Kilian P. Mallon
Stanford University, Stanford Archaeology Center, 488 Escondido Mall, Bldg. 500, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. [email protected] [email protected]
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Archaeology of the Mediterranean; Roman Empire and Late Antiquity; Early Christian Archaeology • Religion; Environmental and Landscape Archaeology; Bioarchaeology • Architectural Economics; Materiality; Identity • Heritage in Public Discourse and Media
CURRENT POSITIONS
Lecturer – Stanford University, 2019–20
EDUCATION
PhD in Classics (Classical Archaeology) – Stanford University Dissertation: Religion at the End of Empire: Church Construction, Labor Mobilization, and 2019 Social Power in the Late Antique Western Mediterranean Committee: Justin Leidwanger, Jennifer Trimble, Walter Scheidel
M.A. in Classics - University College Dublin 2009 Thesis: Trade in Roman Crete: Infrastructure, Production and Consumption in East Crete from the 1st Century B.C. to the 4th Century A.D. Advisor: Christina Haywood
B.A. Archaeology + Greek and Roman Civilization – University College, Dublin 2008 Thesis: Pausanias’ Description of Greece: Attica in the 2nd century A.D. Advisor: Theresa Urbainczyk
Graduate Digital Humanities Certificate 2019 Stanford Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA)
Certificate Post-Baccalaureate in Classics 2012 University of California, Los Angeles
Certificate in Intensive Latin 2011 University College Cork, Ireland
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TEACHING Stanford University
Religions of Ancient Eurasia Sole Instructor Spring 2019
Ancient Athletics Co-instructor Winter 2019 with Prof. Susan Stephens
Engineering the Roman Empire Teaching Assistant 2016 Prof. Justin Leidwanger
Introduction to Roman Archaeology Teaching Assistant 2016 Prof. Jennifer Trimble
Greek Mythology Teaching Assistant 2015 Prof. Richard Martin
Ten Things: An Archaeology of Design Teaching Assistant 2014 Prof. Michael Shanks
University College Dublin
Roman History Teaching Assistant 2009 Dr. Alexander Thein
Greek History and Philosophy Teaching Assistant 2008 Prof. Theresa Urbainczyk Prof. Andrew Smith
Other institutions and short-term roles
Spanish, French, and English as Second Languages – Full-time, 2012- Numerous schools in US and Ireland: adult/immigrant group classes, high-school level
English as a Second Language – Full-time c.1500 classroom hours 2010-11 Windsor School of English, Seville, Spain: adult group classes, adult one-on-one, teenager group exam preparation K-12, academic prep, business/professional English.
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK
Archaeologist – excavation, recording, post-excavation, student supervision 2020 Los Bañales Archaeological Project, Aragón, Spain University of Navarra, Prof. Javier Andreu Pintado
Archaeologist and researcher 2019 Los Bañales Archaeological Project, Aragón, Spain
Archaeologist – excavation, recording, post-excavation, student supervision 2018 Los Bañales Archaeological Project, Aragón, Spain
Archaeologist – excavation, recording, post-excavation, student supervision 2017 Los Bañales Archaeological Project, Aragón, Spain
Archaeologist – excavation, recording, post-excavation 2015 Renieblas Archaeological Project, Soria, Spain Duke University, Prof. Alicia Jiménez
Post-Excavation Lab Manager and Roman–Byzantine Ceramic Specialist 2014 Burgaz Harbor Excavation Project, Turkey Stanford University, Prof. Justin Leidwanger
Post-Excavation Lab Manager 2010 Priniatikos Pyrgos Excavation, Crete, Greece University College Dublin, Dr. Barry Molloy and Dr. Jo Day
Archaeologist – excavation, recording, post-excavation, student supervision 2009 Priniatikos Pyrgos Excavation, Crete, Greece
Field-school student archaeologist 2008 Priniatikos Pyrgos Excavation, Crete, Greece
Research Internship – Early Medieval Borders Project and ‘Bog Bodies’ Exhibition 2007 National Museum of Archaeology, Dublin, Ireland
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
General (teaching competency) exams: 2015 Roman Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Roman History, Greek History.
Student Researcher in Digital Humanities 2014–19 CESTA (Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis), Stanford University
Proof-corrector for the Corpus of Electronic Texts (CELT) 2011 Department of History, University College Cork, Ireland
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PUBLICATIONS
Review of Panagiotidou, Olympia, and Roger Beck. The Roman Mithras Cult: A Cognitive Approach. 2019 Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017. Bryn Mawr Classical Review (peer-reviewed, published May 2019)
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Religion at the End of Empire: Economic Forces and the Spatial Evolution of the 2019 Christian Built Environment, 350–576 C.E. Archaeological Institute of America Annual Conference, San Diego
Ghost Towns of the Roman West: Heritage at Los Bañales, Spain (invited) 2018 Stanford University, Department of Classics
Religious Construction at the End of Empire (invited) 2018 Stanford Archaeology Center – Lunchtime Series
Extending the Mind through Security Technology in the Roman Empire 2016 University of Pennsylvania – Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference Ancient Technologies: Their Matter, Materiality, and Materializations
House Size and Elite Inequality in Roman Greece 2016 Archaeological Institute of America Annual Conference, San Francisco
The Roman Consumption of Nocturnal Light 2015 France-Stanford Graduate Student Conference, Stanford University
Regional Production and Maritime Exchange in the Southeast Aegean: Ceramic Analysis 2014 at Burgaz, Turkey American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Conference, San Diego Megan Daniels, Kilian Mallon (Speaker), Ilham Sakarya, Justin Leidwanger, Elizabeth S. Greene
The Roman Consumption of Nocturnal Light 2014 University of California, Irvine - Graduate Student Conference You Are What You Eat: Appetite, Consumption, and Identity in Antiquity
FELLOWSHIPS AND FUNDING AWARDED
Haas Center for Public Service, Stanford University 2018-19 Graduate Public Service Fellowship
Stanford Department of Classics 2013-2018 5-year Graduate Fellowship ($30,000 per annum)
Stanford Department of Classics 2014-18 Summer research travel funding (average of $5000 per annum)
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University of Navarra, Los Bañales Archaeological Project 2018 Room and board expenses grant
Stanford Department of Classics 2016 Conference travel funding – Philadelphia, PA.
Duke University, Renieblas Archaeological Project 2015 Room and board expenses grant
Stanford Department of Classics 2014 Conference travel funding – ASOR, San Diego, CA.
Stanford Department of Classics 2014 Conference travel funding – Irvine, CA.
Priniatikos Pyrgos Excavation Project 2010 Room and board expenses grant
Irish Institute for Hellenic Studies at Athens 2009 Student travel bursary for research at BSA and ASCSA
SERVICE AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
Stanford University
Writer and Performer Stanford Classics in Theater (SCIT). 2013-2019 Adapted performances including the Menaechmi, Thesmophoriazusae, Fragments, The Birds, Casina
Fellow Haas Center for Public Service 2018-19 Developer of outreach program for Dept. of Classics
Graduate Student Representative Stanford Department of Classics 2017-18 Student–faculty liaison, quarterly meetings chair
Public engagement volunteer for children through the excavation simulation “Big Dig” and 2014-18 at the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital
Application reader/adviser Stanford Department of Classics 2017 Read and advise faculty on incoming graduate student admissions
Co-organizer Stanford Geballe Research Workshop Series: Data Scarcity in Ancient History 2015-16
Social organizer Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis 2014-15
Organizer Graduate Student Colloquium, Stanford Department of Classics 2014-15 Helped students prepare research topics and conference papers
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University College Dublin
Member Department of Classics, Staff-Student Committee 2008-9
Secretary UCD Classical Society 2008-9
Media and Public Relations
Television Interview Los Bañales Archaeological Project 2018 “Aragón en Abierto” Aragón TV
Radio Interview Los Bañales Archaeological Project 2017 Radio SER Cinco Villas, Ejea de los Caballeros
Television Interview Los Bañales Archaeological Project 2017 “Aragón Noticias” Aragón TV
Television Interview Los Bañales Archaeological Project 2017 “Unidad Móvil” Aragón TV
Television interview Renieblas Archaeological Project 2015 Soria TV
LANGUAGES
Modern English and Irish Gaelic (Native) Spanish (Fluent) French (Proficient) Modern Greek (Research and fieldwork proficient) Arabic (Intermediate) German, Italian (Reading)
Ancient Latin and Ancient Greek
SKILLS • Excavation and survey, ArcGIS, landscape archaeology • Site architecture and landscape mapping • Post excavation management o Small finds management (ceramics, metal, bone, plaster/wall paintings, etc.) cataloguing, analysis, drawing and conservation (terrestrial and underwater), pXRF and principal components analysis (PCA) o Site database management o Team management and logistics o Media and public outreach, publicity • Student supervision and teaching in the field, object-based learning • Photography, photogrammetry, maker-spaces
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND AFFILIATIONS
Society for Classical Studies Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens Archaeological Institute of America Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA) American Schools of Oriental Research Haas Center for Public Service Societies for Biblical Research Women’s Classical Caucus Association for Environmental Archaeology World Archaeology Congress European Association of Archaeologists
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