courses by theme
Art / Aesthetics
Ancient Stones in Modern Hands, Seth Estrin, Art History
Andean Art and Architecture, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
Art and Archaeology of Death and Mourning in Ancient Greece, Seth Estrin, Art History
Art and Religion in Late Antiquity, Jas' Elsner, Art History
Art of The East: China, Wei-Cheng Lin, Art History
Athenian Vase-Painting: Wine, Myth and Politics, Richard Neer, Art History
Black Gods & Kings: African Arts in the Early Modern Era, Cécile Fromont, Art History
Greek Art and Archaeology, Seth Estrin, Art History
Image and Text in Mexican Codices, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
Imago: Concepts of the Image in Classical Antiquity, Patrick Crowley, Art History
Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Art, Nadine Moeller, NELC
Introduction to Roman Art and Archaeology, Patrick Crowley, Art History
Mexican Murals, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
Minoan Art, Modern Myths, and Problems of Prehistory, Seth Estrin, Art History
Gender and Sexuality in Roman Art, Patrick Crowley, Art History
Roman Art I: Republican and Early Imperial Art and Architecture, Patrick Crowley, Art History
Roman Art II: Late Antique and Early Christian Art and Archaeology, Patrick Crowley, Art History
Style, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Theories of Art in the Twentieth Century: Historiography, Religion, and Crisis, Jas Elsner, Art History
The Body and Embodiment in Ancient Greek Art, Seth Estrin, Art History
Veiling the Image: Sacred & Profane – Antiquity to Modernity, Jas Elsner, Art History
What Is Style (and why are they saying such terrible things about it)? Richard Neer, Art History
Wonder, Grace and Beauty: Ancient Sculpture in the Present, Richard Neer, Art History
Economic Archaeology, Anthropology, and History
Ancient Views of the Economy, Alain Bresson, Classics
Economic Anthropology and Archaeology, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Economic Organization of Ancient Complex Societies, Gil Stein, NELC
Money and the Ancient Greek World, Alain Bresson, Classics
The First Great Transformation: The Economies of the Ancient World, Alain Bresson, Classics
The Underworld: Archaeology of Crime & Informal Economies, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
Trade and Exchange in the Ancient Near East, David Schloen, NELC
Environmental Archaeology
Ancient Mediterranean Environments and Landscapes, Catherine Kearns, Classics
The Greek Countryside, Catherine Kearns, Classics
People's Garbage: Intro to Archaeology & Histories of Waste, Alice Yao, Anthropology
The Human Environment: Ecological Anthropologies and Anthropological Ecologies, Alan Kolata, Anthropology
Un-Natural Histories: Inventing Nature and Knowledge, Sarah Newman, Anthropology
Gender
Women and Gender in the Ancient World, Margaret Andrews, History
Regional Archaeology: Asia
Anyang: History of Research of the Last Shang Dynasty Capital, Yung-Ti Li, EALC
Archaeological Approaches to Early China, Alice Yao and Yung-Ti Li, Anthropology and EALC
Archaeology Field Research in China, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Archaeology of Anyang: Bronzes, Inscriptions and World Heritage, Yung-Ti Li, EALC
Archaeology of Bronze Age China, Yung-Ti Li, EALC
Art and Death in Pre-Modern China, Wei-Cheng Lin, Art History
Art of The East: China, Wei-Cheng Lin, Art History
Craft Production in Early China, Yung-Ti Li, EALC
Material Worlds Across Premodern East Asia, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Regional Archaeology: Europe and the Mediterranean
Ancient Celtic Societies, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Ancient Mediterranean Environments, Catherine Kearns, Classics
Ancient Mediterranean World, Alain Bresson, Classics
Ancient Mediterranean World-1: Greece, Catherine Kearns, Classics
Archaeology of Death in Ancient Rome, Patrick Crowley, Art History
Archaic Greece, Jonathan Hall, Classics
Art and Archaeology of Death and Mourning in Ancient Greece, Seth Estrin, Art History
Athenian Vase-Painting: Wine, Myth and Politics, Richard Neer, Art History
Greek Art and Archaeology, Richard Neer, Art History
Greek Art and Archaeology, Seth Estrin, Art History
Introduction to Roman Art and Archaeology, Patrick Crowley, Art History
Peripheries of the Greek World, Catherine Kearns, Classics
Pompeii: Life, Death, and Afterlife of a Roman City, Patrick Crowley, Art History
Roman Art I: Republican and Early Imperial Art and Architecture, Patrick Crowley, Art History
Roman Art II: Late Antique and Early Christian Art and Archaeology, Patrick Crowley, Art History
The Ancient City: The Greek World, Jonathan Hall, Classics, History
The Mediterranean Sea in Antiquity: Imperial Connections. Catherine Kearns, Classics & James Osborne, NELC
The Spartan Divergence, Alain Bresson, Classics
Troy and Its Legacy, Margaret Andrews, History
Who Were the Greeks? Jonathan Hall, Classics
Regional Archaeology: Near East
Ancient Landscapes: Near East, Emily Hammer, NELC
Archaeology of Coptic/Islamic Egypt, Donald Whitcomb, NELC
Archaeology of the Ancient Near East-1: Mesopotamia, McGuire Gibson, NELC
Art and Archaeology Near East -3: Levant, David Schloen, NELC
Introduction to Islamic Archaeology, Don Whitcomb, NELC
Introduction to the Archaeology of Afghanistan, Gil Stein, NELC
Islamic Pottery as Historical Evidence, Don Whitcomb, NELC
Mesopotamian Archaeology-3. The 2nd Millennium, Collapse, Recovery, Collapse, McGuire Gibson, NELC
Migrations and Population Movements of the Ancient Near East, James Osborne, NELC
Neo-Hittite and Aramaean City-States, James Osborne, NELC
Pottery of Ancient Anatolia, James Osborne, NELC
Problems in Islamic Archaeology: The Islamic City, Donald Whitcomb, NELC
Problems in Mesopotamian Archaeology, McGuire Gibson, NELC
Rise of the State in the Near East, Gil Stein, NELC
Seals In the Ancient Near East, McGuire Gibson, NELC
The Bible and Archaeology, David Schloen, NELC
The Hittite Empire, James Osborne, NELC
The Rise of the Early State : Egypt and Mesopotamia, Nadine Moeller & Gil Stein, NELC
Topics: Mesopotamian History II: Uruk Mesopotamia and Neighbor, Gil Stein, NELC
Trade and Exchange in the Ancient Near East , David Schloen, NELC
Ritual / Religion
Technical Training Courses
Advanced GIS Analysis, Todd Schuble, Geography
Approaches to Settlement and Land Survey, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Archaeological Data Sets, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Archaeological Methods and Interpretations, David Schloen, NELC
Archaeology for Ancient Historians, Jonathan Hall, Classics
Archaeology Lab Practicum, Shannon Dawdy, François Richard, Anthropology
Archaeology Research Design, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
Bioarchaeology and the Human Skeleton, Nené Lozada, Anthropology
Ceramic Analysis for Archaeologists, Michael Dietler, Anthropology & James Osborne, NELC
Ethnoarchaeology and Material Culture, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Fieldwork in the Archives, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
Mesopotamian Pottery, McGuire Gibson, NELC
New Approaches to Old Stones: Chipped & Ground Stone Analysis, Yorke Rowan, Oriental Institute
Texts in Context: Documents in Archaeology, McGuire Gibson, NELC
Theory and Method in Archaeology, Michael Dietler, François Richard, Anthropology
Zooarchaeology, Gil Stein, NELC
Urban Studies
The Ancient City: The Greek World, Jonathan Hall, Classics
Art and Urbanism at Teotihuacan, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
Cities and Urban Space in the Ancient World, Margaret Andrews, History
The City in History, Alan Kolata, Anthropology
Pompeii: Life, Death, and Afterlife of a Roman City, Patrick Crowley, Art History
The Preindustrial City, Alan Kolata, Anthropology
Problems in Islamic Archaeology: The Islamic City, Donald Whitcomb, NELC
Social Theory of the City, Alan Kolata, Anthropology
Media and Archaeology
Archaeological Experiments in Filmmaking, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
Ethnographic Film, Julie Chu, Anthropology
Museology and Museum Conservation Methods
Anthropology of Museums, Morris Fred, Anthropology
Art and Science of Museum Conservation, Alison Whyte, Oriental Institute
Regional Archaeology: Africa
Archaeological Field Research: Theory/Method in African Historical Archaeology, François Richard, Anthropology
Archaeology Field Research in Senegal, François Richard, Anthropology
Mobility, Migration, Diasporas & Networks
Archaeology of Regional Interaction: Theories and Case Studies, Yung-Ti Li, EALC
Migration and Diaspora, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Migrations and Population Movements of the Ancient Near East, James Osborne, NELC
Power / Political History
Archaeologies of Politcal Life, François Richard, Anthropology
Archaeology of Modernity, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
Conquerors of the Ancient World, from Cyrus to Islam, Alain Bresson, Classics
Rise of the State in the Near East, Gil Stein, NELC
Rise of the Early State: Egypt and Mesopotamia, Nadine Moeller & Gil Stein, NELC
The Hittite Empire, James Osborne, NELC
The Mediterranean in Antiquity: Imperial Connections, Catherine Kearns, Classics & James Osborne, NELC
Material Culture / Materiality
Alcohol: Social Problem or Normal Cultural Practice? Michael Dietler, Anthropology & William Green, Biology
Archaeology of Craft Production: Theories and Case Studies, Yung-Ti Li, EALC
Archaeology of the Contemporary, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
Craft Production in Early China, Yung-Ti Li, EALC
Ethnoarchaeology and Material Culture, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Islamic Pottery as Historical Evidence, Don Whitcomb, NELC
Material Culture and Consumption, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Material Worlds Across Premodern East Asia, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Monuments and Monumentality in the Past and Present, James Osborne, NELC
Old Kingdom Material Culture, Nadine Moeller, NELC
People's Garbage: Intro to Archaeology & Histories of Waste, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Pottery of Ancient Anatolia, James Osborne, NELC
Social Life of Things: Objects, People, Value, François Richard, Anthropology
Texts in Context: Documents in Archaeology, McGuire Gibson, NELC
Regional Archaeology: Americas
Andean Archaeology, Alan Kolata, Anthropology
Andean Art and Architecture, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
Art and Urbanism at Teotihuacan, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
Chichen Itza, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
The Inka and Aztec States, Alan Kolata, Anthropology
Mexican Murals, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
Archaeology of Coptic/Islamic Egypt, Donald Whitcomb, NELC
Art and Archaeology of Death and Mourning in Ancient Greece, Seth Estrin, Art History
Art and Death in Pre-Modern China, Wei-Cheng Lin, Art History
Art and Religion in Late Antiquity, Jas' Elsner, Art History
Being and Death, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
Death, the Body, and the Ends of Life, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Greek Religion in Historical Context, Jonathan Hall, Classics
Pilgrimage in Antiquity and Early Christendom, Jas' Elsner, Art History
Pompeii: Life, Death, and Afterlife of a Roman City, Patrick Crowley, Art History
Problems in Islamic Archaeology: The Islamic City, Donald Whitcomb, NELC
The Bible and Archaeology, David Schloen, NELC
Architecture / Built Environment
Andean Art and Architecture, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
Architecture and the Built Environment in Archeology, James Osborne, Art History
Cities and Urban Space in the Ancient World, Margaret Andrews, History
Colonial Landscapes, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Monuments and Monumentality in the Past and Present, James Osborne, NELC
Problems in Islamic Archaeology: The Islamic City, Donald Whitcomb, NELC
Roman Art I: Republican and Early Imperial Art and Architecture, Patrick Crowley, Art History
Social Theory of the City, Alan Kolata, Anthropology
Colonialism / Imperialism
Ancient Empires, Nadine Moeller, NELC
Archaeology of Colonialism, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Colonial Landscapes, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Conquerors of the Ancient World, from Cyrus to Islam, Alain Bresson, Classics
The Inka and Aztec States, Alan Kolata, Anthropology
The Mediterranean in Antiquity: Imperial Connections, Catherine Kearns, Classics
Heritage / Politics of the Past
Archaeology of the Contemporary, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
Authenticity, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Celts: Ancient, Modern, Postmodern, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Archaeology and The Politics of the Past, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Heritage, Memory, and the Affective Turn: Performing and Consuming the Past, Michael Dietler
Minoan Art, Modern Myths, and Problems of Prehistory, Seth Estrin, Art History
The Present Past in Greece Since 1769, Jonathan Hall, Classics
Wonder, Grace and Beauty: Ancient Sculpture in the Present, Richard Neer, Art History
Landscape / Spatial Analysis / GIS
Ancient Landscapes 1 & 2, Anthony Lauricella, NELC
Anthropology of Space/Place/Landscape, François Richard, Anthropology
Archaeology of Regional Interaction: Theories and Case Studies, Yung-Ti Li, EALC
Approaches to Settlement and Land Survey, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Colonial Landscapes, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
The Greek Countryside, Catherine Kearns, Classics