Ancient Culture, Religion and Ethnicity
The focus of Ancient Culture, Religion and Ethnicity is on the history, literature, archaeology and religious traditions of the ancient Mediterranean. Research strengths include:
- Mediterranean and Near Eastern Archaeology,
- Hebrew Bible Studies,
- Early Christianity and Judaism,
- Languages and Literature of Greece, Rome and the Near East,
- Reception Studies,
- Digital Humanities, and
- Cultural History.
Faculty Members in Ancient Culture, Religion and Ethnicity
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Bablitz, Leanne | Roman history, Roman law, Roman courtrooms, , Roman social history and law, Roman topography, Roman legal procedure |
| Cooper, Elisabeth | Archaeology of greater Mesopotamia |
| Daniels, Megan | Classical religion; Archaeology of Greece and the broader eastern Mediterranean; Late Bronze Age to Hellenistic Period; Ancient religion, sanctuaries, votive objects; Cross-cultural interaction; Ancient economies and trade; Divine kingship; Digital/data science approaches to the ancient world, particularly ancient religion; Migration and mobility across Eurasia; Phoenician culture; Ceramic analysis |
| De Angelis, Franco | Ancient Greek world history, environment, urbanism, developmnet of societies, colonization, economics, ancient literature |
| Fisher, Kevin | Prehistoric archaeology; Anthropology; Archaeological theory; Archaeometry; Archeological Data Analysis; Archeological Excavation Methods and Techniques; architecture; built environments; digital archaeology; Dynamics of Social Transformations; Mediterranean archaeology; Near Eastern archaeology; power; Social Life / Societal Life; social interaction; Urban Spaces and Urbanity; urbanism |
| Gardner, Gregg | Judaism, Rabbinic Literature, Rabbinic Judaism, Mishnah, Talmud, Jewish Studies, Jewish Law, Jewish Ethics, Charity, Jewish Ethics, Archaeology of Israel, Archaeology and Hebrew Bible, Archaeology of Jerusalemn |
| Griffin, Michael | Greek philosophy, Ancient philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Proclus, Neoplatonism, Ancient logic |
| Huemoeller, Katharine | Classical Greek and Ancient Rome history; Classical archaeology; Classical linguistics; Religion and religious studies; Ancient law (in theory and in practice); Documentary texts; gender and sexuality; Non-urban life in antiquity; Roman social history; Slavery (ancient and comparative) |
| Marshall, Toph | Cinema studies; Classical Greek and Ancient Rome history; Classical archaeology; Classical linguistics; Film, television and digital media; Religion and religious studies; Literary or Artistic Works Analysis; Performance and Theatrical Productions |
| McCarty, Matthew | archaeology and art of the Roman Empire and Iron Age Europe/North Africa; ancient religion and ritual practice; interplays between texts, practices, and objects; imperialism, colonialism, and identity in the ancient world; interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, comparative (especially comparison with Qin/Han China), and theoretical approaches; historiography of archaeology |
| McElduff, Siobhan | Ancient and modern translation, history of the book |
| Milstein, Sara | Classical Greek and Ancient Rome history; Classical archaeology; Classical linguistics; Religion and religious studies; biblical and cuneiform law; Hebrew Bible and Near Eastern Studies; History of Major Eras, Great Civilisations or Geographical Corpuses; literary history of the Bible; Literary or Artistic Works Analysis; Mesopotamian literature; Near Eastern scribal culture; Religious Contexts |
| Philbrick, Rachel | Latin Poetry, Especially Epic and Elegy, Textual authority and credibility, Genre and intertextuality, Narratology, Geography and Mapping, as Well as Narratives of Boundaries, Utopias, and the Unknown |
| Schneider, Thomas | Egyptian history and phonoly |
| Soon, Isaac | Early Christianity and New Testament |
| Yoo, Philip | |
| Yoon, Florence | heralds and the representation of the absent; anonymity and naming, particularly in Greek Tragedy; props and silent characters in Greek drama |