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  • Prof. Greene becomes Past President of the AIA

    Thursday, January 15, 2026 | By

    Congratulations to Elizabeth S. Greene for completing her three-year term as President of the Archaeological Institute of America, North America’s largest and oldest nonprofit organization dedicated to archaeology. Prof. Greene was the first maritime archaeologist to have served as the AIA’s President. She will now take on the role as the Past President for the next three years.

    Elizabeth Greene, AIA Past President with current President Brian Daniels (University of Pennsylvania) and 1st Vice President / President Elect, Kim Shelton (University of California, Berkeley)

  • Final posts to Amelia Jackson’s Engaged Leadership project

    Saturday, January 10, 2026 | By

    Don’t miss the final two posts to her public-facing Engaged Leadership project (CLAS 3P98), “When in Rome, Lift Heavy“, in which undergraduate Amelia Jackson explores ancient athletic practices and applies them to her own involvement in competitive powerlifting. “Sweat then Siesta: Lessons in Ancient Athletic Recovery” looks at recovery practices used by ancient athletes from prayer to painkillers to bathing and massage. “Arete and Agōn: Mental Strength in Ancient Greek Sport” looks at mental fortitude and entering the competition mindset. She concludes with a discussion of modern sports psychology, noting, “Modern sports psychology emphasizes growth, consistency, and intrinsic motivation for a reason. Athletes who last, and truly love what they do, are the ones who strive for progress, those who seek effort over ego, and daily commitment over momentary triumphs. In the end, the most meaningful wins aren’t over others, but over our previous self, and those are victories worth celebrating.”

    Congratulations to Amelia for this exciting project. Engaged Leadership in Classics is a new initiative, developed in collaboration with students and faculty, that enables Classics students in their 3rd or 4th year of study to earn credit by developing and implementing an independent project focused on Classics. Projects are expected to have a public-facing element that engages with the wider community at Brock or within the Niagara Region (e.g., leading a workshop in a local library, organizing a conference, or designing a module for an after-school enrichment program). Projects can be undertaken on an individual or group basis during the Fall/Winter or Spring/Summer terms.

    Athenian red-figure stamnos with female athletes bathing, 440–430 B.C. https://collections.mfa.org/objects/153881

  • Classics and Archaeology at the AIA Annual Meeting

    Tuesday, December 23, 2025 | By

    Brock Classics and Archaeology will be well represented in at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, hosted January 7-10 in San Francisco, CA.

    Carrie Murray will discuss here work at Pantelleria in Session 2G: From Punic to Roman.

    Fieldwork Report: Excavations at the Lago di Venere, Pantelleria (Italy)
    Carrie Murray, Brock University, Eóin O’Donoghue, Brandeis University, Kate Kreindler, University of Virginia, and Maxine Anastasi, University of Malta

    Elizabeth Greene’s Presidential panel will consider the impact of ancient shipwrecks on the history of the Mediterranean.

    Session 4B: A History of the Mediterranean in Six Shipwrecks (Workshop) [HYBRID]
    Organizer(s): Elizabeth S. Greene, Brock University
    Panelists: Lorenz Baumer, University of Geneva, Angeliki Simosi, Ephorate of Underwater Archaeology, Greece, Deborah Carlson, Texas A&M University, Justin Leidwanger, Stanford University, William Murray, University of South Florida, Harun Ozdas, Dokuz Eylul University, and Cemal Pulak, Texas A&M University

    The research of faculty, students, and former students will be visible at the poster session.

    2J: Poster Session #1
    Finding Shipwrecks: Archaeological and Environmental Variables for Predictive Modeling in the Eastern Mediterranean
    Cassidy J. Robertson, AIA Niagara Peninsula Society

    5K: Poster Session #2
    The Corrupted Sea: An Archaeological View of Maritime Plastics in Southeast Sicily
    Sophia Wu, Stanford University, Nicole Constantine, Stanford University, Elizabeth Greene, Brock University, and Justin Leidwanger, Stanford University

    The Materiality of Contemporary Displacement across the ‘Calabrian Route’
    Michelle Heeman, Stanford University, Elizabeth S. Greene, Brock University, and Justin Leidwanger, Stanford University

    Casting Iron Objects from the Marzamemi 2 “Church Wreck”: Evidence for a Navis Lapidaria?
    Robert L. Muñiz, Stanford University, Justin Leidwanger, Stanford University, Elizabeth S. Greene, Brock University, and Andrea Gobbi, Acrobatica Group

    Just Another Pretty Face? Using Comparative Analysis to Explore the Role of Female Symposiasts in Red Figure Vase Paintings
    Madison Poole, Brock University

    View the full preliminary program here. We hope to see you in San Francisco, or joining some of the hybrid sessions online.

    2026 Annual meeting in San Francisco poster

  • Lucie Mackintosh wins Jack M. Miller Excellence in Research Award

    Sunday, December 21, 2025 | By

    The Department of Classics and Archaeology is delighted to announce that MA student Lucie Mackintosh was named a recipient of the Jack M. Miller Excellence in Research Award. The awards are named in honour of a beloved member of the Brock community, Jack Miller, who began his long and illustrious career at Brock as a professor of Chemistry, where he served as chair of the Department and Curector of CCOVI. He went on to serve as Associate Vice-President of Research as well as Dean of Graduate Studies before becoming Special Advisor on Buildings and Space for the university. In this role he helped with the design of the Department’s home in the International Centre or the Glenridge B Building. The awards are granted to a research-based master’s and doctoral student from each faculty who demonstrates outstanding research excellence.

    A second-year MA student in the Text and Culture stream, Lucie holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Classics with First-Class Standing (Greek and Roman Studies) from Brock University. Lucie’s interests include Ancient Greek (and Latin) language and literature, particularly epic and lyric poetry, philology, and translation theory. Lucie’s award will be formally presented at the 20th annual Mapping New Knowledges (MNK) Research Conference in April 2026.

    Congratulations, Lucie, on this well-deserved honour!

  • Julia Miller awarded Horizon Scholarship

    Friday, December 05, 2025 | By

    Horizon scholarship recipients set to break barriers through research

    Congratulations to first-year M.A. student, Julia Miller, the sole recipient from the Faculty of Humanities of a 2025-2026 Horizon Graduate Student Scholarship. Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Julia completed a BA (Honours) in Classics at McMaster University, with a focus on archaeology. She is currently pursuing an MA (thesis stream) in Classics & Archaeology at Brock University. Her research explores ancient athletics, ideals of wellness, and the representation of the human body in classical statuary. Julia has participated in archaeological fieldwork at the Villa di Tito in Rieti, Italy, and brings over four years of professional experience in university recreation, wellness programming, and student leadership.

    The Horizon Graduate Scholarships help ensure that Brock University continues to attract dynamic researchers and students from various fields while building a diverse and inclusive university community. Horizon Graduate Scholarships aim to support these emerging leaders pursuing post-secondary education. Click here to learn more about the Brock Horizon Graduate Scholarship and keep an eye out for additional student profiles of awardees in the Brock News.

  • Amelia Jackson’s Engaged Leadership Project: Gym Bros of Antiquity

    Tuesday, November 25, 2025 | By

    Check out the latest instalment in undergraduate Amelia Jackson’s CLAS 3P98 (Engaged Leadership in Classics) project, When In Rome…Lift Heavy

    Amelia’s second exploration, Gym Bros of Antiquity: A Look at Greek Athletic Strength Training, examines how the ancient Greeks and Romans approached athletics and what ideas from the past remain relevant to modern kinesiology and sports science. Read all about her experiments to explore whether looking to the past can boost your own future performance. And join Amelia as she builds strength and muscle for lifting through sandbag carries, yoking herself to an ox, and wrestling lions…(or at least some approximations of those activities)!

    Relief from the base of a funerary kouros depicting two wrestlers, ca. 510 BCE (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

  • Prof. Glazebrook inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

    Wednesday, November 19, 2025 | By

    Scholars in the spotlight

    Dr Glazebrook was one of four Brock University professors inducted as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for their significant research contributions on Friday, Nov. 14 at the RSC Celebration of Excellence and Engagement in Montreal. Professor of Educational Studies Lissa Paul (left) became a Fellow in 2023, while Professor of Educational Studies Fiona Blaikie, Professor of Classics and Archaeology Allison Glazebrook and Professor of Economics Robert Dimand were elected as Fellows this year, marking the first time three Brock researchers received the distinction in the same year!

    At the induction ceremony, Dr Glazebrook signed the official registry of Fellows, a tradition going back to 1882, and received a certificate and a pin. She was also invited along with four other new Fellows of my Academy to give a short talk during the four-day event on her current research project, “The Cycle of Slavery in the Athenian Brothel,” for the annual meeting of the Academy of Arts and Humanities, RSC.

    The Department extends its warmest congratulations to Dr Glazebrook for this extraordinary achievement.

  • Classics and Archaeology at Fall Preview Day

    Wednesday, November 05, 2025 | By

    The Department of Classics and Archaeology was on display at the Experience Humanities Showcase on Fall Preview Day, where more than 70 people came to Global Commons to learn about the experiential aspects of our program from Dawson Magis, Derek Tam, Andrea Szpika, Emma Consoli, Wesley Prankard, and Lyndsay Turner. Meanwhile, Katie Mazurkiewicz and Lydia Scheunemann joined Dr Carter and Dr Brundrett to share the excitement of the Department with all who visited the Fair in the gymnasium. We’re so grateful to everyone for sharing their enthusiasm and excitement about the field; this is what the Department has always been about!

    Andrea Szpika, Emma Consoli, and Lyndsay Turner share their enthusiasm for Classics at the Experience Humanities Showcase

    Derek Tam, Dawson Magis, and Wes Prankard share posters about archaeology at the Experience Humanities Showcase

  • Prof. Carter consults on National Geographic documentary about Gladiators

    Saturday, November 01, 2025 | By

    Classics and Archaeology Professor Michael Carter shared his expertise as a consultant for a new National Geographic series titled “Gladiators – Warriors of the Ancient World” In six streaming episodes, viewers learn the origin stories of iconic gladiators, following the ancient combatants on their life-or-death journeys to the Colosseum.

    Brock expert helps bring ‘epic stories’ of gladiators to life

    As Professor Carter explained to the Brock News, “Thanks to historical and literary sources like ancient inscriptions, epitaphs and even poetry, we have brought these stories to life, imagining alongside audiences what it would have been like to be a gladiator experiencing combat in front of thousands of cheering — and jeering — spectators.”

    Thanks to Professor Carter for sharing his deep knowledge of the Roman world with the public, and stay tuned for plans for a watch party!

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  • When in Rome…Lift Heavy

    Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | By

    Follow along with undergraduate Amelia Jackson’s CLAS 3P98 (Engaged Leadership in Classics) project, When In Rome…Lift Heavy as she explores ancient athletic practices–from nutrition to training, recovery, and mindset–and applies them to her own experiences as a competitive powerlifter. Don’t miss her first contribution, “Grains and Gains: Understanding the Ancient Athletic Diet,” in which she describes the impact of an ancient Mediterranean diet with barley (lots!), figs, yogurt, cheese, fish, and vegetables on her training regime. Amelia represented Ontario at the 2025 Canadian Powerlifting Nationals. The project is advised by Michael Carter and Nadine Brundrett from the Department of Classics and Archaeology.

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