GRADUATE PROGRAM IN CLASSICAL AND NEAR EASTERN

WHY BRYN MAWR? The Department of Classical and traces its origins to the CURRICULUM founding of the College in 1885 and became an independent department in 1914 The graduate curriculum, which stresses both with the appointment of Rhys Carpenter (1913-1955), after whom the award-winning breadth and depth of study, prepares students for art and archaeology library is named. Over a hundred years later, our graduate successful careers in a variety of felds, including teaching, research, publishing, and work in program in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology continues to be a leader in museums and foundations. the art and archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean and . We enable students to explore the past societies and material of the Mediterranean Graduate instruction occurs in seminars and and Near East within diferent theoretical and methodological frameworks, tutorial units of supervised study. It is expected that students will take a broad range of courses as they while providing substantial support for professional training opportunities and develop their programs of study in their major and research. As a department we also ofer students a remarkable opportunity to allied subjects. All students are required to: work closely with renowned faculty, who are actively involved in research and feld • take the year-long Intensive Introduction to projects, all within a wider, interdisciplinary, liberal arts setting. Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology. • take an interdisciplinary seminar (GSem). • pass a reading exam in two modern languages (typically German, French, or Italian). • complete seminar work in an ancient language. In addition, the Classics Colloquium and the colloquium of the Center for Visual Culture provide opportunities to engage with prominent scholars across a wide range of disciplines. Students are also able to take courses at the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University (by special arrangement), and other local institutions.

RESEARCH FACILITIES RESEARCH AREAS FIELDWORK Every graduate student has a fully wired carrel The department ofers graduate students The department has always supported in the award-winning Rhys Carpenter Library. the opportunity to study the ancient feldwork experiences that provide training Inaugurated in 1997, Carpenter is a research of the Mediterranean and the Near grounds and research opportunities for library for archaeology, classics, and the East and to explore the interconnected graduate students. Currently, Bryn Mawr of art containing more than 125,000 volumes, 300 and cultures of these areas. It is students and faculty are working on the periodicals and serials in archaeology and classics, expected that students will take a broad following projects: and online databases including the TLG, Dyabola, range of courses in these felds as they • Excavation at Muweilah and Tell Abraq, Library of Latin Texts, l’Année philologique, and develop their programs of study in their ARTstor. An additional 2 million volumes can be major and allied subjects. Allied subjects • Kūbbā Coastal Project, accessed through the Tri-College library consortium are ancient languages (including Greek (in collaboration with the American of Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges. and Latin at Bryn Mawr and Sumerian, University in Beirut) Akkadian, Ugaritic, and Hittite at the • Naukratis, (in collaboration with Bryn Mawr’s Art and Collections number University of Pennsylvania), history of the British Museum) more than 50,000 objects. These collections encompass fve areas: fne art, which includes art, urban studies, ancient history, Many students also take part in excavations paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and anthropology, or archaeological sciences sponsored by other institutions. photographs; archaeology; anthropology; decorative related to the program of the student. Archaeology applicants interested in arts; and geology. These collections enhance the excavation are strongly encouraged to get educational mission of the College and serve as a feld experience as soon as possible either resource for diverse academic departments. in the United States or abroad.

www.brynmawr.edu/ggacha/archaeology GRADUATE FACULTY

JENNIE BRADBURY, Assistant Professor PETER MAGEE, Professor of Classical of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology and Near Eastern Archaeology and Director of Graduate Program (on leave 2020-2021) Social complexity in the ancient Near Human habitation of arid environments; East; the role of ‘non-optimal’ zones; and the history of European exploration of burial traditions and mortuary practices; the , particularly Arabia. , GIS and archaeological survey techniques; and JAMES C. WRIGHT, cultural heritage. William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair and Professor Emeritus A.A. DONOHUE, Rhys Carpenter Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Aegean prehistory and Greek archaeology; spatial theory; and History and historiography of classical art. method. ASTRID LINDENLAUF, Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology and Department Chair EVRYDIKI TASOPOULOU, Visiting Assistant Professor Classical art and archaeology; practices of Classical art and archaeology; representations of animals in disposal and recycling; fortifcations and ancient Greek art; interconnections between ancient Greece, urban development; intellectual history of Egypt, and the Near East. archaeology. CATHERINE K. BAKER, Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Humanities Roman archaeology and art history; Roman Republican history; ancient urbanism, imperialism, and colonialism; frst millennium BCE Central Italy; the Central Apennines, archaeologies of identity, Greek and Roman pottery and small fnds, ancient trade and the economy.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT THE GRADUATE GROUP Bryn Mawr ofers fellowships, grants, and tuition awards to eligible incoming students. Established in 2004, the Graduate Fellowship stipends range from $23,000 to $25,500 (12 month). All fnancial aid awards include Group in Archaeology, Classics, and the a full health insurance grant, full tuition award, and can be guaranteed for multiple years. History of Art was formed to encourage Competitive awards include: interdepartmental collaboration and intellectual exchange. The Group was • Areté Fellowship for outstanding • Marguerite N. Farley Fellowship for awarded a Challenge Grant from the applications to any Graduate Group exceptional international students National Endowment of the Humanities department • Travel support to attend conferences and to endow its interdisciplinary seminars • NEH-sponsored Multidisciplinary workshops (GSems) as well as special fellowships for Fellowships for students conducting interdisciplinary study and internships in graduate work in more than one discipline Philadelphia-area museums.

CONTACT US For admissions information, visit www.brynmawr.edu/gsas/admissions For program information, contact Jennie Bradbury at [email protected] or 610-526-5659