Columbia University

Graduate Student, Art History and Archaeology

Fellow in Teaching and Research Assistant

About

Michael is a second-year doctoral student in Art History and Archaeology with a concentration on the ancient Mediterranean world. He came to Columbia from Tufts University, where he completed an M.A. in Classical Archaeology with a thesis entitled "'Consider, if we were islanders...' (Thuc. 1.143.5): Thalassocracy, the Long Walls, and the insularization of Athens". During his time at Tufts he participated in two seasons of field work in Western Sicily with the Marsala Hinterland Survey. During his first year at Columbia, Michael joined the Chronique archéologique de la religion grecque (ChronARG) as a contributor and interned in the Collection of Vases and Minor Arts at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. He serves as Research Assistant to Profs. Ioannis Mylonopoulos (Columbia), Angelos Chaniotis (Institute for Advanced Study), and Joan Branham (Providence College). In addition to Michael's M.A. degree, he holds an M.T.S. in Religions of the World from Harvard University and a B.A. in Sociology and Philosophy from The Colorado College.

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