napoca: Mega, 560 p.

Cojocaru, V. (2004). Populația zonei nordice și nord-vestice a Pontului Euxin în secolele VI–I a. Chr. pe baza izvoarelor epigrafice. Iași: Editura Universității „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, 500 p.

Edited books

Cojocaru, V., Pázsint, A.-I. (ed.) (2021). Migration and Identity in Eurasia: From Ancient Times to the Middle Ages. Cluj-Napoca: Mega.

Cojocaru, V. et al. (ed.) (2019). Advances in Ancient Black Sea Studies. Cluj-Napoca: Mega.

Cojocaru, V., Rubel, A. (ed.) (2016). Mobility in Research on the Black Sea Region. Cluj-Napoca: Mega.

Articles

Cojocaru, V. (2021). ‘Arrow-Money’ and ‘Scythian’ Coins as Medium of Exchanges…, Arheologia Moldovei 44, p. 29–47.

Cojocaru, V. (2020). Die Proxenie als Instrument der „Aussenpolitik“… Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia 26.2, p. 360–376.

Cojocaru, V. (2020). Understanding the Political Geography and Economic History of the Black Sea…, Arheologia Moldovei 43, p. 53–62.