Mary Clarke (GRS’20) awarded the BU Arts Initiative Graduate Arts Research Grant
Mary Clarke (GRS’20) awarded a Graduate Arts Research Grant in the amount of $3,000. Funding for this award has been provided by the BU Arts Initiative and the Associate Provost for Graduate Affairs. Congratulations Mary!
Guzin Eren recipient of Archaeology Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award 2018-2019
Congratulations Guzin! This distinction shows that we value your important contribution to our teaching mission and confidence in your performance and abilities. The reception will take place in the College of Arts and Sciences, Room 132, 725 Commonwealth Ave., Monday, May 6th.
Sydney Hunter awarded Fulbright Scholarship
Sydney Hunter (CAS’19) Archaeology Senior, has been awarded a J. William Fulbright Scholarship to attend the University of Liverpool for a Master’s of Arts in Archaeology. At Liverpool, she’ll be taking classes on the archaeology of the Near East and various materials analyses, emphasis on archaeobotany for the MA thesis work. Sydney will be conducting research […]
Emma Schlauder wins Fulbright Scholarship
Archaeology senior Emma Schlauder (CAS’19) has been awarded a J. William Fulbright Scholarship for study in the United Kingdom. A double major in Archaeology and History, with a minor in Classical Civilization, Emma will use the prestigious award to attend the University of Sheffield’s MSc program in Human Osteology and Funerary Archaeology in fall 2019. […]
Four students receive travel awards
Congratulations to Guzin Eren (GRS’20), Mary Clarke (GRS’20), Natalie Susmann (GRS’19), Katie Berlin (GRS’21) recipients of Archaeology Program Travel Award.
John Marston recipient of Fulbright Scholar Awards to Australia in the “All Disciplines” competition
Congratulations to Professor Marston! He has been selected as the recipient of one of six Fulbright Scholar Awards to Australia in the “All Disciplines” competition. This will allow him to spend the Spring 2020 semester at the School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, to collaborate with Dr. Andrew Fairbairn on a project […]
Two of our students receive the National Science Foundation: Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
Congratulations to Mary Clarke and Maria Codlin, both recipients of the National Science Foundation: Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDRI). Mary’s project title “Producing Stone and State: The Intersection of Ancient Maya Domestic and Institutional Economies” and Maria’s “Feeding a city: Urban hunting and animal husbandry at Teotihuacan.”
Daniela Hernandez Sarinana awarded Predoctoral Residence at Dumbarton Oaks
Daniela Hernandez Sarinana (GRS’20), awarded a Predoctoral Residence in Precolumbian Studies at Dumbarton Oaks for Spring 2019. In the photo she’s before a mural from her dissertation site of Teotihuacan. Congratulations Daniela! In the photo she’s before a mural from her dissertation site of Teotihuacan.
AIA Award Recipients
Prof. John Marston the 29th James R. Wiseman Book Award for Agricultural Sustainability and Environmental Change at Ancient Gordion. Professor Curtis Runnels received the Gold Medal Award at the annual meeting. Congratulations, well deserved!
Professor Curtis Runnels awarded the AIA Gold Medal Award!
Professor Curtis Runnels has been awarded the prestigious Gold Medal from the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), and there will be a session honoring his legacy to archaeology on Jan 4, 2019 at the annual meeting. The Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement is awarded by the Archaeological Institute of America in “recognition of […]