Professor, Greek Art and Archaeology
BA, MA, PhD (Princeton)
Phone: 905 688 5550 x5373
Fax: 905 984 4859
Email: [email protected]
Fall 2026 Teaching
Not teaching this term.
Winter 2027 Teaching
Not teaching this term.
Spring 2027 Teaching
CLAS 3M24: Study Tour to Türkiye (26 April – 12 May)
My research concerns seaborne mobility and interaction across the Mediterranean, focusing on material evidence for long-term processes of trade and exchange, fishing traditions and communities, and the displacement of peoples. I have conducted archaeological field research, museum studies, and heritage work on shipwrecks, harbour sites, and maritime landscapes ranging from Iron Age to contemporary in Croatia, Italy, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt, Albania, and Greece. I served as the Archaeological Institute of America’s President (2023-2026), First Vice President (2020-2023), and Vice President for Cultural Heritage (2017-2020), now holding the title of Past President.
Current collaborative fieldwork brings me to Croatia to work with the Croatian Conservation Institute and Stanford University on a shipwreck from around 700 CE. The presence onboard of a high-ranking emissary and perhaps a goldsmith sheds new light on the transformation of maritime interaction at the end of antiquity. In Turkey, ongoing projects address maritime networks and the emergence of ancient economies seen particularly through the Iron Age / Archaic shipwrecks at Pabuç Burnu (6th c. BCE) and Kekova Adası (7th c. BCE) and the ceramic containers in which they carried processed agricultural goods.
Previously, I co-directed investigations (2011-2015) at the Archaic through Late Antique harbors of Burgaz (“Old Knidos”) in Türkiye, and excavation (2013-2019) of the 6th-century Marzamemi 2 “church wreck” off Sicily, which carried 100 tons of marble architectural elements. Work in Sicily continues, using archaeology to foreground local traditions of tuna fishing, the materiality of contemporary displacement across these waters, and the circulation of ocean plastics as maritime assemblages. My research framework considers the ongoing “re-makings” of the central Mediterranean over millennia of human activity, and the public communication of this heritage.
My commitment to a framework of Mediterranean archaeology that is inclusive, comparative, and global in its outlook extends to my teaching and advising, which focus on a broad range of topics involving Greek art and archaeology, maritime archaeology, archaeological ethics, museums and heritage, as well as Mediterranean economies and connectivity. Students with interests in these and related fields are encouraged to consider the Department of Classics & Archaeology at Brock.
Recipient of Faculty of Humanities Research Excellence Award (2026)
Past President (2026-2029), President (2023-2026), First Vice President (2020-2023), Vice President for Cultural Heritage (2017-2020), Archaeological Institute of America
Corresponding Member, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (2024-present)
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, University of São Paulo, Museum of Archeology and Ethnology (funded by FAPESP, São Paulo Research Foundation), March 2025.
Greene, E.S., J. Leidwanger, and L. Repola. 2026. “Mobilizing Millennia of Maritime Connectivity in Southeast Sicily.” Across the Shore: Integrating Perspectives on Maritime Heritage. Edited by K. Seetah and J. Leidwanger. Springer: ‘When the Land Meets the Sea’ Series, 133-54.
Leidwanger, J., E.S. Greene, L. Repola, M. Azzaro, F. Sgroi and V. Li Vigni. 2026. “Diving into Marzamemi: The ‘Church Wreck’ and Sicilian Underwater Cultural Heritage.” Across the Shore: Integrating Perspectives on Maritime Heritage. Edited by K. Seetah and J. Leidwanger. Springer: ‘When the Land Meets the Sea’ Series, 69-88.
Repola, L., J. Leidwanger, and E.S. Greene. 2026. “Tonnare along Southeast Sicily: Toward a New Field Research Methodology.” Across the Shore: Integrating Perspectives on Maritime Heritage. Edited by K. Seetah and J. Leidwanger. Springer: ‘When the Land Meets the Sea’ Series, 115-132.
Delile, H., J. Leidwanger, G. Brocard, J.-P. Goiran, Blichert-Toft, J., F. Stock, L. Radloff, E.S. Greene, N. Tuna 2025. “Harbor Geoarchaeology and Urban Change in the Ancient Knidia (SW Türkiye)” Quaternary Science Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109526.
Leidwanger, J., E.S. Greene, N. Bartos, N. Constantine, and F. Sgroi. 2024. “Maritime Archaeological Investigations at Vendicari, Southeast Sicily. A Preliminary Report on 2023-2024 Work.” Archaeologia Maritima Mediterranea 21: 89-101.
Greene, E.S., J. Leidwanger, and L. Repola. 2022. “Ephemeral Heritage: Migration, Boats and Heritage in the Central Mediterranean Passage.” American Journal of Archaeology 126.1: 79-102.
Greene, E.S., J. Leidwanger, and N. Tuna. 2022. “Wandering Ports on the Datça Peninsula: Exploring Regional Mobility in a Maritime Landscape” Homo Migrans: Modelling Migration and Mobility in the Archaeological Record, edited by M.J. Daniels, 269-89. University at Buffalo, SUNY Press.
Leidwanger, J., E.S. Greene, L. Repola, and F. Sgroi. 2021. “The Marzamemi Maritime Heritage Project: From the Seabed to the Museum and Beyond.” In Trinacria: ‘An Island Outside Time.’ International Archaeology in Sicily, edited by C. Prescott, A. Karavieri, P. Campbell, K. Göransson and S. Tusa, 45-53. Oxford: Oxbow.
Leidwanger, J., E.S. Greene, and A. Donnelly. 2021. “The Sixth-Century CE Shipwreck at Marzamemi, Sicily.” American Journal of Archaeology 125.2: 283-317.
Radloff, L., J. Leidwanger, E.S. Greene, N. Tuna and N. Atıcı. 2021. “Structuring Urban and Maritime Space at Burgaz, Turkey.” Karia and the Dodekanese: Cultural Interrelations in the South-Eastern Aegean I: Late Classical to Early Hellenistic, Danish Institute at Athens, 24th-26th of January 2018. Edited by P. Pedersen, B. Poulsen, and J. Lund, 181-193. Danish Institute at Athens. Oxbow Books.
Repola, L., J. Leidwanger, and E.S. Greene. 2020. “Digital Models for the Analysis and Enhancement of Hybrid Spaces: Architecture of the Mattanza.” Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLIV-M: 443–450.
Leidwanger, J., E.S. Greene, H. Özdaş, and N Kızıldağ. “Cargos of Beehives? Glimpses of the Trade in a Specialized Southeast Aegean Pottery Form.” Poster presented at the 34th Congress of the Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores (RCRF): Interconnected Pottery Geographies. Reflections of Cross-Cultural Contacts in the Roman and Late Antique World, Madrid, Spain, September 2026.
Wu, S., N. Constantine, E.S. Greene, and J. Leidwanger. “The Corrupted Sea: An Archaeological View of Maritime Plastics in Southeast Sicily.” Poster presented at the AIA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, January 2026.
Heeman, M., Greene, E.S. and J. Leidwanger. “The Materiality of Contemporary Displacement across the ‘Calabrian Route’.” Poster presented at the AIA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, January 2026.
Muñiz, R., A. Gobbi, E.S. Greene and J. Leidwanger. “Casting Iron Objects from the Marzamemi 2 ‘Church Wreck’: Evidence for a Navis Lapidaria?” Poster presented at the AIA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, January 2026.
Greene, E.S. “A History of the Mediterranean in Six Shipwrecks: 60 Years on from George F. Bass’ Archaeology Under Water.” Presidential Workshop Panel, AIA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, January 2026.
Delile, H., J.-P. Goiran, G. Brocard, F. Stock, J. Blichert-Toft, E.S. Greene, F. Albarède, J. Leidwanger, N. Tuna, L. Radloff. “From Old to (New) Knidos: Insights into Human-Environment Interplay Inferred from Harbor Sediments.” 14th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Lyon, France, July 2025.
Greene, E.S. “A Sea of Many Voices: 360 Degrees of Maritime Heritage in Southeast Sicily.” National Arts Club and New York Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, New York, NY, May 2025.
Delile, H., J.-P. Goiran, G. Brocard, F. Stock, J. Blichert-Toft, E.S. Greene, F. Albarède, J. Leidwanger, N. Tuna, L. Radloff. “Géoarchéologie du bassin portuaire primitif de Paléo-Knidos (péninsule de Datça, sud-ouest de la Turquie).” Groupe des Méthodes Pluridisciplinaires Contribuant à l’Archéologie – Archaeometry Symposium, Rouen, France, April 2025.
Greene, E.S. “Exchange in the Age of Lyric Poetry: The 6th-century BCE Shipwreck at Pabuç Burnu, Turkey.” University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 2025..
Greene, E.S. “The Many Voices of the Mediterranean: Archaeologies of Trade, Fishing, and Displacement in Southeast Sicily.” Paris Arnopoulos Keynote Lecture, Canadian Institute in Greece, Athens, Greece, February 2025.
Greene, E.S. “Provenance Research on Brock University’s Cypriote Collection.” Workshop on Unprovenanced Antiquities in University Collections organized by M. Lee and L. Stapleton, AIA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, January 2025.
Sgroi, F., J. Leidwanger, E.S. Greene, V. Morra, L. Repola, and M. Azzaro. “Patrimonio marittimo a Vendicari.” Tra terra e mare: la ricerca archeologica a Vendicari. Noto, Italy, July 2024.
Repola, L., V. Morra, J. Leidwanger, E.S. Greene, and F. Sgroi. “Coastal Cultural Landscapes: Data Recording, Analysis, and Visualization.” 10th Symposium on the Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques. Livorno, Italy, June 2024.
Greene, E.S., J. Leidwanger, V. Morra, L. Repola and F. Sgroi. “Riserva Naturale Orientata di Vendicari: Ricerca archeologica subacquea e rappresentazione dei dati.” L’Isola dei Tesori, Giornate di studio sulle ricerche archeologiche in Sicilia – Ricerca archeologica e nuove acquisizioni. Agrigento, AG. December, 2023.
Greene, E.S. “The Many Voices of the Mediterranean: Archaeologies of Trade, Fishing, and Displacement in Southeast Sicily.” Classical Association of Canada-Société Canadienne des Études Classiques Western Tour, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, September 2023.
Greene, E.S. “The Late Antique “Church Wreck” at Marzamemi, Sicily.” Classical Association of Canada-Société Canadienne des Études Classiques Western Tour, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, September 2023.
Greene, E.S. “Exchange in the Age of Lyric Poetry: The 6th-century BCE Shipwreck at Pabuç Burnu, Turkey.” Classical Association of Canada-Société Canadienne des Études Classiques Western Tour, University of Alberta (delivered remotely via Zoom also to Grant MacEwan University, University of Lethbridge, Mount Royal University, St Mary’s University) Calgary, AB, September 2023.
Greene, E.S. “Exchange in the Age of Lyric Poetry: The 6th-century BCE Shipwreck at Pabuç Burnu, Turkey.” Classical Association of Canada-Société Canadienne des Études Classiques Western Tour, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, September 2023.
Greene, E.S. “The Many Voices of the Mediterranean: Archaeologies of Trade, Fishing, and Displacement in Southeast Sicily.” Classical Association of Canada-Société Canadienne des Études Classiques Western Tour, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, September 2023.
Greene, E.S. “Ephemeral Heritage: Boats, Migration, and the Central Mediterranean Passage.” Classical Association of Canada-Société Canadienne des Études Classiques Western Tour, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, September 2023.
Greene, E.S. “The Many Voices of the Mediterranean: Archaeologies of Trade, Fishing, and Displacement in Southeast Sicily.” Trent University Archaeological Research Centre, Peterborough, ON, April 2023.
Repola, L., E.S. Greene and J. Leidwanger. “Un patrimonio effimero: barche, migrazioni e passaggi nel Mediterraneo centrale.” XIX Giornata di azione contro il razzismo. “I AM A MAN!” Ai margini prossimi del Mediterraneo. Real Museo Mineralogico, Napoli. March 2023.
From the President (Archaeology Magazine)
Greene, E.S. January / February 2026. “From the President: Unearthing Tomorrow.” Archaeology 6.
Greene, E.S. November / December 2025. “From the President: Building History.” Archaeology 6.
Greene, E.S. September / October 2025. “From the President: Saving the Sea.” Archaeology 6.
Greene, E.S. July / August 2025. “From the President: Archaeology Matters.” Archaeology, 6.
Greene, E.S. May / June 2025. “From the President: Aspirational Architecture.” Archaeology, 6.
Greene, E.S. March / April 2025. “From the President: Collaborative Archaeology.” Archaeology, 6.
Greene, E.S. January / February 2025. “From the President: Two Faces of Janus.” Archaeology, 6.
Greene, E.S. November / December 2024. “From the President: The Real Story.” Archaeology, 6.
Greene, E.S. September / October 2024. “From the President: Learning Together.” Archaeology, 6.
Greene, E.S. July / August 2024. “From the President: The Science of Archaeology.” Archaeology, 6.
Greene, E.S. May / June 2024. “From the President: Archaeological Landscapes.” Archaeology, 6.
Greene, E.S. March / April 2024. “From the President: Tools for the Future.” Archaeology, 6.
Greene, E.S. January / February 2024. “From the President: Monumental Achievements.” Archaeology, 6.
Greene, E.S. November / December 2023. “From the President: Puzzling Out the Past.” Archaeology, 6.
Greene, E.S. September / October 2023. “From the President: Fieldwork and Future Paths.” Archaeology, 6.
Greene, E.S. July / August 2023. “From the President: Thinking About Trash.” Archaeology, 6.
Greene, E.S. May / June 2023. “From the President: Archaeology and Earthquakes.” Archaeology, 6.
Greene, E. S. March / April 2023. “From the President: Setting Sail Together.” Archaeology, 6.
“A History of the Mediterranean in Six Shipwrecks.” Presidential Workshop Panel, AIA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, January 2026.
“Sharing Archaeological Stories: A Workshop with ARCHAEOLOGY MAGAZINE.” Presidential Workshop Panel, AIA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, January 2025.
“Archaeology and Contemporary Displacement: A Mediterranean Perspective.” Presidential Workshop Panel, AIA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, January 2024.
“Preserving Cyprus and Peru: Call to Action.” Workshop for AIA Society Members, Trustees, and Academics. Conducted online, September 2021. Co-organizer with Brian Daniels.
“Supporting National Requests for Memoranda of Understandings (MOUs) Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Archaeological Materials from Egypt and Albania. Workshop for AIA Society Members, Trustees, and Academics. Conducted online, February 2021. Co-organizer with Brian Daniels.
“Supporting National Requests for Memoranda of Understandings (MOUs) Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Archaeological Materials from Greece, Belize, and Nigeria. Workshop for AIA Society Members, Trustees, and Academics. Conducted online, October 2020. Co-organizer with Brian Daniels.
“Memory, Movement, Materiality: Journeys of Forced and Undocumented Migration.” Penn Cultural Heritage Center, Philadelphia, PA. February 2020. Organizer with B. Daniels, J. Leidwanger and R. Leventhal.
“Antiquities, Illicit Trafficking, and Public Advocacy: The Future of the 1970 UNESCO Convention.” Organized workshop panel, AIA Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 2020. Organizer.
