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Annual Graduate Tour


The Center aims to organize an annual graduate student educational tour in a Mediterranean region or specific country, led by professors from Columbia University and elsewhere. Through on-site presentations by graduate students and faculty members, the tour seeks to give Columbia graduate students whose studies focus on the ancient Mediterranean world the opportunity to visit archaeological sites and museums that might otherwise be inaccessible, to expose them to the material culture, topography, and environment of a particular ancient Mediterranean culture, and finally, to foster the research and training of PhD students across a number of departments at Columbia. Prior to the trip, a series of preparatory seminar sessions will be led by the trip leaders in order to provide any necessary background and allow for the discussion of broader themes and any relevant literature. Following the completion of the trip, participants will be required to write a short paper, on a topic to be determined in consultation with the trip leaders. The tours have been made possible through the generous funding from outside donors, including the Arete Foundation.

 

The 2023 graduate tour was Western Turkey, where the group visited 17 major sites and 13 archaeological museums in the region. Bodrum, Aphrodisias, Hierapolis, Laodicea, Priene, Ephesus, Smyrna, Sardis, Pergamon, Troy, Assos, and Istanbul were among the sites included in the excursion. The trip was led by two Columbia faculty members: Prof. Ellen Morris and Prof. Paraskevi Martzavou.

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Center for the Ancient Mediterranean
Columbia University
Department of Art History and Archaeology
  1200 Amsterdam Avenue
653-A Ext. Schermerhorn Hall, MC 5517
New York, NY 10027
 212-854-0200

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