Update from Dr. Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (IPCAA PhD, 1986)

Here are some updates submitted by Dr. Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow on her recent accomplishments:

Published The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy: Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2015.

Promoted to full professor in the Department of Classical Studies at Brandeis University in October 2013, where she has also served as departmental chair since 2003 (and will continue to do so until 2018).

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Update from Dr. Paolo Visonà (IPCAA PhD, 1985)

A team from The Foundation for Calabrian Archaeology and the University of Kentucky led by Dr. Paolo Visonà has recently located a series of Greek fortifications on the mountains in the hinterland of ancient Locri Epizephyrii (please see details in last chapter of an essay to appear in Notizie degli Scavi this summer or fall). The most promising of nearly a half a dozen sites includes what may be a frontier sanctuary (a rectangular [?] building covering an area of c. 900 square meters) and a large fort (?) ringed by a massive wall circuit. The latter has been surveyed preliminarily in June 2015; it covers an area of c. 2000 square meters. Surface finds include Greek rooftile and bronze arrowheads. The presumed sanctuary has yielded diagnostic Greek pottery datable to the classical and Hellenistic periods, roof tiles, and prehistoric lithic tools; all are surface finds.

 

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Update from Dr. Adela Sobotkova (IPCAA PhD, 2012)

After a two-and-a-half-year “interlude with the digital humanities” as manager of the Federated Archaeological Information Management Systems eResearch Project at the University of New South Wales, Dr. Adela Sobotkova has taken a new position as a Research Fellow in the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University. In her new position she will be able to pursue fieldwork and publication relating to her research in Bulgaria.

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Updates from Steven Tuck (IPCAA PhD, 1997)

Here are some updates submitted by Dr. Steven Tuck about his work and publications in the last few years:

Promoted to Professor and Chair of Classics at Miami University in 2013.

Honored with the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award from the Archaeological Institute of America in 2014.

Published the following books and articles:

A History of Roman Art. Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell, 2015.

“Epigraphy and Patronage.” In The Oxford Handbook of Roman Sculpture, edited by E. A. Friendland and M. G. Sobocinski with E. K. Gazda. 407-422. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.

“Nasty, Brutish and Short? The Facts of Life in the Roman Imperial Navy.” In Ancient Documents and Their Contexts: First North American Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (2011), edited by J. P. Bodel and N. M. Dimitrova. 212-229. Boston: Brill, 2014.

“Imperial Image-making.” In A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome, edited by A. Zissos. Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell, in press 2015.

“Ludi and Factions: Organizations of Performers in Roman Spectacle.” Oxford Handbook on Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World, edited by T. F. Scanlon and A. Futrell. New York: Oxford University Press, in progress.

 

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Update: new articles by Dr. Marcello Mogetta (IPCAA PhD, 2013) and Dr. Diana Ng (IPCAA PhD, 2007)

Congratulations to Dr. Marcello Mogetta (IPCAA PhD 2013) and Dr. Diana Ng (IPCAA PhD 2007) on their recent articles published in the Journal of Roman Studies! Both articles are currently available through Cambridge Journals Online.

Marcello Mogetta. “A new date for concrete in Rome.” JRS. Published online 24 April 2015.

Diana Ng. “Commemoration and elite benefaction of buildings and spectacles in the Roman world.” JRS. Published online 17 April 2015.

Marcello recently accepted a tenure-track position in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Missouri, and Diana is an Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.

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How I got here: an interview with Dr. Lori Khatchadourian (IPCAA PhD, 2008)

by Christina DiFabio

Professor Lori Khatchadourian graduated from IPCAA in 2008, with her dissertation Social Logics Under Empire: The Armenian “Highland Strategy” and Achaemenid Rule, CA 600-300 BC. She is now an assistant professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University. I had the opportunity to communicate with Prof. Khatchadourian to discuss her responsibilities at her current position as well as her IPCAA experience.

She is a multi-faceted scholar; her ongoing research in Armenia continues to explore the intersection of materiality and imperialism, even as her attention has recently turned to heritage management and the relationship between archaeology and economic development. She has valuable advice to current IPCAA students, especially concerning the transition from graduate school to academia. Please read the full Q&A interview below. We look forward to following Prof. Khatchadourian’s exciting work!

CD: Please describe your current position. What is your university/college/institution like? What are your responsibilities?

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How I got here: an interview with Dr. Melanie Grunow Sobocinski (IPCAA PhD, 2002)

by Jenny Kreiger

Dr. Melanie Grunow Sobocinski graduated from IPCAA in 2002. After working as a tinyheadshottenure-track assistant professor of art history for several years, she left the academic mainstream to start her own business as a productivity coach. I met with her at the AIA/SCS Annual Meeting in January 2015 to learn more about where she is now and how she got there.

On her current position:

Melanie founded Prof Organizer LLC, a small business providing consultation on organization, time management, and productivity to faculty, graduate students, and academic staff. She says that her goal is to “help academics get their act together” when they feel overwhelmed by workloads and work-life imbalance. To do this, she works closely with her clients on everything from organizing their desk spaces to setting priorities that will help them meet their professional and personal goals. Having been through the rigors of IPCAA and several years as full-time faculty, Melanie has seen and experienced many of the challenges of academic life firsthand. She reminds her clients that getting organized is not a one-time effort but rather “an ongoing process” that academics must practice throughout their careers.

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