Dr. Hugh ELTON
Department of Ancient History and Classics
Ancient History & Classics
Trent University
1600 Westbank Drive
Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8
CANADA
Tel: +1 (705) 748-1011, ext. 7838
Fax: +1 (705) 748-1047
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.trentu.ca/ahc/HE.html
EMPLOYMENT:
Dean of Arts and Science – Humanities, Trent University
Acting Dean of Arts and Science – Humanities, Trent University
July 2013 (5 year term)
September 2010-June 2012
Full Professor, Trent University, Dept. Ancient History & Classics
July 2011 to current
Associate Professor, Trent University, Dept. Ancient History & Classics July 2006 – June 2011
Chair, Dept. Ancient History and Classics
July 2007 –August 2010
0.0 FTE appointment in Dept. History
July 2007 to current
Visiting Research Fellow, Dept of Classics, King's College, London
July 2007 -2008
Director, British Institute at Ankara
August 2001-August 2006
Assistant Professor, Florida International University, FL
August 1998-August 2001
Visiting Lecturer, University of Connecticut, CT
1997-1998
Visiting Assistant Professor, Trinity College, CT
July 1994-June 1998
Visiting Assistant Professor, Rice University, TX
January 1993-June 1994
EDUCATION and QUALIFICATIONS:
1986-1990 - The Queen's College, Oxford
D.Phil. for doctoral thesis, Aspects of Defence in Roman Europe: AD 350-500
1983-1986 - University of Sheffield
B.A. Honours dual degree in Ancient History/Classical Archaeology and Medieval
History, 2.i
Wellings Prize in Modern History (1984)
1981-1983 - Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge
A-levels in Greek, Latin, History, Special papers in Latin, History
1976-1981 - Chesterton Comprehensive School, Cambridge
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RESEARCH INTERESTS:
My current research concentrates on Cilicia and Isauria (i.e. Asia Minor north of Cyprus), addressing the
question of what does it mean to be Roman in these areas. This question of identity can be addressed in
many different ways. Although in literature Isaurians are a well-stereotyped ethnic grouping, with a clear
identity (at least, as perceived by outsiders), how is this represented materially? And is Isauria significantly
different in its material culture to other regions of the Roman Empire? These questions are addressed
through the Göksu Archaeological Project, an interdisciplinary multi-period survey in the Taurus
Mountains (www.biaatr.org/goksu). The five-year fieldwork was completed in 2006, followed by study
seasons in 2007-2008, to be followed by publication. This project provides contextual information for a
number of previously excavated sites (Alahan, Aloda, Dağpazarı) as well as recording low-lying areas
threatened with flooding by a planned dam near Mut. Changes in regional culture are explored between the
Paleolithic and the Ottoman periods, though focusing in particular on the fifth century AD, when a local,
Zeno, became Roman emperor.
I am also writing a book on 'Cilicia and Rome in the Late Roman Empire. This work covers the third to
seventh centuries AD and focuses on what it meant to Cilicia and Isauria to be a part of the Late Roman
Empire. These consequences are discussed thematically, with chapters focusing on cities, the economy, the
gods, the emperor, etc. There is no book-length study of this region in the Roman or Late Roman periods.
Nor have late antique scholars focused much on the problems of 'Romanization'. Draft chapters have been
favorably reviewed by OUP though no contract has yet been issued.
My first book, Warfare in Roman Europe: AD 350-425 (Oxford University Press, 1996; paperback 1998)
examined the development and interaction of the military systems of Rome and her European enemies
during the decline of the late Roman Empire. This produced several important conclusions, that the
barbarian threat had little coherence, and that when compared with Roman forces, the military capacities of
the barbarians were low and did not improve during this period. The problem of defining what it meant to
be Roman was highlighted in the discussion of the 'barbarization' of the army, where it was shown that the
recruitment of soldiers born outside the empire has been exaggerated in both its extent and impact.
Relationships between Romans and non-Romans were also covered in my short monograph, Frontiers of
the Roman Empire (published by Batsford and Indiana University Press, 1996; selection of the History
Book Club in the US). Here, the Roman frontier was examined as a series of overlapping zones (civil,
economic, and military) with attention paid to both sides of the border. By defining these various zones, it
thus becomes easier to understand Roman identity. I have explored the same theme of identity in a number
of prosopographical articles on Roman army officers in late antiquity (Fravitta, Illus) and on ethnicity
(review article, Romania et Gothia; Nature of the Sixth-century Isaurians).
I have also focused on similar questions of definition in collaborative work. In 1989, with John
Drinkwater, I organized an international conference on "Fifth-Century Gaul: A Crisis of Identity?", asking
participants to assess the state of Romanization in Gaul in the fifth century AD. The proceedings were
published by Cambridge University Press. I organized another focused international conference in 1997
with Gary Reger, titled "Regionalism in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor" at Trinity College,
Connecticut. Here, we asked participants to examine the ways in which regions were defined in Asia
Minor. The proceedings have been published by Ausonius Press, France. Last, I organized a panel at the
1999 APA Meeting, concerning 'Insiders and Outsiders in the Late Roman Empire'.
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PUBLICATIONS:
BOOKS:
ELTON, H.W. and Reger, G., eds., Regionalism in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor (Bordeaux,
Ausonius Press, 2007)
Warfare in the Roman Empire: A.D. 350-425 (Oxford: OUP, 1996, paperback 1998).
Frontiers of the Roman Empire (London: Batsford; Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1996).
Drinkwater, J.F., and ELTON, H.W., eds., Fifth-Century Gaul: A Crisis of Identity? (Cambridge: CUP,
1992, paperback 2002).
ARTICLES:
"Avkat Archaeological Project 2007-2008" (with J. Haldon, J. Newhard, S. Lockwood), Araştırma
Sonuçları Toplantısı 27.3 (2009), 29-51
"Imperial Politics at the Court of Theodosius II", in Cain, A. and Lenski, N., eds., The Power of Religion
in Late Antiquity (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2009), 133-142
"Alahan'da (Isaurya) bir Roma Kentinin Keşfi" (with M. Jackson, G. Mietke, J. Newhard, L. Özgenel, and
E. Twigger), Olba 17 (2009), 83-116
"Göksu Archaeological Project 2005-2006", Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı 25.2 (Ankara, Ministry of
Culture and Tourism, 2008), 237-250
"Rome and the Barbarians", in The Ancient World at War, ed. P. de Souza (London, Thames and Hudson,
2008), 202-215
"Geography, Labels, Romans and Cilicia", in H. Elton and G. Reger, eds., Regionalism in Hellenistic and
Roman Asia Minor (Bordeaux, Ausonius Press, 2007), 25-31
"Cavalry in Late Roman Warfare"¸ in The Late Roman Army in the Near East from Diocletian to the
Arab Conquest: Proceedings of a colloquium held at Potenza, Acerenza and Matera, Italy (May
2005), Lewin, A.S. and Pellegrini, P., BAR S1717 (Oxford: BAR, 2007), 377-381
"Roman Military Forces from the Third to the Seventh Centuries" in Sabin, P., Van Wees, H. and Whitby,
M., eds., The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare (Cambridge: CUP, 2007), 270309.
"Göksu Arkeoloji Projesi", in Silifke Müzesi Konferansları, ed. I. Öztürk (Silifke, 2007), 91-95
"Army and Battle in the Age of Justinian" in A Companion to the Roman Army, ed. P. Erdkamp (Oxford:
Blackwell, 2007), 532-550.
"Ecclesiastical Politics in Late Antique Isauria", in Festschrift for Wolf Liebeschuetz, eds. J.F. Drinkwater
and B. Salway, (London, Institute of Classical Studies, 2007), BICS Supp. 91, 77-85.
"Church Decoration in Late Roman Lycia"' in K. Dörtlük et al. eds., The IIIrd International Symposium on
Lycia, Symposium Proceedings, (Antalya: Suna-Inan Kirac Research Institute on Mediterranean
Civilizations, 2006), vol. 1, 239-242.
"The Roman Countryside at Alahan, Turkey", in Lewin, A.S. and Pellegrini, P., eds., Settlements and
Demography in the Near East in Late Antiquity. Proceedings of the colloquium, Matera 27-29
October 2005 (Rome, Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali, 2006), 59-66.
"A new late Roman urban centre in Isauria", Journal of Roman Archaeology 19 (2006), 300-311
(with M. Jackson, G. Mietke, J. Newhard, L. Özgenel, and E. Twigger).
"Transformation of Government under Diocletian and Constantine", in Potter, D., ed., The Blackwell
Companion to the Roman Empire (London: Blackwell, 2006), 193-205.
"Recent Work at Alahan", in Festschrift for Hayat Erkanal, ed. Günel, S., (Istanbul, Homer Kitabevi,
2006), 310-316.
"Göksu Archaeological Project 2002-2004", Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı 23.1 (Ankara, Ministry of
Culture and Tourism, 2006), 331-342.
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"Warfare and the Military in the Age of Constantine" in The Cambridge Companion to Constantine, ed.
N. Lenski (Cambridge: CUP, 2006), 325-346.
"LR 1 Amphorae and the economy of southern Asia Minor", in First International Conference on Late
Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae, Barcelona ed. J.M. Gurt i Esparraguera
et al. BAR S1340 (Oxford: BAR, 2005), 691-695.
"Military supply on the south coast of Anatolia in the 3rd century AD", in Patterns in the Economy of
Roman Asia Minor, ed. S. Mitchell and C. Katsari, (Swansea, Classical Press of Wales, 2005),
289-304.
with G. Greatrex and R. Burgess, "Urbicius' Epitedeuma: An Edition, Translation and Commentary",
Byzantinische Zeitschrift 98 (2005), 35-74.
"Romanization and some Cilician Cults", in de Ligt, L. et al., eds., Roman rule and civic life: local and
regional perspectives (Amsterdam: Gieben, 2004), 231-241.
"Cilicia, Geography and the Late Roman Empire", Travel, Communication and Geography in Late
Antiquity, ed. L. Ellis and F. Kidner, (Aldershot: Variorum, 2004), 5-10.
"The economy of Cilicia in late antiquity", Olba 8 (2003), 173-181 + pl. 35-36.
"Alahan and Zeno", Anatolian Studies 52 (2002), 153-157.
"The Economic Fringe: The Reach of the Roman Empire in Rough Cilicia", in de Blois, L. and Rich, J.,
eds., The Transformation of Economic Life under the Roman Empire (Amsterdam: Gieben,
2002), 172-183.
"Illus and the Late Roman Aristocracy under Zeno", Byzantion 70 (2000), 393-407.
"The Nature of the Sixth-century Isaurians", in Mitchell, S. and Greatrex, G., eds., Ethnicity and Culture
in Late Antiquity (Swansea: University of Wales Press, 2000), 293-307.
"Off the Battlefield: The Civilian's View of Late Roman Soldiers", Expedition 39.2 (1997), 42-50.
"Romans and Goths: Recent Approaches", review article on Heather, P., Goths and Romans;
Liebeschuetz, J., Barbarians and Bishops; Cameron, A. and Long, J., Barbarians and Politics at
the Court of Arcadius; Heather, P. and Matthews, J., The Goths in the Fourth Century, Journal
of Roman Archaeology 9 (1996), 566-574.
"Fravitta and Barbarian Career Opportunities in Constantinople", Medieval Prosopography 17/1 (1996),
95-106.
"Defining Romans, Barbarians and the Roman Frontier" in Mathisen, R.W. and Sivan, H.S., eds., Shifting
Frontiers in Late Antiquity (Aldershot: Variorum, 1996), 126-135.
"Tile Studies" in Coccia, S., Mattingly, D., et al., "The Rieti Survey 1988-1991, Part II. The Finds,
Settlement Patterns and Gazetteer", Papers of the British School at Rome 63 (1995), 105-158.
"Roman Gold and Barbarian Kings", Medieval Europe 5 (1992), 25-30.
"The Defence of Gaul" in Drinkwater, J.F., and ELTON, H.W., eds., Fifth-Century Gaul: A Crisis of
Identity? (Cambridge: CUP, 1992), 167-176.
"The Tiles" in Coccia, S., Mattingly, D., et al., "Settlement History, Environment and Human Exploitation
of an Intermontane Basin in the Central Apennines: the Rieti Survey, 1988-1991, Part I", Papers
of the British School at Rome 60 (1992), 213-289.
In Press:
"Late Roman Churches in the Göksu Valley", for Rough Cilicia: New Archaeological and Historical
Approaches, ed Hoff, M. and Townsend, R., (Oxbow, 2012), 225-238
"Historical evidence for Zeugma in light of the results of the 2000 Excavation", for PHI Rescue
Excavations at Zeugma 2000, ed. W. Aylward, (5,000 words).
Review of De Blois, L. and Lo Cascio, E., eds., The Impact of the Roman Army (200 B.C. – A.D. 476):
Economic, Social, Political, Religious and Cultural Aspects (Leiden: Brill, 2007) in Ancient
History Bulletin
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Review of Mitchell, S., A History of the Later Roman Empire, AD 284-641 (Oxford: Blackwell, 2007) in
Journal for Late Antiquity
"Imperial Campaigning from Diocletian to Honorius", The Archaeology of War in Late Antiquity, eds. L.
Lavan and A. Sarantis (Brill) (9.500 words)
"Avkat Arkeoloji Projesi, 2007-2009" (with John Haldon, Jim Newhard, and Peter Bikoulis), 2. Çorum
Kazı ve Araştırmalar Sempozyum (Çorum, 2012) [3,000 words]
“Olive Oil and Wine Production in Isauria: Results from the Göksu Archaeological Project in Turkey”,
Şenol, K., ed., Olive Oil and Wine Production in the Eastern Mediterranean during Antiquity
[4,000 words]
Review of Mac Sweeney, N., Community Identity and Archaeology. Dynamic Communities at
Aphrodisias and Beycesultan. (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2011) in Classical
Review 63.1 (2013)
"The Avkat Archaeological Project, 2012" (with John Haldon, Jim Newhard, John Wall, and Angelina
Phebus), Heritage Turkey 2 (2012) [1000 words]
Forthcoming:
Cilicia and Rome in Late Antiquity, Book MS, sample chapters favorably reviewed by OUP
The Late Roman Empire: a political and military history (CUP contract signed) 150,000 word MS due
31/12/2012
"Scythed Chariots: A misunderstood weapon?", 4,000 word article
“Military Developments in the Fifth Century, in Maas, M., ed., Cambridge Companion to the Age of Attila
(CUP) [6,000 words]
Selected reviews and short articles (since 1999):
Review of Kelly, C.M., The End of Empire: Attila the Hun and the Fall of Rome (New York: Norton,
2009), in Michigan War Studies Review (http://www.miwsr.com/2012-052.aspx)
Review of Shean, J., Soldiering for God (Leiden: Brill, 2010) in The Journal of Military History 76
(2012), 224
"The Avkat Archaeological Project 2011" (with John Haldon and Jim Newhard), Heritage Turkey 1
(2011), 35-36
"The Avkat Archaeological Project 2010" (with John Haldon and Jim Newhard), Anatolian Archaeology
16 (2010), 16-17
Review of Pitassi, M., The Navies of Rome (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2009) in The Northern
Mariner 20 (2010), 232-234
Review of Goldsworthy, A.K., How Rome fell: death of a superpower (New Haven, CT: Yale University
Press, 2009) in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010.03.63, http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2010/201003-63.html
Review of Lee, A.D., War in Late Antiquity, (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2007), in International Journal
of the Classical Tradition 16 (2009), 598-600
"The Avkat Archaeological project" (with John Haldon and Jim Newhard), Anatolian Archaeology 15
(2009), 17-18
"The Avkat Archaeological project" (with John Haldon and Jim Newhard), Anatolian Archaeology 14
(2008), 17-20
Review of Haarer, F., Anastasius I (Leeds, Francis Cairns, 2006) in Phoenix 52 (2008), 232-234
Review of Merkelbach, R. and Stauber, J., Steinepigramme aus dem Griechischen Osten, vol. 4,
(Munich, K.G. Saur Verlag, 2004) in Classical Review 58.1 (2008), 305
2007 Avkat Season short report (with John Haldon) at http://www.princeton.edu/avkat/reports/
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Review of Liebeschuetz, J.H.W.G., Decline and Change in Late Antiquity (Variorum: Aldershot, 2006)
in Scripta Classica Israelica 26 (2007), 236-237
Review of Bishop, M. and Coulston, J.C.N., Roman Military Equipment (Oxford, 2006) in JRA 20
(2007), 488-490
Review of Feld, K., Barbarische Bürger (Berlin, de Gruyter, 2005) in Bryn Mawr Classical Review
2007.12.15, http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2007/2007-12-15.html.
Review of Goffart, W., Barbarian Tides (Philadelphia: U. Penn. Press, 2006) in Journal of Roman
Studies 97 (2007), 385-387
"Göksu Archaeological Project 2006", Anatolian Archaeology 12 (2006), 19-21.
"Göksu Archaeological Project 2005", Anatolian Archaeology 11 (2005), 16-18.
"Göksu Archaeological Project", Anatolian Archaeology 10 (2004), 26-28.
Review of Hekster, O., Commodus: An Emperor at the Crossroads (Amsterdam: Gieben, 2002) in
Journal of Roman Studies 93 (2003), 397
"Göksu Archaeological Project", Anatolian Archaeology 9 (2003), 28-30.
Review of Merkelbach, R. and Stauber, J., Steinepigramme aus dem Griechischen Osten, vol. 3,
(Munich, K.G. Saur Verlag, 2001) in Classical Review 53 (2003) 486-487.
Review of Ross, S.K., Roman Edessa (London: Routledge, 2000) in Classical Review 52 (2002), 133-134
"Göksu Archaeological Project", Anatolian Archaeology 8 (2002), 24.
Review of Harrison, M., Mountain and Plain (Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 2001) in Bryn
Mawr Classical Review 02.03.07.
Review of Gabrielsen, V., The Naval Aristocracy of Hellenistic Rhodes (Aarhus, Aarhus University
Press, 1997) for International Journal of Maritime History 13.1 (2001), 238.
Review of Müller, F.L., ed. and tr., Vegetius: Abriss des Militärwesens (Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag,
1997) in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2001.01.13, http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2001/2001-0113.html
Review of Lund, A., Die ersten Germanen: Ethnizität und Ethnogenese (Heidelberg, Universitätsverlag
C. Winter, 1998) in Classical Review 49 (1999), 609-610.
Non-refereed:
With E. Equini Schneider and Wannagat, D., Temple to Church/Tapınaktan Kiliseye (Istanbul, Ege
Yayınları, 2007)
A Pipeline Through History: A non-technical summary of the archaeology of the BTC Pipeline
(Ankara, BP, 2006)
Presentations (since 1998):
October 2012
“Writing the Histories of Romans and Arabs in the Late Roman East”, Inside and
Out: Interactions between Rome and the Peoples on the Arabian and Egyptian
Frontier in Late Antiquity, University of Ottawa-Carleton University
November 2011
"Olive Oil and Wine Production in Isauria: Results from the Göksu
Archaeological Project in Turkey", Olive Oil and Wine Production in Eastern
Mediterranean during antiquity, Izmir, Turkey
October, 2011
"Into the Mountains: The Göksu Archaeological Project, 2002-2007", Canadian
Institute of Mediterranean Studies, Toronto
July, 2011
"The Avkat Archaeological Project: archaeology, history and survey" RCAC,
Istanbul, Turkey
June, 2011
"Making Emperors in the Eastern Roman Empire in the fifth and sixth centuries",
Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity 9, State College, Pennsylvania
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May, 2011
October, 2010
May, 2010
April, 2010
January, 2010
January 2010
October 2009
May 2009
May 2009
October 2008
October 2008
September 2008
September 2008
May 2008
May 2008
March 2008
March 2008
March 2008,
December 2007
October 2007
May 2007
March 2007
March 2007
January 2007
January 2007
November 2006
October 2006
May 2006
May 2006
March 2006
"Problems with Late Roman Frontiers", University of Newcastle, UK
"The Archaeology of Late Roman Warfare", Bagnani Symposium, Trent
University
"Agents and Modelling in pre-Modern Warfare", SHARCNET (Digital
Humanities), York University
"Modelling Late Roman Warfare: Julian in Persia, AD 363", Princeton University
"The Avkat Archaeological Project, 2006-2009", presentation to the Board of
Governors, Trent University
"The Emperor Anastasius and the granting of civic status to Euchaita", History
Day, Trent University
"Scythed Chariots: A misunderstood weapon?", The Many Faces of War,
University of Calgary
"Avkat Arkeoloji Projesi, 2009", Turkish Archaeology Symposium, Denizli,
Turkey
"GIS and Humanities: Some Thoughts on What Not To Do", Trent-Windsor
Digital Humanities mini-symposium, SHARCFEST 2009, Trent University
"The Avkat Archaeological Project 2008", British Institute at Ankara, Turkey
"The Avkat Archaeological Project", TUARC, Trent University
"Bandits and Bishops: Poverty in Late Roman Isauria", Late Antique Workshop
on Mitchell, The Late Roman Empire, Keynote Lecture, University of Ottawa
"Review of Chapter 5: The State", Late Antique Workshop on Mitchell, The Late
Roman Empire, University of Ottawa
"Avkat Arkeoloji Projesi, 2008", Turkish Archaeology Symposium, Ankara,
Turkey
"Avkat Archeological Project 2008", ARIT mini-symposium, Ankara, Turkey
"Archaeology in the Twenty-First Century: Lessons from Avkat 2007",
Edmonton, University of Alberta
"How to write History (With apologies to Lucian and Lendon)", Discourses of
War in the Roman World from Julius Caesar to Heraclius, University of Warwick
"The Christianization of Isauria", University of Nottingham
"The Discovery of a New Roman City at Alahan, Turkey", Humanities Research
Day, Trent University
"Late Roman Churches in the Göksu Valley", Rough Cilicia: New Approaches,
Lincoln, Nebraska
"Göksu Yüzey Araştırmaları 2006", Turkish Archaeology Symposium, Izmit,
Turkey.
"Imperial politics and religion in the mid-fifth century east", Shifting Frontiers in
Late Antiquity 7, Boulder, Colorado
"Imperial Campaigning from Diocletian to Honorius", Late Antique Archaeology,
Oxford
"The Göksu Archaeological Project 2002-2006", University of Alberta
'Problems in the Historiography of Ancient Battle: the Keegan Effect", Edmonton,
University of Alberta
"The Göksu Archaeological Project 2002-2006", Queen's University, Ontario
"Introduction to the Göksu Archaeological Project" TUARC, Trent University
"Archaeology in Turkey: Permits and Fieldwork", Princeton
"Recent Work at Alahan", ARİT Seminar, Ankara, with James Newhard
"Göksu Arkeoloji Projesi", Silifke Müzesi Konferansları, Silifke, March 2006
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January 2006
November 2005
July 2005
May 2005
May 2005
January 2005
September 2004
March 2004
June 2003
June 2003
May 2003
November 2002
October 2002
July 2002
June 2002
March 2002
March 2002
November 2001
July 2001
March 2001
October 1999
March 1999
February 1999
November 1998
"The Göksu Archaeological Project 2002-2005", AIA Meeting, Montreal, with
James Newhard.
"Church Decoration in Late Roman Lycia", Third International Symposium on
Lycia, Antalya.
"In the Heart of the Taurus: The Göksu Archeological Project", Classics Triennial
Conference, Cambridge.
"Göksu Yüzey Araştırmaları 2003-4", Turkish Archaeology Symposium, Antalya.
"Cavalry in Late Roman Warfare", The Late Roman Army in the Near East,
Matera, Italy.
"The Use of GIS-Based Sampling in Archaeological Survey", with James
Newhard, Norm Levine and Allen Rutherford, AIA/APA Meeting, Boston.
"Göksu Yüzey Araştırmaları", IX Mersin Arkeoloji Günleri, Mersin.
"In the Heart of Isauria: The Göksu Archaeological Project 2003", ARIT Winter
Seminar, Ankara.
"Romanization and some Cilician Cults", Impact of the Roman Empire
Workshop, University of Leiden.
"Birth of Christianity", Mersin, Mosaic Project (EU funded).
"The Göksu Archaeological Project 2003", Turkish Archaeology Symposium,
Ankara.
"Ecclesiastical Politics in Fifth and Sixth Century Isauria", Oxford University.
"Isauria in Late Antiquity", University of Liverpool.
"Military supply on the south coast of Anatolia in the 3rd century AD", The
Economy and Society of Roman Asia Minor, Exeter.
"The economy of Cilicia in late antiquity", Third International Symposium on
Cilician Archaeology, Mersin.
"The Structure of the Late Roman Army: Gallienus to Heraclius", Ancient
Warfare, Warwick.
"LR 1 Amphorae and the economy of southern Asia Minor", Late Roman Coarse
Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae, Barcelona.
"The Emperor Zeno and Some Cilician Churches", AGM lecture, British Institute
of Archaeology at Ankara, London.
"Villages in Roman Isauria", Impact of the Roman Empire Workshop, University
of Nottingham.
"Cilicia, Geography and the Late Roman Empire", Shifting Frontiers IV, San
Francisco State University.
"The Economy of Southern Asia Minor in the Early Byzantine Period", Byzantine
Studies Conference, University of Maryland, MD.
"Monasteries and Pilgrimage in Cilicia and Isauria", Shifting Frontiers in Late
Antiquity III, Emory University.
"Ardabur, Aspar and Ardabur: A Military Family in Fifth-Century
Constantinople", Elites in Late Antiquity Conference, UCLA.
"Isaurian Identity and the Empire of Justinian", Byzantine Studies Conference,
Lexington, Kentucky.
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RECENT WORK EXPERIENCE:
I was Director of the British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) between August 2001 and August 2006. The
position involved working with a wide range of researchers, mostly from UK universities, including
geologists, historians, textual specialists, and anthropologists. Similarly, although the Institute is primarily
concerned with Turkey, it also has strong interests in countries surrounding the Black Sea. The Director's
position during this period was defined as 50% research, 50% administration. In Ankara, two major
administrative responsibilities were to assist in drafting the Corporate Plan and Research Policy, and to
help prepare the annual applications for funding to the British Academy. Other responsibilities were the
day-to-day running of the Ankara office (local staff of four full-time and two part-time as well as a postdoctoral fellow and graduate researcher; annual budget of c. £80,000), handling queries from researchers,
managing the library acquisitions process (annual budget, c. £20,000), building and staff safety, and
determining and implementing IT policy. Frequent liaison with the Turkish archaeological authorities, the
British Embassy, and the British Council taught me how to work effectively with high-level nonspecialists. I was also part of the Research Committee which distributed the BIAA's research grants to
researchers, and made recommendations regarding grants from the BIAA to Turkish academics. Both of
these activities, as well as working with applicants for Institute grants have greatly improved my own grant
writing skills. I also acted as a referee for the Institute's journal, Anatolian Studies. All these tasks required
frequent contact with academics based in the UK and elsewhere.
I was also involved in three large additional projects beyond the usual functions of the Institute. The first
was upgrading the library facilities and making the library catalogue web-accessible, thanks to a $75,000
grant from the Packard Humanities Institute. The second was helping to create and administer the British
Academy Black Sea Initiative, a three year (2002-2005) interdisciplinary program designed to encourage
British research in the Black Sea Region. The third was providing archaeological advice for the BakuTblisi-Ceyhan pipeline. This $3.5 billion project involved 17 salvage excavations over 1,076 km of
pipeline in Turkey. I was responsible for providing advice about current best international practice about
the archaeology, Health and Safety, and capacity improvement for Turkish archaeologists. On-going
consultancy work is focusing on timely publication. This involves working with the Environmental Impact
Assessment team of BTC (the pipeline management company) as well as with Turkish archaeologists in
both Ankara and the field. These projects enabled me to develop new skills (particularly in project
management) and a wide range of professional contacts.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE:
Although my recent archaeological work has been concentrated in Turkey, I have a wide range of
experience in other areas of the Mediterranean, as well as the UK and northern France, as shown below.
Similarly, though my current project is a field survey, I have extensive excavation experience. Most
recently this was at Zeugma, where I was responsible for Trench 2, a 20 x 40 m area containing several
Roman houses. This involved managing a team of 7 archaeologists and 30 workmen, as well as liaising
with conservators and managing an on-call machine.
The work in the Göksu (www.biaatr.org/goksu) has involved students from both the US and the UK.
Techniques used on the survey include intensive-fieldwalking, extensive survey, magnetometry, satellite
imagery, and GIS analysis of data in the field. In 2007, I was Field Director of the Avkat Project (joint
Princeton-Birmingham UK-Freiburg) and in 2008 and 2009, I was Director. This interdisciplinary multiperiod survey is focusing on an area north-east of Ankara near modern Çorum. Trent University provided a
team of two faculty (including myself), 2 graduate students, and 5 undergraduates in 2008, 2 faculty, 3
graduate students and 8 undergraduates in 2009.
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Field Survey
Brough-on-Noe, UK, 1985 (Resistivity)
Greet Valley, UK, 1986 (Intensive field walking)
Nemea, Greece, 1986-1987 (Intensive field walking, tile specialist)
Rieti, Italy, 1989-1991 (Intensive field walking, team leading, tile specialist)
Somme Valley, France, 1991 (Intensive field walking)
Balboura, Turkey, 1991 (Intensive field walking)
Aperlai, Turkey, 1996 (Cistern specialist)
Göksu Valley, Turkey, 2002-2006 (Project Director), Study season 2007
Avkat Archaeological Project, Turkey, 2007 (Field Director), 2008-9 (Project Director), Study
Season 2010
Excavation
Longthorpe Roman Fort, UK, 1985 (Excavator)
Anglo Saxon Cemetery, UK, 1990 (Excavator)
Cambridge Archaeological Unit, UK, 1991-1992 (Iron Age and salvage work) (Excavator)
Cosa, Italy, 1991-1992 (Excavator)
Rieti, Italy, 1991, 1992 (Trench Supervisor)
Caesarea Maritima, Israel, 1995 (Trench Supervisor, responsible for students on Trinity College
Study Abroad program)
Oinoanda, Turkey (1999-2000) (Project Director; money raised, but permit not granted; designed
Study Abroad Program for FIU student participation)
Zeugma, Turkey, 2000 (Trench Supervisor).
COURSES TAUGHT (1993-2012):
Survey Courses
Daily Life in the Roman World (F95, F96, F97)
Greek History (F93, Sum 94, F94)
Roman History (W95, F97, W98, F98, F99, FW 06-07, W09, W10)
Byzantine History (W99)
Introduction to Ancient History (F97)
Western Civilization: Part 1 (W98, F98, Sum 99, F99, W00)
The Trojan War (FW 08-09)
Language Courses
Augustan Literature (Virgil, Horace, Livy) (W96, W97)
Intermediate Latin (FW 06-07, 07-08)
Tacitus, Agricola (W96)
Homer and Herodotus (W97)
Late Roman Latin (FW 07-08)
Juvenal (W10)
Advanced Courses
Age of Alexander the Great (F95, F97, W00)
Ancient Warfare (FW 06-07, F09)
Archaeology in Israel (field course, at Caesarea Maritima) (Sum 95)
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Byzantine, Arab and Turkish Empires (W98)
Classical City (W95)
Late Roman Empire (F93, W00, F07)
Roman Imperial History (W93, W94)
Roman Imperial Provinces (W95, W97)
Roman Republican History (F93)
Anglo-Saxon England (FW 08-09) (reading course)
Seminar Courses
Art and Architecture of the Near East in the Roman Era (F95)
Roman Imperial Warfare (W93, F94)
Politics in Fifth Century Constantinople (W08)
The Emperor Zeno (W09)
Isauria in the Late Roman Empire (W11)
Graduate Courses
Age of Alexander the Great (F96)
Collapse of the Roman Empire (Sum 97)
Roman Britain (W97)
The Archaeology of Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor (Sum 03)(Sum 06)
(with Stephen Mitchell, Exeter)
Anatolian/E. Mediterranean Pre-classical Archaeology (FW 07-08, 08-09)
Greek Agriculture (W08)
Graduate Supervision
FIU: MA History
2000-2001: Supervisor, Marcy Duarte: Women in Roman Imperial Politics
1999-2001: Committee Member Thomas Cramer: Subintroductae in Anglo-Saxon
England
Trent University: MA Anthropology
2012-: Supervisor: Colleen Johnston
2011-: Supervisor: Nayla Abu Izzeddin
2011-: Supervisor: Amandah van Merlin
2008-2012: Supervisor: Gwilym Hayward: The Social Organization of the Greek
Mainland in the Third Millennium BC
2007-2009: Supervisor: Peter Bikoulis: The Structure and Role of Settlement in the
Göksu Valley and south-central Anatolia: a GIS and Social Network Approach
2009-2010: Supervisor: Ceren Kabukcu: Early Agriculture in Northern Syria: Botanical
Remains from Jerablus Tahtani
2007-2009: Committee Member: Zachary Knox: Classical Agriculture on Kythera
2006-2007: Committee Member: Rihanne McKay
2007-2009: Committee Member: Mara Pope
2007-2009: Committee Member: Ferenc Toth (Chair of Defence Committee)
2007-2010: Committee Member: Patrick Hoskins (Chair of Defence Committee)
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2008-2009: Committee Member: Maureen Babb
2008-2009: Committee Member: Cynthia Thomson
2008-2009: Committee Member: Michelle Bissonette (Chair of Defence Committee)
2009-2010: Committee Member: Kimberly Jankuta
2009-: Committee Member: Madeline Holder
2008-2011: Committee Member: Miranda Brunton
2010-2011: Committee Member: Ceren Kabukcu
2010-2011: Committee Member: Eric Beales
2011: Committee Member: Esther Beauregard
2011-: Committee Member: Jack Berry
Trent University: MA History
2008-2011: Committee Member: Amber Johnson. From Castles to Palaces, Aristocratic
Architecture in Late Medieval England
2010-2011: Committee Member: Leah Ensing: Crusader Culture
University of Pennsylvania
2008: External Examiner, PhD, Günder Varinlioğlu, Isaurian Settlement in Late Antiquity
University of Liverpool
2009: External Examiner, PhD, Antony Dean, Romanisation of Nabataea
University of Ottawa
2009: External Examiner, MA, Patrick Roussel, Étude des problèmes reliés à la
'barbarisation'
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Grants Awarded ($500 or over):
2011
Trent University, SSHRC International Travel Grant, $1500 for Olive Oil and
Wine Production in the Eastern Mediterranean during Antiquity, Izmir, Turkey
2011
Trent University, SSHRC International Travel Grant, $1054 for Shifting Frontiers
in Late Antiquity IX, Pennsylvania State University
2010
SSHRC Standard Research Grant, $43,127 over 3 years for "Isauria and the
Isaurians in the Late Roman Empire"
2010
Trent University, SSHRC International Travel Grant, $977.94 for Princeton
Workshop on Medieval Logistics and Modelling Medieval Warfare
2008
Trent University, SSHRC Operating Grant, $1500 for Avkat Project
2007
Trent University, SSHRC International Travel Grant, $823.46 for Oxford
Conference on Late Antique Archaeology
2007
Trent University, SSHRC Operating Grant, $2000 for Avkat Project
2005
Temple to Church: EU Culture 2000, 50,000 Euro (shared with 3 other projects).
2005
British Institute of Archaeology in Anatolia, £18,000 for Göksu Project.
2004
British Institute of Archaeology in Anatolia, £19,500 for Göksu Project.
2004
Dumbarton Oaks, $3,000 for Göksu Project (not taken up).
2003
Society of Antiquaries, £1,500 for Göksu Project.
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2003
2002
2000
2000
2000
2000
1999
1999
1999
1999
1997
1997
1996
1995
British Institute of Archaeology in Anatolia, £17,500 for Göksu Project.
British Institute of Archaeology in Anatolia, £8,000, for Göksu Project.
FIU Grant-in-Aid Program, $840 for travel in Turkey (summer).
FIU Grant-in-Aid Program, $900 for travel in Turkey (spring).
Hugh Last Fund (Roman Society) £500 for Oinoanda Project.
British Institute of Archaeology in Anatolia, £8,000, for Oinoanda Project.
FIU Grant-in-Aid Program, $1,000 for travel in Turkey (autumn).
with Martin Smith, AHRB, £5,250, for Oinoanda Project.
British Institute of Archaeology in Anatolia, £7,000, for Oinoanda Project.
FIU Grant-in-Aid Program, $900 for travel in Turkey (summer).
Dean's Grant for Conference Promotion, $5,000, for "Regionalism in Hellenistic
and Roman Asia Minor Conference", with Gary Reger.
Trinity College Faculty Enrichment Grant, $1,000, for Reading Group in Ancient
Anatolia, with A.D. Macro, Gary Reger.
Trinity College Faculty Enrichment Grant, $1,000, for Reading Group in Ancient
Anatolia, with A.D. Macro, Gary Reger.
Trinity College Faculty Enrichment Grant, $1,000, for Reading Group in Late
Antiquity, with Gary Reger, Julia Smith.
Professional (since 1998):
2012
SSHRC Insight Development Grants (Group 1, Committee 1)
2011
Committee Chair, SSHRC Insight Development Grants (Group 1, Committee 2)
2002-2004
Nominated as President, APA Three Year Colloquium on Late Antiquity
(resigned when appointed to Ankara)
1999
Program Committee, Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity 4 (2001)
1998-2000
Governing Body, The Society for Late Antiquity
1998-2002
Governing Body, Byzantine Studies Conference
I have acted as a referee for SSHRC, NSF, Dumbarton Oaks, the Loeb Foundation, AHRC
(British equivalent of the SSHRC/NEH), University of Western Ontario, National Geographic
Society, and Royal Geographical Society research grant applications, for the periodicals
American Journal of Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Antiquity, Classical Quarterly, Journal
of Late Antiquity, and Dumbarton Oaks Papers, and have reviewed book manuscripts for
Oxford University Press (UK and US), Cambridge University Press (US), California University
Press, Oklahoma University Press, Blackwell, and Routledge. I have reviewed promotion cases
to full professor for University of Nebraska and Trinity College, CT. At FIU, I served on the
Departmental Undergraduate Committee (the steering committee for undergraduate affairs) and
created an interdisciplinary Ancient Mediterranean Civilization Certificate Program which linked
courses from History, Humanities, Philosophy, English and Religious Studies. At Trent, I
received a merit award for Research and Service in fall 2009 and was nominated for the Symons
award for teaching in 2011. In my capacity as Acting Dean of Arts + Science (Humanities) I have
occasionally deputized for the Provost when he was unavailable, whether representing him in an
Emergency Management Exercise, Chairing the Academic Planning + Budget committee on his
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behalf, or serving as Acting Provost when he is on vacation. I have also deputized as SSHRC
leader for Trent on behalf of the VP Research and International.
Professional Development
Emergency Management Exercises: British Embassy, Ankara, 2005; Trent University, 2011,
2012
Conflict Resolution Workshop: Trent University, 2008
Deans’ Training: Trent University, 2010
CODAS: University of Western Ontario, 2010
CCDAHSS: Queen’s, 2011, Victoria 2012
Faculty Bargaining Services Workshop, Trent University, 2011
Media Training, Trent University, 2011
SSHRC Leaders Conference, Ottawa 2011
University Service: Trent University (2006-current)
Ancient History and Classics
Greek Historian Search Committee, 2006
MARS Liaison Committee, 2006-2010
Chair Search Committee, 2006
Timetabling, 2006-2007
Chair, 2007-2010
Chair, Tenure Committee, 2008-9
University
Member of TUARC, 2006-current
Graduate Studies Committee, 2006-7
Curriculum and Regulations Subcommittee, 2006-7
Mackenzie King Scholarship Selection Subcommittee, 2006-7, 2007-8
SSHRC MA and PhD Selection Subcommittee, 2006-7
Committee on Academic Promotions, 2008-10
Merit, Research Profiles Subcommittee, 2008-9
Chair, Tenure and Promotions Subcommittee, 2009-2010
Member of Anthropology Graduate Programme, 2006-current
SSHRC and OGS ranking subcommittee, 2007
Anthropology Graduate Programme Chair Search Committee, 2008
Acting Director June-July 2008
Richard B. Johnston (RBJ) Fund for Archaeology Committee, 2009
University Senate (2007-2009)
University Senate Executive (2007-2009)
Nominating & Governance Subcommittee (2007-2008)
Faculty Board (2007-2010)
English Department, Tenure review committee, External Member, 2007
Member of History Graduate Programme, 2008-current
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Employment Equity Subcommittee reviewing faculty hiring practices at Trent, 2008
Trent representative on Ontario Graduate Scholarship Anthropology committee for OCGS, 20082010
Champlain College Advising Committee Member, 2008-2010
Nozhem Steering Committee, 2008-2009
Humanities Research Day Committee, 2008
Organiser, Humanities Caucus, 2009-2010
Acting Chair, Philosophy, July 1-December 31, 2009
Library, Tenure review committee, External Member, 2009-10
Advisory Committee on Changing Academic Structures, 2009-2010
Provost and Vice-President Academic Search Committee, 2009-2010
Associate Registrar of Recruitment and Admissions Search Committee, 2010
Registrar Search Committee, 2010-2011
IT Business Analyst Search Committee, 2011
Strategic Enrolment Management Committee, 2011-2012
IT Steering Committee, 2012
Trent-United World Colleges Scholarship Committee, 2012
Advisory Committee on Academic Planning, 2012
Dean (ex officio: Senate, Faculty Board, Extended Management, VPAAC, PPG, AP+B,
Humanities Decanal Advisory), 2010-2011
Dean (ex officio: Senate, Senate Executive, Faculty Board, Extended Management, PPG, AP+B
(Chair), Humanities Decanal Advisory), 2011-2012
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