In this week’s blog post, Drs Christine Johnston and Leigh Anne Lieberman introduce us to their new NEH-funded project, “Teaching Ancient in a Digital Age.” This institute aims to equip Ancient Mediterranean studies faculty with essential digital skills and resources that take into account the evolving educational landscapes. Through virtual and in-person workshops, participants will develop lesson plans focused on data and digital literacy, which will enhance student engagement and prepare them to teach using the newest digital technologies applied through pedagogical best practices.
Tag Archives: archaeology
Blog #116: Disassembled Cyborgs: Interpreting Cretan Warriorhood and War Booty through Disability Theory with Jesse Obert
In this week’s blog post, Jesse Obert, Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek History at the University of South Florida, takes us through his research on warriorhood in Crete and the ways in which we can think about war booty through the lens of disability theory.
Blog #115: Uncovering the Romans: A Tale of Participation in Archaeology on Hadrian’s Wall with Marta Alberti-Dunn
In this week’s blog post, Dr. Marta Alberti Dunn reflects on her research on the history of volunteers on Hadrian’s Wall and the evolution of those tasked with performing skilled labour on the excavation of this site.
Blog #114: The Labor of Care: Accession Cards from MohenjoDaro (Pakistan) with Uzma Z. Rizvi
This week, we feature the work of Uzma Z. Rizvi, whose project at MohenjoDaro in Pakistan highlights the ways in which archaeologists can engage in decolonial, non-extractive, and generative approaches in their use of legacy data and archival history through the framework of an archaeology of care.
Blog #113: Pannonians Abroad? New Evidence from a Roman Auxiliary Base in Central Turkey with Andrew L. Goldman
In this week’s blog post, Andrew L. Goldman takes us through his archaeological project at the ancient Roman auxiliary base at Gordion in central Anatolia, and the possibility that Pannonian soldiers were stationed at this site. Here, he highlights the role played by non-Romans in the military, while also using archaeological evidence to characterize auxiliary bases as multi-gendered and multi-generational spaces.
Blog Post #111: Telling New Stories: Do We Need to Display the Egyptian Dead? with Lisa Saladino Haney
In this week’s blog post, Dr. Lisa Saladino Haney takes us through her work on the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s new “Egypt on the Nile” project, in which they are re-imagining the ways that we conceive of museum exhibitions related to ancient Egypt and the ethical treatment of the mummified human remains in the care of their museum.
Blog #110: Paeonia and the Paeonians in the Historical and Archaeological Evidence with Goran Sanev
In this instalment of our “Unknown Peoples” Series, Goran Sanev, the Curator Adviser at the National Archaeological Museum of North Macedonia and PhD Candidate at Simon Fraser University, takes us through the historical and archaeological evidence for the Paeonians, one of the oldest proto-historical communities in the Central Balkans.
Podcast Season 4, Episode 12: Hopeful Futures for Archaeological Practice with Yannis Hamilakis
In our final episode of season 4, we speak to Dr. Yannis Hamilakis, Joukowsky Family Professor of Archaeology and Professor of Modern Greek Studies at Brown University.
Listen in, as Dr. Yannis Hamilakis discusses the politics of the past and the critical and ethical pathways forward for archaeology and teaching in the face of hypernationalism and genocide.
Podcast Season 4, Episode 11: Protecting Heritage in Times of Conflict with Isber Sabrine
In this week’s episode of the Peopling the Past Podcast, we interview Dr. Isber Sabrine, the president and cofounder of Heritage for Peace. Listen in, as Dr. Isber Sabrine discusses looting and the illicit antiquities trade in times of violent conflict and the importance of centring community voices and capacity building in heritage protection.
Listen in, as Dr. Kamash speaks about the politics of archaeology and the importance of cultural heritage for community well-being and healing during times of conflict.
Podcast Season 4, Episode 10: Between the Tigris and the Thames: Heritage Practice with Zena Kamash
In this week’s episode of the Peopling the Past Podcast, we interview Dr. Zena Kamash, a British-Iraqi archaeologist and senior visiting research fellow at King’s College, University of London.
Listen in, as Dr. Kamash speaks about the politics of archaeology and the importance of cultural heritage for community well-being and healing during times of conflict.
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