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Associate Professor
Department of Ancient History and Classics
Champlain College G14
Peterborough, Ontario
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705-748-1011 ext. 7264 (office)
705-748-1011 ext. 7848 (department)
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2006 |
Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati |
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Thesis: Monuments of Power and the Power of Monuments - The Evolution of Elite Architectural Styles at Bronze Age Mycenae |
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Supervisors: Gisela Walberg, Jack L. Davis |
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Specialization: Bronze Age Archaeology |
| 2000-2001 | American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Student Associate Member |
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1995 |
M.A. in Ancient Studies, Department of Fine Art History, University of Toronto |
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Supervisors: Joseph W. Shaw, Maria C. Shaw |
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Specialization: Bronze Age Archaeology |
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1992 |
B.A. in Classics, Department of Classics, University of Toronto |
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Majors: Classical Civilization, Greek and Roman History |
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Minors: Near Eastern Studies |
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
| 2009-present | Associate Professor, Department of Ancient History & Classics, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
| 2006-2009 | Assistant Professor, Department of Ancient
History & Classics, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
| 2004-2006 | Lecturer, Department of Ancient History
& Classics, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
| 2002-2004 | Visiting Lecturer, Classical Studies Program, Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A. |
| 2001-2002 | Visiting Instructor, Department of Classics, Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| 2000-2001 | Student Associate Member, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Athens, Greece |
| 1998-1999 | Class Instructor, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| 1997-1998 | Teaching Assistant, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| 1994-1995 | Teaching Assistant, Department of Fine Art History, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
FIELD RESEARCH
| 2010-2012 | Site Architect, Saronic Harbors Archaeological Research Project, Korphos, Greece. American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Directors: Daniel J. Pullen (Florida State University) and Thomas F. Tartaron (University of Pennsylvania). |
| 2009-2012 | Co-Director, Ayia Irini Northern Sector Archaeological Project, Ayia Irini, Kea, Greece. KA' Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities. |
| 2002-2011 | Site Architect, Azoria Project, Azoria, Crete. American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Directors: D. C. Haggis (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and M. S. Mook (Iowa State University). |
| 2002-2003 | Architectural Consultant, Quartier Epsilon, Mallia, Crete. École Française d’Archéologie d’Athènes. Director: I. Bradfer-Burdet (Member, École Française d’Archéologie d’Athènes). |
| 2001 | Field Walker and Information Technician, Durres Regional Archaeological Project, Durres, Albania. Institute of Archaeology in Tirana. Directors: A. Hoti (Institute of Archaeology in Tirana), J. L. Davis (University of Cincinnati), I. Pojani and S. R. Stocker. |
| 1998-2001 | Assistant Site Architect, Quartier Nu, Mallia, Crete. École Française d’Archéologie d’Athènes. Directors: J. M. Driessen (Université Catholique de Louvain) and A. Farnoux (Université de Paris: Sorbonne IV) |
| 1997-2000 | Records Supervisor, University of Cincinnati Excavations at Midea, Midea, Greece. Svenska Institutet i Athen. Director: G. Walberg (University of Cincinnati). |
| 1996 | Trench Master, University of Cincinnati Excavations at Midea, Midea, Greece. Svenska Institutet i Athen. Director: G. Walberg (University of Cincinnati). |
| 1993 | Trench Supervisor, University of Toronto Excavations at Kommos, Kommos, Crete. American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Directors: J. W. Shaw and M. C. Shaw (University of Toronto). |
EXTERNAL FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
| 2009 | Institute for Aegean Prehistory New
Research Grant, 2009, $19,960 (“Ayia Irini Northern Sector Archaeological
Project”) |
INTERNAL FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
| 2009 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council Operating Grant, $4,000 (“Urbanisation and the Emergence
of the Greek Polis”) |
| 2009 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council International Travel Grant, $1,490 |
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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Operating
Grant, $3,280 (“Architectural Analyses at the Site of Azoria, East
Crete”) |
PRE-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
| 2000-2001 | Jacob Hirsch Fellowship, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, $11,500 |
| 2000-2001 | Anna C. and Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship, Archaeological Institute of America, $11,000 (declined) |
| 1996-2001 | Summer Stipends, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati, $1000 |
| 1995-2000 | University Graduate Scholarship, Graduate School, University of Cincinnati |
| 1995-2000 | Louise Semple-Taft Fellowship, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati |
| 1995 | Simcoe Special Fellowship, Department of Fine Art History, University of Toronto, $3500 |
| 1993 | Kenneth Augustus Hemblen Memorial Award in Aegean Studies, Department of Fine Art History, University of Toronto |
| 1992 | Samuel James Stubbs Award, University College, University of Toronto, $500 |
| 1992 | W. S. Milner Scholarship for Greek & Roman History, Department of Classics, University of Toronto, $1155 |
| 1986 | Ontario Honours Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Ontario, 1986, $100 |
| 1986 | Gulf Canada Student Bursary, Gulf Canada, 1986, $500 |
TEACHING AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
| 2009 | Merit Award for Teaching Excellence, Trent University |
| 2008-2009 | Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching, Trent University (nominated) |
| 2007-2008 | Distinguished Teaching Award for Educational Leadership & Innovation in Instruction, Trent University (nominated) |
| 2007-2008 | Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching, Trent University (nominated) |
| 2005-2006 | Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching, Trent University (nominated) |
| 2002-2003 | Most Effective Undergraduate Instructor, Iowa State University |
BOOK CHAPTERS AND ARTICLES: REFEREED
| in press | R. D. FITZSIMONS. “Monumental Architecture
and the Construction of the Mycenaean State.” In Current Issues
in State Formation in the Mediterranean, edited by N. Terrenato and
D. C. Haggis. 48 mms. pp. (accepted for publication). |
| 2007 | D. C. Haggis, M. S. Mook, C. M. Scarry,
L. M. Snyder, R. D. FITZSIMONS, E. Stephanakis and W. C. West. 2007. “Excavations
at Azoria in 2003 and 2004, Part 1: The Archaic Civic Complex.”
Hesperia 76(2): 243-321. |
| 2007 | G. Walberg, E. Markou and R. D. FITZSIMONS. 2007. “The Architecture.” In Midea: The Megaron Complex and Shrine Area. Excavations on the Lower Terraces 1994-1997, edited by G. Walberg, 61-90. (Prehistory Monographs 20). Philadelphia: The Institute for Aegean Prehistory Academic Press. |
BOOK CHAPTERS AND ARTICLES: INVITED
| 2007 | R. D. FITZSIMONS. 2007. “Architecture
and Power in the Bronze Age Argolid.” In Power and Architecture:
Monumental Public Architecture in the Bronze Age Near East and Aegean.
Proceedings of the international conference "Power and Architecture"
organized by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the Université
Catholique de Louvain and the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
Münster on the 21st and 22nd of November 2002, edited by J.
Bretschneider, J. M. Driessen and K. Van Lerberghe, 93-116. (Orientalia
Lovaniensia Analecta 156). Leuven: Peeters Publishers. |
| 2001 | R. D. FITZSIMONS. 2001. “Excavations
on the Lower Terraces of the Acropolis of Midea, 1994-1997 Seasons.”
American Journal of Archaeology 102: 303-304. |
PAPERS: REFEREED SUBMISSIONS
| 2010 | “Building a Heroic Past: Archaizing Elements in Mycenaean Masonry,” presented at the 111th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in Anaheim, California, January 6-9, 2010. |
| 2010 | “Ayia Irini and Minoanization: A Bottom-up Approach of the Phenomenon?”, presented at the 111th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in Anaheim, California, January 6-9, 2010 (co-author: E. Gorogianni). |
| 2009 | “Urbanization and the Emergence of
the Greek Polis: The Case of Azoria, Crete,” presented at the 74th
Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Atlanta, Georgia,
April 22-26, 2009. |
| 2008 | “Laying Claim to the Land: Tholos
Tombs as Markers of Symbolic Ownership in the Bronze Age Argolid,”
presented at the 6th World Archaeological Congress, Dublin, Ireland, July
29-July 4, 2008. |
| 2008 | “The Setting of Euripides’ Suppliant Women,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada in Montreal, Quebec, May 12-14, 2008 (co-author: I. C. Storey). |
| 2008 | “A Heterarchical or Hierarchical Landscape? An Alternative Approach to the Distribution and Function of Tholos Tombs in the Bronze Age Argolid,” presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association in Peterborough, Ontario, May 7-11, 2008. |
| 2004 | “Monuments of Power and the Power of Monuments: The Evolution of Monumental Architecture in Bronze Age Greece,” presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Montreal, Quebec, March 31-April 4, 2004. |
| 2001 | “Excavations on the Lower Terraces of the Acropolis of Midea: Preliminary Report on the Architectural Remains,” presented at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in San Diego, California, January 3-6, 2001. |
PAPERS: INVITED LECTURES
| 2010 | “As the Tide Turns: Local Responses to Pan-Aegean Cultural Changes at Ayia Irini, Keos,” paper to be presented at the Ontario Aegean Day Symposium, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 6, 2010 (co-author: E. Gorogianni). |
| 2009 | “Monumental Architecture and the Construction of the Mycenaean State,” presented to the Department of Classical Studies, LeHigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, September 17, 2009. |
| 2006 | “Monuments of Power and the Power
of Monuments: The Evolution of Elite Architectural Styles at Bronze Age
Mycenae,” presented as part of the Niagara Peninsula Society of
the Archaeological Institute of America Lecture Series, Brock University,
St. Catharine’s, Ontario, Canada, November 12, 2006. |
| 2006 | “An Early Greek Polis in East Crete:
Excavations at Azoria, 2002-2006,” presented at the Fieldworks 06
Colloquium, Trent University Archaeological Research Centre, Trent University,
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, October 18, 2006. |
| 2006 | “An Early Greek Polis in East Crete: Excavations at Azoria, 2002-2005,” presented to the Department of Classics, Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, March 26, 2006. |
| 2004 | “An Early Greek Polis in East Crete: Excavations at Azoria, 2002-2004,” presented at the Humanities Day Symposium, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, December 15, 2004. |
| 2002 | “Architecture and the Evolution of Power in the Bronze Age Peloponnese,” presented to the conference, ‘Architecture and Power: Monumental Public Architecture in the Bronze Age Near East and Aegean,’ held at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, November 21-22, 2002. |
INTERNET PUBLICATIONS
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Chloris:
An Aegean Bronze Age Bibliography. Co-contributor with R. Foulkes,
C. Griebel and M. C. Nelson. |
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The
Lord William D. Taylour Papers. Written for the Archives of the American
School of Classical Studies at Athens. |
IN PREPARATION
| D. C. Haggis, M. S. Mook, R. D. FITZSIMONS, C. M. Scarry, and L. M.Snyder, with appendices by M. Ntinou and A. Koh. “Excavations at Azoria 2005-2006: The Archaic Civic Buildings.” 75 mms. pp. to be submitted to Hesperia in fall 2009. |
| D. C. Haggis, M. S. Mook, R. D. FITZSIMONS, C. M. Scarry, M. Ntinou, and L. M.Snyder. “Excavations at Azoria 2005-2006: The Archaic Houses.” 75 mms. pp. to be submitted to Hesperia in fall 2009. |
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D. C. Haggis, M. S. Mook, R. D. FITZSIMONS,
M. Eaby, M. Liston, C. M. Scarry, and L. M.Snyder. “Excavations
at Azoria 2005-2006: The Stratigraphic Excavations on the Lower Southwest
Terrace.” 75 mms. pp. to be submitted to Hesperia in fall
2009. |
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I. C. Storey and R. D. FITZSIMONS. forth.
“The Setting of Euripides Suppliant Women.” 25 mms.
pp. plus bibliography and figures to be submitted to Mouseion
in fall 2009. |
| R. D. FITZSIMONS. “A Heterarchical or Hierarchical Landscape? An Alternative Approach to the Distribution and Function of Tholos Tombs in the Bronze Age Argolid.” |
| R. D. FITZSIMONS. “Urbanization and the Emergence of the Greek Polis.” |
| R. D. FITZSIMONS. “The Architectural Remains.” In Mallia: Quartier Nu, edited by J. M. Driessen and A. Farnoux. |
| R. D. FITZSIMONS. “The Architecture. ” In Halasmenos: Building A2, edited by M. Eaby. |
| R. D. FITZSIMONS. Monuments of Power and the Power of Monuments: The Evolution of Elite Architectural Styles at Bronze Age Mycenae. |
| R. D. FITZSIMONS. “The Architecture.” In The Archaic City: Excavations at Azoria in Eastern Crete, edited by D. C. Haggis and M. S. Mook. |
ARCHITECTURAL ILLUSTRATIONS
| 2008 | I. C. Storey. Euripides: Suppliant
Women. Duckworth Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy. London: Duckworth. |
| 2007 | D.C. Haggis, M.S. Mook, L.M. Snyder and
T. Carter.“Excavations at Azoria in 2003 and 2004 Part 2, The Early
Iron Age and Final Neolithic Settlements.” Hesperia 76:
665-716. |
| 2004 | D.C. Haggis, M.S. Mook, C.M. Scarry, L.M. Snyder and W.C. West. “Excavations at Azoria, 2002.” Hesperia 73: 339-400. |
REFEREEING AND REVIEWING WORK
| 2005 | Referee, Aegean Archaeology |
SERVICE: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL
| 2010 | Session Chair, “Mycenae and the Mycenaean Hinterland,” 111th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Anaheim, California, U.S.A., January 6-9 |
| 2008 | Sesson Chair, “Mycenaean Funerary Practices,” 109th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., January 3-6 |
| 2005 | Session Chair, “Mycenaean Greece,” 106th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., January 6-9 |
| 2002-2004 | On-site lectures at Lato and Mallia, Iowa State University Summer Study Abroad in Greece |
SERVICE: TRENT UNIVERSITY
| 2009-2010 | Graduate Anthropology Ranking Committee for SSHRC Scholarships |
| 2009-2010 | Member, Graduate Department of Anthropology |
| 2008-2010 | Member, Special Appeals Committee |
| 2007-2008 | Member, Colleges Committee Sub-Committee, CASC |
| 2007-2008 | Academic Advisor, Champlain College |
| 2005-2006 | Trent University, Summer Field School in Greece |
| 2004-2007 | Academic Advisor, Lady Eaton College |
SERVICE: DEPARTMENT OF ANCIENT HISTORY & CLASSICS, TRENT UNIVERSITY
| 2009-2010 | Departmental Ranking Committee for SSHRC Scholarships |
| 2008-2009 | Departmental Ranking Committee for Ontario Graduate School Scholarships |
| 2007-2010 | Timetable Co-ordinator |
| 2007-2010 | Member, Personnel Committee |
| 2007-2009 | Member, Personnel Committee |
| 2007, 2009 | Referee, Norma Miller Essay Prize Competition |
| 2006-2007 | Website Co-ordinator |
| 2005-2007 | Member, Chair Search Committee |
| 2004-2005 | Member, Personnel Committee |
| 2004-2007 | Recording Secretary |
COURSES TAUGHT CURRENTLY
| AHCL 2200Y | Introduction to Greek & Roman Archaeology (Fall/Winter 2009-10) |
| AHCL 2230H | The
Ancient City (Fall 2009) |
| AHCL 3958H | The Archaeology of Ancient Athens (Winter 2009) |
| GREK 2000H | Intermediate Greek I (Fall 2009) |
LECTURER & ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - DEPARTMENT OF ANCIENT HISTORY & CLASSICS, TRENT UNIVERSITY (PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO)
| AHCL 223H | The Ancient City [formerly CLCI 223H] | 2005W, 2007F |
| AHCL 2200Y | Introduction to Greek & Roman Archaeology[formerly AHCL 226A] | 2004F, 2005F, 2006-7, 2007-2008, 2008F |
| AHCL 250A | Greek Myths & Mythology [formerly CLLI 200A] | 2004-5, 2005-6, 2006-7 |
| AHCL 325H | Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology | 2006W, 2008W |
| AHCL 3302 | Field School in Classical Archaeology [formerly CLCI 330B] | 2005S, 2006S |
| AHCL 394H | Advanced Studies in the Ancient City [formerly CLCI 395H] | 2005W, 2007F |
| AHCL 3955H | The Archaeology of the Greek Iron Age | 2009W |
| AHCL 4001H | Approaches to Mycenaean State Formation | 2008F |
| AHCL 492H | Roman Myth and Religion | 2006W |
| AHCL 4941H | Advanced Studies in the Ancient City [formerly CLCI 495H] | 2005W, 2007F |
| AHCL 4942H | Advanced Studies in Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology [formerly AHCL 495H] | 2006W, 2008W |
| GREK 100A | Elementary Greek | 2004-5, 2005-6, 2006-7, 2007-2008 |
| GREK 2000H | Intermediate Greek I | 2008F |
| GREK 2001H | Intermediate Greek II | 2009W |
VISITING LECTURER - CLASSICAL STUDIES PROGRAM, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY (AMES, IOWA)
| CL ST 373 | Greek & Roman Epic | 2003F |
| CL ST 376B | Classical Archaeology II: Archaic through Hellenistic | 2004W |
| GRK 101 | Elementary Classical Greek I | 2002F |
| GRK 102 | Elementary Classical Greek II | 2003W |
| GRK 332 | Introduction to Classical Greek Literature | 2003W |
| GRK 442 | Advanced Readings in Ancient Greek II | 2003W |
| LAT 101 | Elementary Latin I | 2002F, 2003F |
| LAT 102 | Elementary Latin II | 2004W |
VISITING INSTRUCTOR - CLASSICS DEPARTMENT, MIAMI UNIVERSITY OF OHIO (OXFORD, OHIO)
| CLS 102 | Roman Civilization | 2001F |
| CLS 121 | Classical Mythology | 2002W |
| LAT 101 | Beginning Latin I | 2001F |
| LAT 102 | Beginning Latin II | 2002W |
CLASS INSTRUCTOR - DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI (CINCINNATI, OHIO)
| 15CLAS 110 | Introduction to Classical Civilization I: Ancient Greece | 1998F |
| 15CLAS 111 | Introduction to Classical Civilization II: Ancient Greece | 1999W |
| 15CLAS 112 | Introduction to Classical Civilization III: Ancient Rome | 1999S |
TEACHING ASSISTANT - DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI (CINCINNATI, OHIO)
| 15CLAS 221 | Art & Archaeology of the Ancient World: Egypt and the Near East | 1997F |
| 15CLAS 222 | Art & Archaeology of the Ancient World: Greece | 1998W |
| 15CLAS 223 | Art & Archaeology of the Ancient World: Rome | 1999S |
| 15CLAS 365 | The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | 1998S |
TEACHING ASSISTANT - DEPARTMENT OF FINE ART HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (TORONTO, ONTARIO)
| FAH 200Y | Art and Archaeology of the Bronze Age Aegean | 1994-5 |
MASTER'S THESES - IN PROGRESS
| Chris Carleton, “Collapse of the pre-pottery Neolithic ‘B’ in southwest Asia,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, in progress (Reader) |
| Gwilym Hayward, “Economic Development and Emerging Dialectics in Early Bronze Age Greece,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, in progress (Reader) |
| Zachary Knox, “Classical Agriculture on Kythera,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, in progress (Reader) |
| Katherine Schleifer, “Beyond Child's Play: The Role of Children in the MH-LH I Periods of the Argolid, Greece,” Department of Classics, Brock University, in progress (External Assessor) |
MASTER'S THESES - COMPLETED
| 2009 | Katrina Keefer, “The Ideology of the Greco-Roman World and Its Effect on W.E.B. du Bois: A Study of Subversive Themes in African-American History,” Department of History, Trent University, 2009 (Reader) |
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ORGANISATIONS
| 1996-2010 | Archaeological Institute of America |
| 2000-2010 | American School of Classical Studies at Athens |
| 2004-2010 | Society for American Archaeology |
| 2007-2010 | Trent University Archaeological Research Centre |
| 2008 | Canadian Archaeological Association |
| 2008-2010 | Classical Association of Canada |
| 2008 | World Archaeological Congress |