Graduate Student, Classics
University of Lausanne, English Department
About
I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Classics at the University at Buffalo. As part of my research I co-direct the archaeological excavaton of a 1st c. BCE fortified structure near Redondo, Portugal, with Rui Mataloto. My dissertation project involves an analysis of the impacts of early Roman colonialism on the Alentejo region of Portugal. At the moment I am focused on the role of surveillance in the process of conquest and colonization. This work allows me to investigate the intersections between technology, economy, landscape, and society, and in doing so offer a substantive critique of empire. Much of my work endeavors to recognize the negative effects of empire, industry, and colonizaton on conquered regions.
In addition to this, I also work on Latin epigraphy, Greco-Egyptian magic, ancient mines and mining, Roman pottery technology, and the archaeology of the Iberian peninsula generally. I work as a teacher, contract archaeologist, editor, writer, and freelance researcher on several different projects. Currently, I am a doctoral assistant for the 2011-2012 academic year at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.
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