Susan E. Alcock
Encyclopedia
Susan Alcock is a American archaeologist specializing in survey archaeology and the archaeology of memory in the provinces of the Roman empire. Alcock grew up in Massachusetts
and was educated at Yale
and the University of Cambridge
.
She is Professor of Classics and the Director for the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
at Brown University
(2006–present). Prior to that, she was the John H. D'Arms Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Michigan
. She was co-director of the Pylos Regional Archaeological Project
in southwestern Greece, then co-director of the Vorotan Project in southern Armenia
, and is now director of the Brown University Petra Archaeological Project. In 2001 she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
and was educated at Yale
YALE
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and the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
.
- B.A., Archaeology and History, Yale University, 1983
- B.A., Classics, University of Cambridge, 1985
- M.A., Classics, University of Cambridge 1989
- Ph.D., Classics, University of Cambridge 1989
She is Professor of Classics and the Director for the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World is an interdisciplinary center for research and teaching of archaeology, particularly archaeology and art of the ancient Mediterranean, Egypt, and Western Asia, at Brown University.-History:...
at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
(2006–present). Prior to that, she was the John H. D'Arms Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
. She was co-director of the Pylos Regional Archaeological Project
Pylos Regional Archaeological Project
The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project is a diachronic and multi-disciplinary archaeological expedition established in 1990. Its purpose is to study the history of prehistoric and historic settlement in southwestern Greece . The focus of the expedition entails surveying the Bronze Age...
in southwestern Greece, then co-director of the Vorotan Project in southern Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
, and is now director of the Brown University Petra Archaeological Project. In 2001 she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.
Publications
- Graecia Capta: The Landscapes of Roman Greece (Cambridge 1993)
- (editor with Robin Osborne) Placing the Gods: Sanctuaries and Sacred Space in Ancient Greece (Oxford 1994)
- (editor) The Early Roman Empire in the East (Oxford 1997)
- Archaeologies of the Greek Past: Landscape, Monuments and Memory (Cambridge 2001)
- (edited with John Cherry and Jas Elsner) Pausanias: Travel and Memory in Roman Greece (New York 2001)
- (editor with Terence D'Altroy, Kathleen Morrison and Carla Sinopoli) Empires: Perspectives from History and Archaeology (Cambridge 2001)
- (editor with Ruth Van Dyke) The Archaeology of Memory (Oxford 2003)
- (editor with John Cherry) Side-by-Side Survey: Comparative Regional Analysis in the Mediterranean Region (Oxford 2004)
- (editor with Lauren Talalay) In the Field: The Archaeological Expeditions of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology (Ann Arbor 2006)