The image-based discourse on clay figurines that treated them as merely artistic representations, the meaning of which needs to be deciphered through various iconological methods, has been severely critiqued and challenged in the past decade.

Rothenberg is conducting dissertation research on Montserrat, and was interviewed in Spring 2019 for this documentary about how the island's inhabitants are living after the volcano's eruption in 1995.

The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World congratulates the four winners of this year's Joukowsky Award for Student Research: Bailey Franzoi, Quinton Huang, and Rainey Zimmermann, Janie Merrick, and Oliver Nolan.

Past issues of the newsletter can be viewed in the News section of this website.

Congratulations to all students!

I want to empower experts in their fields to be able to say, ‘This is what I did, and this is why it matters,’ to open up a community dialogue about higher ed.”

The Joukowsky Institute is very happy to announce that Professor John F. Cherry has been recognized by Brown University's Graduate Council for his unparalleled excellence and commitment to nurturing graduate students, as the 2019 recipient of Brown's Faculty Advising and Mentoring Award.

All undergraduate students at Brown University are eligible, regardless of concentration or expected date of graduation.

The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World hosted a two-day workshop on ancient DNA in archaeology on February 22-23, 2019.

The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University invites applications for two Postdoctoral Fellowships in Archaeology and the Ancient World. Exceptional junior scholars who enhance the diversity of the Joukowsky Institute community, and our commitment to inclusive education and research, are particularly encouraged to apply.

This book explores the diversity of the Roman army, through objects that express the skills and craftsmanship of army-related objects.

Congratulations to Professors Kaufman and Briant!

Congratulations to Max Peers!

The latest issue of Inventory, the newsletter of Brown University’s Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, is now available online.

This book, the first archaeological anthology on the topic, takes up the challenge and explores the diverse intellectual, methodological, ethical, and political frameworks for an archaeology of forced and undocumented migration in the present.

Archaeology and the Ancient World concentrator Rhea Stark '18.5 has won the Rhodes Scholarship, which will allow her to study Islamic art and archaeology at the University of Oxford next year.

The Joukowsky Institute will be accepting up to 4 students for our Ph.D. program, and all admitted students are guaranteed six years of full tuition and stipend. 

The Undergraduate Awards is the world’s leading undergraduate awards program which recognizes top undergraduate work, shares this work with a global audience and connects students across cultures and disciplines.

Her important contribution is acknowledged on the title page, as well as being credited in the Preface.

The JoukBox is produced and hosted by Archaeology doctoral student Karl Krusell, with assistance from Ciara Hayden '18.

Since 2013, Ratté and Rojas have led a program of systematic archaeological investigation, that has included topographical mapping, architectural analysis of the city’s major monuments and urban infrastructure, and surface collection.

Brown University’s Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World will host a conference.

Brown University's Graduate School has chosen to highlight Joukowsky Institute doctoral candidate Samantha Lash on the website's homepage.

Brown University’s Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World invites applications for an assistant professor of Roman archaeology, whose research focuses on any region of the Mediterranean and/or Near East.