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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 |
| Position: Jacob Hirsch Fellow | |
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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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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
| 2009-2013 | Co-Director, Ayia Irini Northern Sector Archaeological Project, Ayia Irini, Kea, Greece. KA' Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities. |
| 2002-2013 | 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
| 2012 | Loeb Classical Library Foundation Grant, $35,000 (“Ayia Irini Northern Sector Archaeological Project”) |
| 2012 | Institute for Aegean Prehistory Research Grant, $20,000 (“Ayia Irini Northern Sector Archaeological Project”) |
| 2011 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Countil, Standard Research Grant, $34,693 (“Ayia Irini Northern Sector Archaeological Project”) |
| 2011 | Institute for Aegean Prehistory Research Grant, $20,000 (“Ayia Irini Northern Sector Archaeological Project”) |
| 2011 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Countil, Standard Research Grant, $41,339 (“Ayia Irini Northern Sector Archaeological Project”) |
| 2010 | Institute for Aegean Prehistory Publication Team Grant, $600 (“Ayia Irini Northern Sector Archaeological Project”) [declined] |
| 2010 | Institute for Aegean Prehistory Research Grant, $15,000 (“Ayia Irini Northern Sector Archaeological Project”) |
| 2009 | Institute for Aegean Prehistory New Research Grant, $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 |
| 2008 | 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
| 2009-2010 | Award for Educational Leadership and Innovation, Trent University (nominated) |
| 2009-2010 | Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching, Trent University (nominated) |
| 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
| 2011 | R. D. FITZSIMONS. “Monumental Architecture and the Construction of the Mycenaean State.” In State Formation in Greece and Italy: Questioning the Neoevolutionist Paradigm, edited by N. Terrenato and D. C. Haggis, 75-118. Oxford: Oxbow. |
| 2011 | D. C. Haggis, M. S. Mook, R. D. FITZSIMONS, C. M. Scarry, L. M.Snyder and W. C. West. “Excavations in the Archaic Civic Buildings at Azoria in 2005-2006.” Hesperia 80: 1-70. |
| 2011 | D. C. Haggis, M. S. Mook, R. D. FITZSIMONS, C. M. Scarry and L. M.Snyder. Forthcoming. “The Excavation of Archaic Houses at Azoria in 2005-2006.” Hesperia80: 431-489. |
| 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. |
| 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: 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
| 2011 | R. D. FITZSIMONS and E. Gorogianni. 2011. “The Northern Sector: Pedagogy, Collegiality, Research, and Publication.” Kea Newsletter 2010: 4. |
ABSTRACTS
| 2011 | R. D. FITZSIMONS. 2011. “Laying Claim to the Land: Tholos Tombs as Markers of Symbolic Ownership in the Bronze Age Argolid.” In An Archaeology of Land Ownership, edited by Maria Relaki and Despina Catapoti, 12. London: Routledge. |
| 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. |
WORK SUBMITTED
| R. D. FITZSIMONS. “An Energetic(s) Approach to Late Helladic Tomb Construction: Funerary Architecture and State Formation at Bronze Age Mycenae.” In Mediations on the Diversity of the Built Environment in the Aegean Basin: A Colloquium in Honour of Frederick E. Winter (ms. 5900 words plus illustrations; submitted). |
| R. D. FITZSIMONS. “Urbanization and the Emergence of the Greek Polis: The Case of Azoria, Crete.” In Making Ancient Cities: Studies of the Production of Space in Early Urban Environments, edited by A. Creekmore and K. D. Fisher (ms. 12,000 words plus illustrations; revised draft submitted to Cambridge University Press). |
| E. Gorogianni, J. Cutler, and R D. FITZSIMONS. “Something Old, Something New: Non-Local Brides as Catalysts for Cultural Exchange at Ayia Irini, Kea?” In Nostoi: Indigenous Cultures, Migration and Integration in the Aegean Islands and Western Anatolia during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. Proceedings of an International Conference Held at the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey, March 31-April 3, 2011, edited by N. Stampolidis, Ç. Maner, and K. Kopanias (ms. 13,250words plus illustrations; revised draft submitted to Koç University Press). |
| D. C. Haggis, M. S. Mook, R. D. FITZSIMONS, M. Eaby, M. Liston, C. M. Scarry, and L. M.Snyder. “The Excavation of Late Minoan IIIC, Early Iron Age, and Orientalizing Levels at Azoria in 2005-2006.” Hesperia (ms. 21,200 words; under review). |
PAPERS: REFEREED SUBMISSIONS
| 2013 | “Laying the Foundations for Mycenaean State Formation: Late Helladic Tomb Construction as a Measure of Socio-Political Complexity in the Bronze Age Argolid,” presented at the 114th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in Seattle, Washington, January 3-6, 2013. |
| 2013 | “Awash in the Waves of Architectural Change: Reassessing the Adoption and Adaptation of Minoanizing and Mycenaeanizing Architectural Elements in the Southern and Eastern Aegean,” presented at a workshop entitled, Minoanization and Mycenaeanization. Two Sides of the Same Coin?, at the 114th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in Seattle, Washington, January 3-6, 2013. |
| 2012 | “An Energetic(s) Approach to Late Helladic Tomb Construction: Funerary Architecture and State Formation at Bronze Age Mycenae,” presented at a colloquium entitled, Mediations on the Diversity of the Built Environment in the Aegean Basin: A Colloquium in Honor of Frederick E. Winter, sponsored by the Canadian Institute in Greece, Athens, Greece, June 2012. |
| 2012 | “Dining on the Fringe Again? The Northeast Bastion as a Minoan-Style Banquet Hall at Ayia Irini, Kea - The Ceramic Evidence,” 113th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 5-8, 2012 (with E. Gorogianni). |
| 2011 | “A Tale of Three Cities: Urbanisation and Socio-Political Development at Archaic Azoria, Crete,” presented at a conference entitled, Urban Dreams and Realities: An Interdisciplinary Conference on the City in Ancient Cultures, Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, October 21-22, 2011. |
| 2011 | “Something Borrowed, Something New: Possible Archaeological Evidence for Foreign Brides as Catalysts for Acculturation at Ayia Irini, Kea,” presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento, California, March 30-April 3, 2011 (co-authors: E. Gorogianni and J. Cutler). |
| 2011 | “Weaving a Pan-Aegean Fabric: Travelling Brides as Agents of Cultural Exchange in the Late Bronze Age Aegean,” presented at a conference entitled, Nostoi: Indigenous Cultures, Migration and Integration in the Aegean Islands and Western Anatolia during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age, Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey, March 31-April 3, 2011 (co-authors: E. Gorogianni and J. Cutler). |
| 2011 | “Dining on the Fringe? A Possible Minoan-Style Banquet Hall at Ayia Irini, Kea,” presented at the 112th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in San Antonio, Texas, January 6-9, 2011 (co-author: E. Gorogianni). |
| 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
| 2013 | “Construction Technology and State Formation in the Bronze Age Argolid,” presented at a symposium entitled, Technology, Society, and Economy in the Ancient Mediterranean World, Traill College, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, April 6, 2013. |
| 2011 | “The Tomb of a Rich Athenian Lady in Athens,” guest lecture for AHCL 2310H (Women in the Ancient Greek World), Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, November 22, 2011. |
| 2011 | “How to Build an Archaic Greek City: Architecture and Urbanisation at Azoria, East Crete,” presented to the Department of Classics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, November 11, 2011. |
| 2011 | “Feasting on Minoan Culture: The Northeast Bastion at Ayia Irini, Kea, and its Significance for Understanding Minoanization in the Aegean,” presented at the INSTAP-SCEC, Pacheia Ammos, Greece, July 1, 2011 (co-author: E. Gorogianni). |
| 2011 | “Making an Archaic City: The Social, Political and Architectural Correlates of Urbanisation at Azoria, East Crete,” presented at the Canadian Institute in Greece, March 9, 2011. |
| 2010 | “Spomenici za žive, spomenici za mrtve: Kamen po kamen vodič kroz mikenske državne formacije (Monuments for the Living, Monuments for the Dead: A Stone-by-Stone Guide to Mycenaean State Formation,” Aegean Seminar presented to the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, December 7, 2010. |
| 2010 | “Monumental Architecture and the Construction of the Mycenaean State,” presented at the Canadian Institute in Greece, Athens, Greece, November 3, 2010. |
| 2010 | “As the Tide Turns: Local Responses to Pan-Aegean Cultural Changes at Ayia Irini, Keos,” 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
| Chloris: An Aegean Bronze Age Bibliography. Co-contributor with R. Foulkes, C. Griebel and M. C. Nelson. |
| The Lord William D. Taylour Papers. Written for the Archives of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. |
WORK IN PROGRESS
| R. D. FITZSIMONS and E. Gorogianni. “Feasting on Minoan Culture: A Possible Minoan-Style Banquet Hall at Ayia Irini, Kea.” (ms. 17 pp.) |
| R. D. FITZSIMONS. “The Architecture.” In Halasmenos: Building A:2, edited by M. Eaby. (ms. 12 pp.) |
| R. D. FITZSIMONS. “The Architectural Remains.” In Mallia: Quartier Nu, edited by J. M. Driessen and A. Farnoux (ms. 138 pp.) |
| R. D. FITZSIMONS. “A Heterarchical or Hierarchical Landscape? An Alternative Approach to the Distribution and Function of Tholos Tombs in the Bronze Age Argolid.” (in preparation) |
| R. D. FITZSIMONS. “An Energetic(s) Approach to Understanding Mycenaean Architecture.” (in preparation) |
| R. D. FITZSIMONS. Monuments of Power and the Power of Monuments: The Evolution of Elite Architectural Styles at Bronze Age Mycenae (book proposal submitted to Hesperia Supplements in January 2008) |
| R. D. FITZSIMONS. “The Architecture.” In The Archaic City: Excavations at Azoria in Eastern Crete, edited by D. C. Haggis and M. S. Mook. (in preparation) |
| R. D. FITZSIMONS and E. Gorogianni. “Ayia Irini and Minoanization: A Bottom-up Approach to the Phenomenon?” (ms. 34 pp.) |
| E. Gorogianni and R. D. FITZSIMONS. Keos XI. Ayia Irini: The Northern Sector and the Northeast Bastion. (in preparation) |
| I. C. Storey and R. D. FITZSIMONS. “The Setting of Euripides’ Suppliant Women.” (ms. 25 pp . plus illustrations) |
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
| 2013 | Referee, American Journal of Archaeology |
| 2012 | Member, Scientific Committee for the Publication of Mediations on the Diversity of the Built Environment in the Aegean Basin: A Colloquium in Honour of Frederick E. Winter |
| 2012 | Referee, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research |
| 2010 | Referee, Hesperia |
| 2010 | Referee, National Science Foundation |
| 2005 | Referee, Aegean Archaeology |
SERVICE: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL
| 2012 | Discussant, “Staging Death: Performance, Architecture and Landscape in the Aegean,” 112th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., January 5-8 |
| 2011 | On-site lecture at Ayia Irini to students from the University of Athens |
| 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
| 2012-2013 | Member, AP&B Schools Subcommittee |
| 2012-2013 | Member, Academic Planning and Budget Committee |
| 2011-2012 | Member, SSHRC Research Grants Committee |
| 2011-2012 | Member, Financial Information Subcommittee |
| 2011-2012 | Member, Dean of Humanities Search Committee |
| 2010-2011 | Member, Graduate Anthropology Ranking Committee for TUARC Collaborative Research Grants |
| 2010 | Trent University, Summer Field School in Greece |
| 2009-2010 | Member, University Finances Oversight Committee |
| 2009-2010 | Member, Special Appeals Committee |
| 2009-2010 | Member, Graduate Anthropology Ranking Committee for SSHRC Scholarships |
| 2009-2013 | Member, Graduate Department of Anthropology |
| 2009 | Trent University, Summer Field School in Greece |
| 2008-2009 | Member, Special Appeals Committee |
| 2008-2009 | Academic Advisor, Champlain College |
| 2007-2008 | Member, Colleges Committee Sub-Committee, CASC |
| 2007-2008 | Academic Advisor, Champlain College |
| 2006-2007 | Academic Advisor, Lady Eaton College |
| 2006 | Trent University, Summer Field School in Greece |
| 2005-2006 | Academic Advisor, Lady Eaton College |
| 2005 | Trent University, Summer Field School in Greece |
| 2004-2005 | Academic Advisor, Lady Eaton College |
SERVICE: DEPARTMENT OF ANCIENT HISTORY & CLASSICS, TRENT UNIVERSITY
| 2012-2013 | Volunteer, Open House Meeting |
| 2012-2013 | Member, Personnel Committee |
| 2012-2013 | Member, Curriculum Committee |
| 2012-2013 | Co-Ordinator, Website |
| 2012-2013 | Co-Ordinator, Timetable |
| 2011-2012 | Referee, Norma Miller Essay Prize Competition |
| 2011-2012 | Member, Personnel Committee |
| 2011-2012 | Member, Curriculum Committee |
| 2011-2012 | Co-Ordinator, Timetable |
| 2011-2012 | Co-Ordinator, Open House Meeting |
| 2010-2011 | Member, Personnel Committee |
| 2010-2011 | Member, Curriculum Committee |
| 2009-2010 | Volunteer, Open House Meeting |
| 2009-2010 | Member, Personnel Committee |
| 2009-2010 | Member, Chair Search Committee |
| 2009-2010 | Departmental Ranking Committee for SSHRC Scholarships |
| 2009-2010 | Co-Ordinator, Timetable |
| 2008-2009 | Volunteer, Open House Meeting |
| 2008-2009 | Referee, Norma Miller Essay Prize Competition |
| 2008-2009 | Member, Personnel Committee |
| 2008-2009 | Departmental Ranking Committee for Ontario Graduate School Scholarships |
| 2008-2009 | Co-Ordinator, Timetable |
| 2008-2009 | Volunteer, Open House Meeting |
| 2007-2008 | Member, Personnel Committee |
| 2007-2008 | Co-Ordinator, Timetable |
| 2006-2007 | Referee, Norma Miller Essay Prize Competition |
| 2006-2007 | Recording Secretary |
| 2006-2007 | Member, Chair Search Committee |
| 2006-2007 | Co-Ordinator, Website |
| 2005-2006 | Recording Secretary |
| 2005-2006 | Member, Chair Search Committee |
| 2004-2005 | Recording Secretary |
| 2004-2005 | Member, Personnel Committee |
COURSES TAUGHT 2012-2013
| AHCL 1000Y | The Trojan War and Its Legacy (Fall-Winter 2012-13) |
| AHCL 3251H | The Archaeology of Ancient Athens (Winter 2013) |
| AHCL 4001H | The Minoanisation of the Aegean Islands (Fall 2012) |
| ANTH 5900Y | The End of the Bronze Age: A Critical Reading Course (Fall-Winter 2013) |
| GREK 2000H | Intermediate Greek I (Fall 2012) |
| GREK 2001H | Intermediate Greek II (Winter 2013) |
LECTURER & ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - DEPARTMENT OF ANCIENT HISTORY & CLASSICS, TRENT UNIVERSITY (PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO)
| AHCL 1000Y | The Trojan War and Its Legacy | 2012-13 |
| AHCL 2230H | The Ancient City [formerly CLCI 223H and AHCL 223H] | 2005W, 2007F, 2009F |
| AHCL 2200Y | Introduction to Greek & Roman Archaeology[formerly AHCL 226A] | 2004F, 2005F, 2006-7, 2007-2008, 2008F, 2009-10, 2011-12 |
| AHCL 250A | Greek Myths & Mythology [formerly CLLI 200A] | 2004-5, 2005-6, 2006-7 |
| AHCL 3250H | Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology [formerly AHCL 325H] | 2006W, 2008W, 2012W |
| AHCL 3851Y | Field School in Classical Archaeology [formerly CLCI 330B and AHCL 3302] | 2005S, 2006S, 2010S |
| AHCL 394H | Advanced Studies in the Ancient City [formerly CLCI 395H] | 2005W, 2007F |
| AHCL 3955H | The Archaeology of the Greek Iron Age | 2009W |
| AHCL 3958H | The Archaeology of Ancient Athens | 2010W |
| AHCL 4001H | Approaches to Mycenaean State Formation | 2008F |
| AHCL 4001H | The Minoanisation of the Aegean Islands | 2012F |
| 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 |
| ANTH 5900H | The End of the Bronze Age: A Critical Reading Course | 2012W |
| ANTH 5900Y | The End of the Bronze Age: A Critical Reading Course | 2013FW |
| GREK 100A | Elementary Greek | 2004-5, 2005-6, 2006-7, 2007-2008 |
| GREK 2000H | Intermediate Greek I | 2008F, 2009F, 2011F, 2012F |
| GREK 2001H | Intermediate Greek II | 2009W, 2012W, 2013W |
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 - COMPLETED
| 2012 | Gwilym Hayward, “Economic Development and Emerging Dialectics in Early Bronze Age Greece,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, 2012 (Reader) |
| 2010 | Chris Carleton, “Collapse of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic ‘B’ in Southwest Asia,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, 2010 (Reader) |
| 2010 | 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, 2010 (External Assessor) |
| 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) |
MASTER'S THESES - IN PROGRESS
Philip Cook, “The Energetics of Mycenaean Citadels: Sociopolitical Implications of Fortification Construction during the Late Helladic III Period,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, in progress (Supervisor) |
Christa Falconer, “Changes in Mortuary Patterns during the Late Helladic IIIB to Late Helladic IIIC Periods on the Greek Mainland and the Cyclades,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, in progress (Supervisor) |
Eric Beales, “A Critical Analysis of the Introduction of Maize into Southern Ontario during the First Millennium A.D.,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, in progress (Reader) |
Zachary Knox, “Classical Agriculture on Kythera,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, in progress (Reader) |
Daniel Savage, “A Functional Analysis of Epipalaeolithic Grooved-Stone Tools from the Southern Levant,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, in progress (Reader) |
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ORGANISATIONS
| 1996-2013 | Archaeological Institute of America, Member |
| 2000-2013 | American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Member |
| 2009-2012 | American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Visiting Senior Associate Member |
| 2008 | Canadian Archaeological Association, Member |
| 2010-2013 | Canadian Institute in Greece, Member |
| 2008-2013 | Classical Association of Canada, Member |
| 2004-2013 | Society for American Archaeology, Member |
| 2007-2013 | Trent University Archaeological Research Centre, Fellow |
| 2008 | World Archaeological Congress, Member |
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