Program News
AAMW Welcomes New Graduate Students for 2023–2024
In 2023–2024, AAMW welcomed three new PhD students: Scott Evans (University of Victoria, Greek and Roman Studies MA), Grant Bruner (Princeton, Classics BA), and Alessandra Dominguez (University of Texas at Austin, Anthropology and Art Hi
Recent AAMW Graduates Accept Visiting Assistant Professor Positions in 2022 and 2023
Congratulations to three recent AAMW graduates who have accepted visiting assistant professor positions in 2022 and 2023:
AAMW Graduate Accepts New Curational Position
Congratulations to Emily French (AAMW 2022) who has accepted a position as Assistant Curator of Academic Programs at Oberlin College's Allen Memorial Art Museum.
Recent AAMW Graduates Accept Tenure-Track Positions in 2022 and 2023
Congratulations to three recent AAMW graduates who have accepted tenure-track positions in 2022 and 2023:
AAMW awards three PhDs and one MA in 2023
Congratulations to Katherine Burge, Reed Goodman, and James Shackelford all of whom received their PhDs in August 2023. Congratulations to Janessa Reeves who received her MA in May 2023.
AAMW awards two PhDs and one MA in 2022
Congratulations to Emily French and Janelle Sadarananda who received their PhDs in 2022. Congratulations Sabrina Ross who received an MA in 2022.
AAMW trains students for careers in the art and archaeology of Classical and Near Eastern Civilizations. Drawing on the vast resources of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, AAMW incorporates fieldwork, museum internships, and university instruction.
Featured Fieldwork
Smith Creek Archaeological Project
As the flagship project of the North American Archaeology Lab at Penn, the Smith Creek Archaeological Project (SCAP) was launched in 2015.
Pre-Columbian Monumental Earthworks of the Amazon (Bolivia)
Recently documented monumental earthworks throughout the region of Western Amazonia provide important evidence of an advanced pre-Columbian civilization.
Roman Peasant Project (Italy)
The Roman Peasant Project seeks to uncover the lived experience of the peasantry in the Roman period: their diet, economic activities, and social networks.
Molyvoti, Thrace, Archaeological Project (Greece)
The Molyvoti, Thrace, Archaeological Project (MTAP) investigates an ancient trading port located on the Thracian Sea between ancient Abdera and Maroneia.
Saronic Harbors Archaeological Research Project (Greece)
The Saronic Harbors Archaeological Research Project (SHARP) investigates a recently discovered urban Mycenaean harbor site and its larger setting within the Saronic Gulf region.