Curriculum Vitae - Anthropology

Department of Anthropology,

DNA-LHS C220,

1600 West Bank Drive,

Trent University,

Peterborough, Ontario Canada K9L 0G2

Telephone: (705) 748-1011 ext. 7264

Fax: (705) 748-1613

E-Mail: rodneyfitzsimons@trentu.ca

Citizenship: Canadian

EDUCATION HISTORY

Ph. D. in Classical Archaeology. Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1995-2006. “Monuments of Power and the Power of Monuments: The Evolution of Elite Architectural Styles at Bronze Age Mycenae,” supervised by Gisela Walberg, Jack L. Davis and Kathleen Lynch

American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Student Associate Member, 2000-2001 (Jacob Hirsch Fellowship)

M. A. in Ancient Studies. Department of Fine Art History, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, 1993-1995, supervised by Joseph W. Shaw and Maria C. Shaw

B. A. in Classics. Department of Classics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, 1986-1992. Double Major in Greek & Roman History and Classical Civilization, Minor in Near Eastern Studies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professional Positions and Appointments

2017-18 Senior Associate Member, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Athens, Greece.

2016-17 Director, Trent University Archaeological Research Centre, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada.

2015-pres Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada.

2010-11 Senior Associate Member, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Athens, Greece.

2009-15 Associate Professor, Department of Ancient History & Classics, Trent University, Peterborough.

2006-09 Assistant Professor, Department of Ancient History & Classics, Trent University, Peterborough.

2004-06 Lecturer, Department of Ancient History & Classics, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada.

2002-04 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures, Iowa State University, U.S.A.

2001-02 Visiting Instructor, Department of Classics, Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, U.S.A.

2000-01 Student Associate Member, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Athens, Greece.

1998-99 Instructor, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, U.S.A.

1997-98 Teaching Assistant, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, U.S.A.

1994-95 Teaching Assistant, Department of Fine Art History, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

Field Research

Khavania Topographical and Architectural Mapping Project, 2019, Canadian Institute in Greece. Co-Director (with D.M. Buell).
Poros Archaeological Landscape Project, 2019-2023, Simon Fraser University. Consultant. (M. Richards and S. Higgins, Directors).
Aghia Irini Northern Sector Archaeological Project, 2009-2018, KA’ Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities. Co-Director (with E. Gorogianni).
Azoria Project, 2002-2022, American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Site Architect. (D.C. Haggis and M.S. Mook, Directors).
Quartier Epsilon (Mallia, Crete), 2002-2003, École française d’archéologie d’Athènes. Consultant. (I. Bradfer-Burdet, Director).
Durres Regional Archaeological Project, 2001, Institute of Center of Albanian Archaeology in Tirana. Field Walker and Information Technician. (A. Hoti, J.L. Davis, I. Pojani, S.R. Stocker, Directors).
Quartier Nu (Mallia, Crete), 1998-2001, École française d’archéologie d’Athènes. Assistant Architect. (J.M. Driessen and A. Farnoux, Directors).
University of Cincinnati Excavations at Midea, 1997-2000, Svenska Institutet i Athen. Records Supervisor. (G. Walberg, Director).
University of Cincinnati Excavations at Midea, 1996, Svenska Institutet i Athen. Trench Master. (G. Walberg, Director).
University of Toronto Excavations at Kommos (Crete), 1993, American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Trench Supervisor. (J.W. Shaw and M.C. Shaw, Directors).

GRANTS AND AWARDS

External Fellowships and Grants

Bagnani Trust Grant, 2017, $3,000; The Azoria Project
Bagnani Trust Grant, 2016, $1,600; The Azoria Project
Bagnani Trust Grant, 2014, $8,000; The Azoria Project
Loeb Classical Library Foundation Grant, 2012, $35,000; Ayia Irini Northern Sector Archaeological Project
Institute for Aegean Prehistory New Research Grant, 2012, $20,000; AINSAP
SSHRC Standard Research Grant, 2011, $34,693; Ayia Irini Northern Sector Archaeological Project
Institute for Aegean Prehistory New Research Grant, 2011, $20,000; AINSAP
SSHRC Standard Research Grant, 2010, $41,339; Ayia Irini Northern Sector Archaeological Project
Institute for Aegean Prehistory Publication Team Grant, 2010, $600; AINSAP (declined)
Institute for Aegean Prehistory New Research Grant, 2010, $15,000; AINSAP
Institute for Aegean Prehistory New Research Grant, 2009, $19,960; AINSAP

Internal Fellowships and Grants

SSHRC Explore Grant, 2018, $5035; “Stavromenos Ceramic Study”
SSHRC University Research Grant, 2017, $5000; “Building Practices, Labour Investment, and State Formation in Bronze Age and Archaic Crete”
SSHRC University Research Grant, 2016, $5,000; “Architectural Energetics and Archaic Cretan Urbanisation”
SSHRC Operating Grant, 2014, $5,000; “The Azoria Project: A Study of Urbanisation on Crete, 700-500 B.C.”
SSHRC International Travel Grant, 2014, $1,500
SSHRC Operating Grant, 2013, $4,984; “Urbanisation and the Emergence of the Greek Polis”
SSHRC Operating Grant, 2009, $4,000; “Urbanisation and the Emergence of the Greek Polis”
SSHRC International Travel Grant, 2009, $1,490
SSHRC Operating Grant, 2008, $3,280; “Architectural Analyses at the Site of Azoria, East Crete”

Pre-Doctoral Fellowships and Grants

Jacob Hirsch Fellowship, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2000-2001, $11,500
Anna C. and Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship, Archaeological Institute of America, 2000-2001, $11,000 [declined]
Summer Stipends, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati, 1996-2001, $1,000
University Graduate Scholarship, Graduate School, University of Cincinnati, 1995-2000
Louise Semple-Taft Fellowship, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati, 1995-2000
Simcoe Special Fellowship, Department of Fine Art History, University of Toronto, 1995, $3,500
Kenneth Augustus Hemblen Memorial Award, Department of Fine Art History, University of Toronto, 1993, $1,500
Samuel James Stubbs Award, University College, University of Toronto, 1992, $500
W. S. Milner Scholarship for Greek & Roman History, Department of Classics, University of Toronto, 1992, $1,155

Teaching Awards and Nominations

Distinguished Teaching Award for Educational Leadership and Innovation in Instruction, Trent University, 2009-2010 (nominated)
Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching, Trent University, 2009-2010 (nominated)
Merit Award (Teaching Excellence), Trent University, 2009
Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching, Trent University, 2008-2009 (nominated)
Distinguished Teaching Award for Educational Leadership & Innovation in Instruction, Trent University, 2007-2008 (nominated)
Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching, Trent University, 2007-2008 (nominated)
Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching, Trent University, 2005-2006 (nominated)
Most Effective Undergraduate Instructor, Iowa State University, 2002-2003

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Articles and Book Chapters

Refereed

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2018. “The Architecture.” In Halasmenos: Building A:2, edited by M. Eaby, 43-56. Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2017. “Architectural Energetics and Archaic Cretan Urbanisation.” From Maple to Olive: A Colloquium to Celebrate the 40^th Anniversary of the Canadian Institute in Greece, Athens, 10-11 June 2016, edited by D.W. Rupp and J. Tomlinson, 345-383. Publications of the Canadian Institute in Greece 10. Athens: Canadian Institute in Greece.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. and E. Gorogianni. 2017. “Dining on the Fringe? A Possible Minoan-Style Banquet Hall at Ayia Irini, Kea.” In Minoan Architecture and Urbanism: New Perspectives on an Ancient Built Environment, edited by Q. Letesson and C. Knappett, 334-360. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Gorogianni, E. and R.D. FITZSIMONS. 2016. “Social Complexity in MBA and LBA Cyclades: A View from Ayia Irini.” In Explaining Change in Aegean Prehistory, edited by C. Wiersma and S. Voutsaki, 124-158. Oxford: Oxbow.

Gorogianni, E., J. Cutler, and R.D. FITZSIMONS. 2015. “Something Old, Something New: Non-Local Brides as Catalysts for Cultural Exchange at Ayia Irini, Kea?” In Nostoi: Indigenous Cultures, Migration and Integration in the Aegean Islands and Western Anatolia during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. Proceedings of an International Conference Held at the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey, March 31-April 3, 2011, edited by N. Stampolidis, Ç. Maner, and K. Kopanias, 853-886. Istanbul: Koç University Press.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2014. “An Energetic(s) Approach to Late Helladic Tomb Construction: Funerary Architecture and State Formation at Bronze Age Mycenae.” In Meditations on the Diversity of the Built Environment in the Aegean Basin and Beyond. Proceedings of a Colloquium in Memory of Frederick E. Winter, Athens 22-23 June 2012, edited by D.W. Rupp and J. Tomlinson, 83-120. Publications of the Canadian Institute in Greece 8. Athens: Canadian Institute in Greece.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2014. “Urbanization and the Emergence of the Greek Polis: The Case of Azoria, Crete.” In Making Ancient Cities: Studies of the Production of Space in Early Urban Environments, edited by A. Creekmore and K.D. Fisher, 288-338. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2011. “Monumental Architecture and the Construction of the Mycenaean State.” In State Formation in Italy and Greece: Questioning the Neoevolutionist Paradigm, edited by N. Terrenato and D.C. Haggis, 75-118. Oxford: Oxbow.

Haggis, D.C., M.S. Mook, R.D. FITZSIMONS, C.M. Scarry and L.M. Snyder. 2011. “The Excavation of Archaic Houses at Azoria in 2005-2006.” Hesperia 80: 431-489.

Haggis, D.C., M.S. Mook, R.D. FITZSIMONS, C.M. Scarry, L.M. Snyder and W.C. West. 2011. “Excavations in the Archaic Civic Buildings at Azoria in 2005-2006.” Hesperia 80: 1-70.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2007. “Architecture and Power in the Bronze Age Argolid.” In Power and Architecture: Monumental Public Architecture in the Bronze Age Near East and Aegean. Proceedings of the international conference “Power and Architecture” organized by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the Université Catholique de Louvain and the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster on the 21st and 22nd of November 2002, edited by J. Bretschneider, J.M. Driessen and K. Van Lergerghe, 93-116. Leuven: Peeters Publishers.

Haggis, D.C., M.S. Mook, C.M. Scarry, L.M. Snyder, R.D. FITZSIMONS, E. Stephanakis and W.C. West. 2007. “Excavations at Azoria in 2003 and 2004, Part 1: The Archaic Civic Complex.” Hesperia 76: 243-321.

Walberg, G., E. Markou and R.D. FITZSIMONS. 2007. “The Architecture”. In Midea: The Megaron Complex and Shrine Area. Excavations on the Lower Terraces 1994-1997, edited by G. Walberg, 61-90. Prehistory Monographs 20. Philadelphia: The Institute for Aegean Prehistory Academic Press.

Invited

FITZSIMONS, R.D. and E. Gorogianni. 2013. “Dining in Style: Minoanizing Architecture, Décor, and Activities in the Northeast Bastion.” Kea Newsletter 2012: 3.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. and E. Gorogianni. 2011. “The Northern Sector: Pedagogy, Collegiality, Research, and Publication.” Kea Newsletter 2010: 4.

Abstracts

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2011. “Laying Claim to the Land: Tholos Tombs as Markers of Symbolic Ownership in the Bronze Age Argolid.” In An Archaeology of Land Ownership, edited by M. Relaki and D. Catapoti, 12. London: Routledge.

Works Submitted

FITZSIMONS, R.D. In Press. “Constructing a Legendary Past: Possible Archaizing Elements in the Funerary Landscape of Late Bronze Age Mycenae.” In Mneme: Past and Memory in the Aegean Bronze Age. Proceedings of the 17^th International Aegaeum Conference, Udine/Venice, Italy, April 17-21, 2018, edited by E. Borgna, I. Caloi, F.M. Carinci, and R. Laffineur, 1-8. Aegaeum 43. Liège: Université de Liège.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. In Press. “The Minoans, Mycenaeans and Bronze-Age Greece.” In Sir Banister Fletcher’s A History of Architecture, 110-134. 21^st ed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. Submitted. “The Architectural Remains.” In Mallia: Quartier Nu, edited by J. M. Driessen and A. Farnoux (ms. 102,000 words; awaiting contributions from other contributors)

Haggis, D.C., M.S. Mook, R.D. FITZSIMONS, N. Coutsinas, M. Eaby, and F. Dibble. In Progress. “The Hellenistic Towers at Azoria in Eastern Crete and Harriet Boyd’s Excavations of 1900.” Hesperia (ms. 27,963 words, plus illustrations; awaiting contributions from co-authors)

Haggis, D.C., M.S. Mook, R.D. FITZSIMONS, M. Eaby, M. Liston, C.M. Scarry, and L.M.Snyder. In Progress. “The Excavation of Late Minoan IIIC, Early Iron Age, and Orientalizing Levels at Azoria in 2005-2006.” Hesperia (ms. 21,200 words; awaiting contributions from co-authors)

Papers

Refereed Submissions

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2018. “Laying the Foundations for the Mycenaean State: Labour Investment, Tomb Construction, and Early State Formation in the Bronze Age Argolid,” Reconstructing Scales of Economy in Archaeology: Products, People, Producers, Processes, 19^th Annual Congress of Classical Archaeology: Archaeology and Economy of the Classical World, Cologne/Bonn, Germany, May 22-26, 2018.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2018. “Constructing a Legendary Past: Possible Archaizing Elements in the Funerary Landscape of Late Bronze Age Mycenae,” Mneme: Past and Memory in the Aegean Bronze Age, 17^th International Aegaeum Conference, Udine/Venice, Italy, April 17-21, 2018.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2018. “Cutting a New Cultural Mosaic? Reassessing the Adoption and Adaptation of Ashlar Masonry in the Southern and Eastern Aegean,” Ashlar. Exploring the Materiality of Cut Stone Masonry in the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, March 8-9, 2018 (paper could not be delivered).

Scarry, C.M., D.C. Haggis, M.S. Mook, R.D. FITZSIMONS, W.F. Dibble, and C. Tsoraki. 2017. “Commensal Politics and Identity Performance at Azoria, an Archaic City on Crete,” Ancient Foodways: Integrative Approaches to Understanding Subsistence and Society in the Past, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 4, 2017.

Haggis, D.C., M.S. Mook, R.D. FITZSIMONS, C.M. Scarry, and W.F. Dibble. 2017. “Excavations at Azoria, East Crete, 2016-2017,” 118^th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, Massachusetts, January 4-7, 2017.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2016. “Monuments for the Living, Monuments for the Dead: A Stone-by-Stone Guide to Mycenaean State Formation,” Architectural Energetics, 81^st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, Florida, April 6-10, 2016.

Haggis, D.C., M.S. Mook, R.D. FITZSIMONS, C.M. Scarry, and W.F. Dibble. 2016. “Excavations at Azoria, East Crete, 2013-2015,” 117^th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in San Francisco, California, January 6-9, 2016.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2014. “Building a State One Stone at a Time: Architectural Energetics and Early State Formation in the Bronze Age Argolid,” Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, May 6-11, 2014.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2014. “Building a State One Stone at a Time: Architectural Energetics and Early State Formation in the Bronze Age Argolid,” Space, Place, and Architecture in the Mediterranean Bronze Age, 79^th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas, April 25, 2014.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2013. “Laying the Foundations for Mycenaean State Formation: Late Helladic Tomb Construction as a Measure of Socio-Political Complexity in the Bronze Age Argolid,” 114^th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in Seattle, Washington, January 3-6, 2013.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2013. “Awash in Waves of Architectural Change: Reassessing the Adoption and Adaptation of Minoanizing and Mycenaeanizing Architectural Elements in the Southern and Eastern Aegean,” Minoanization and Mycenaeanization. Two Sides of the Same Coin?, 114^th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in Seattle, Washington, January 3-6, 2013.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2012. “An Energetic(s) Approach to Late Helladic Tomb Construction: Funerary Architecture and State Formation at Bronze Age Mycenae,” Mediations on the Diversity of the Built Environment in the Aegean Basin: A Colloquium in Honour of Frederick E. Winter, Canadian Institute in Greece, Athens, Greece, June 2012.

Gorogianni, E. and R.D. FITZSIMONS. 2012. “Dining on the Fringe Again? The Northeast Bastion as a Minoan-Style Banquet Hall at Ayia Irini, Kea - The Ceramic Evidence,” 113^th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 5-8, 2012.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2011. “A Tale of Three Cities: Urbanisation and Socio-Political Development at Archaic Azoria, Crete,” Urban Dreams and Realities: An Interdisciplinary Conference on the City in Ancient Cultures, Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, October 21-22, 2011.

FITZSIMONS, R.D., E. Gorogianni, and J. Cutler. 2011. “Weaving a Pan-Aegean Fabric: Travelling Brides as Agents of Cultural Exchange in the Late Bronze Age Aegean,” Nostoi: Indigenous Cultures, Migration and Integration in the Aegean Islands and Western Anatolia during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age, Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey, March 31-April 3, 2011.

Cutler, J., E. Gorogianni, and R.D. FITZSIMONS. 2011. “Something Borrowed, Something New: Possible Archaeological Evidence for Foreign Brides as Catalysts for Acculturation at Ayia Irini, Kea,” 76^th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Sacramento, California, March 30-April 3, 2011.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. and E. Gorogianni. 2011. “Dining on the Fringe? A Possible Minoan-Style Banquet Hall at Ayia Irini, Kea,” 112^th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in San Antonio, Texas, January 6-9, 2011.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2010. “Building a Heroic Past: Archaizing Elements in Mycenaean Masonry,” 111^th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in Anaheim, California, January 6-9, 2010.

Gorogianni, E. and R.D. FITZSIMONS. 2010. “Ayia Irini and Minoanization: A Bottom-up Approach of the Phenomenon?”, 111^th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in Anaheim, California, January 6-9, 2010.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2009. “Urbanization and the Emergence of the Greek Polis: The Case of Azoria, Crete,” 74^th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Atlanta, Georgia, April 22-26, 2009.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2008. “Laying Claim to the Land: Tholos Tombs as Markers of Symbolic Ownership in the Bronze Age Argolid” 6^th World Archaeological Congress, Dublin, Ireland, July 29-July 4, 2008.

Storey, I.C. and R.D. FITZSIMONS. 2008. “The Setting of Euripides’ Suppliant Women,” Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada in Montreal, Quebec, May 12-14, 2008.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2008. “A Heterarchical or Hierarchical Landscape? An Alternative Approach to the Distribution and Function of Tholos Tombs in the Bronze Age Argolid,” 41^st Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association in Peterborough, Ontario, May 7-11, 2008.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2004. “Monuments of Power and the Power of Monuments: The Evolution of Monumental Architecture in Bronze Age Greece,” 69^th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Montreal, Quebec, March 31-April 4, 2004.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2001. “Excavations on the Lower Terraces of the Acropolis of Midea: Preliminary Report on the Architectural Remains,” 102^nd Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in San Diego, California, January 3-6, 2001.

Invited Public Lectures

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2019. “Crete of the Hundred Cities: Architecture, State Formation, and Urbanisation on Archaic Crete,” Department of Classics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, February 26, 2019.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2017. “Taking a Seat at the Minoan Banquet: An Architectural Approach to the Minoanisation of the Aegean Islands,” Canadian Institute in Greece, Athens, Greece, December 6, 2017.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2017. “There Are Stones in Them Thar Walls!: A Stone-by-Stone Guide to Architecture at Azoria,” Azoria Project, Pacheia Ammos, Crete, Greece, June 23, 2017.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2017. “It Takes More Than a Village to Raise a House: Building Practices, Labour Investment, and Urbanisation in Archaic Crete,” Keynote Address at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Institute in Greece, Athens, Greece, May 17, 2017.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2016. “There Are Stones in Them Thar Walls!: A Stone-by-Stone Guide to Architecture at Azoria,” Azoria Project, Pacheia Ammos, Crete, Greece, June 24, 2016.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2015. “Monuments for the Living, Monuments for the Dead: A Stone-by-Stone Guide to Mycenaean State Formation,” Methodologies in Ancient Material Culture, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, October 2, 2015.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2015. “The ‘Dark Age’ of Greece,” Guest Lecture for AHCL 2105H: History of Ancient Greece, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, September 18, 2015.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2015. “Greece and the Aegean in the Late Bronze Age,” Guest Lecture for AHCL 2105H: History of Ancient Greece, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, September 17, 2015.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2015. “There Are Stones in Them Thar Walls!: A Stone-by-Stone Guide to Architecture at Azoria,” Azoria Project, Kavousi, Crete, Greece, July 15, 2015.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2015. “Taking a Seat at the Minoan Banquet: An Architectural Approach to the Minoanisation of the Aegean Islands,” Minoan Architecture and Urbanism, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, January 7, 2015.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2015. “Construction Technology and State Formation in the Bronze Age Argolid,” Technology, Society, and Economy in the Ancient Mediterranean World, Traill College, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, April 6, 2013.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2015. “The Tomb of a Rich Athenian Lady at Athens,” Guest Lecture for AHCL 2310H: Women in the Ancient Greek World, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, November 22, 2011.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2011. “How to Build an Archaic Greek City: Architecture and Urbanisation at Azoria, East Crete,” Department of Classics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, November 11, 2011.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. and E. Gorogianni. 2011. “Feasting on Minoan Culture: The Northeast Bastion at Ayia Irini, Kea, and its Significance for Understanding Minoanization in the Aegean,” INSTAP-SCEC, Pacheia Ammos, Greece, July 1, 2011.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2011. “Making an Archaic City: The Social, Political and Architectural Correlates of Urbanisation at Azoria, East Crete,” Canadian Institute in Greece, Athens, Greece, March 9, 2011.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2010. “Spomenici za žive, spomenici za mrtve: Kamen po kamen vodič kroz mikenske državne formacije (Monuments for the Living, Monuments for the Dead: A Stone-by-Stone Guide to Mycenaean State Formation,” Aegean Seminar, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, December 7, 2010.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2010. “Monumental Architecture and the Construction of the Mycenaean State,” Canadian Institute in Greece, Athens, Greece, November 3, 2010.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. and E. Gorogianni. 2010. “As the Tide Turns: Local Responses to Pan-Aegean Cultural Changes at Ayia Irini, Keos,” Ontario Aegean Day Symposium, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 13, 2010.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2009. “Monumental Architecture and the Construction of the Mycenaean State,” Department of Classical Studies, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, September 17, 2009.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2006. “Monuments of Power and the Power of Monuments: The Evolution of Elite Architectural Styles at Bronze Age Mycenae,” Lecture Series, Niagara Peninsula Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, Brock University, St. Catharine’s, Ontario, Canada, November 12, 2006.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2006. “An Early Greek Polis in East Crete: Excavations at Azoria, 2002-2006,” Fieldworks 06 Colloquium, Trent University Archaeological Research Centre, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, October 18, 2006.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2006. “An Early Greek Polis in East Crete: Excavations at Azoria, 2002-2005,” Department of Classics, Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, March 26, 2006.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2004. “An Early Greek Polis in East Crete: Excavations at Azoria, 2002-2004,” Humanities Day Symposium, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, December 15, 2004.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2003. “The Power of Monuments and Monuments of Power,” Department of Classics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A., February 13, 2003.

FITZSIMONS, R.D. 2002. “Architecture and the Evolution of Power in the Bronze Age Peloponnese,” Architecture and Power: Monumental Public Architecture in the Bronze Age Near East and Aegean, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the Université Catholique de Louvain and the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Leuven, Belgium, November 21-22, 2002.

Works in Progress

FITZSIMONS, R.D. In Preparation. “Construction Technology and State Formation in the Bronze Age Argolid.” In Technology, Society, and Economy in the Ancient Mediterranean World, edited by J.P. Moore and R.J. Cook (mss. 3700 words).

FITZSIMONS, R.D. In Preparation. “Cutting a New Cultural Mosaic? Reassessing the Adoption and Adaptation of Ashlar Masonry in the Southern and Eastern Aegean.” In Ashlar. Exploring the Materiality of Cut Stone Masonry in the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, March 8-9, 2018, edited by M. Devolder, I. Kreimerman, and J.M. Driessen (mss. 4500 words, plus illustrations).

FITZSIMONS, R.D. In Preparation. “Laying the Foundations for the Mycenaean State: Labour Investment, Tomb Construction, and Early State Formation in the Bronze Age Argolid.” In Reconstructing Scales of Economy in Archaeology: Products, People, Producers, Processes. Proceedings of the 19^th Annual Congress of Classical Archaeology: Archaeology and Economy of the Classical World, Cologne/Bonn, Germany, May 22-26, 2018, edited by E. Hasaki and M. Bentz (mss. 3700 words, plus illustrations).

Gorogianni, E. and R.D. FITZSIMONS. In Preparation. Keos XII. Ayia Irini: The Northern Sector and the Northeast Bastion.

Scarry, C.M., D.C. Haggis, M.S. Mook, R.D. FITZSIMONS, W.F. Dibble, and C. Tsoraki. In Preparation. “Commensal Politics and Identity Performance at Azoria, an Archaic City on Crete.” In Ancient Foodways: Integrative Approaches to Understanding Subsistence and Society in the Past, edited by C.M. Scarry. University of Florida Press. (mss. 5939 words, plus illustrations).

Storey, I.C. and R.D. FITZSIMONS. In Preparation. “The Setting of Euripides’ Suppliant Women.” (ms. 6100 words plus illustrations; to be submitted to Mouseion).

Architectural Illustrations

Storey, I.C. 2008. Euripides: Suppliant Women. Duckworth Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy. London: Duckworth.

Haggis, D.C., M.S. Mook, L.M. Snyder, and T. Carter. 2007. “Excavations at Azoria in 2003 and 2004 Part 2, The Early Iron Age and Final Neolithic Settlements.” Hesperia 76: 665-716.

Haggis, D.C., M.S. Mook, C.M. Scarry, L.M. Snyder, and W.C. West. 2004. “Excavations at Azoria, 2002,” Hesperia 73: 339-400.

TEACHING RECORD

Graduate Courses (Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Trent University, 2012-present)

The End of the Bronze Age: A Critical Reading Course (ANTH 5900H): 2012W
The End of the Bronze Age: A Critical Reading Course (ANTH 5900Y): 2012-13
Problems in Cretan Archaeology (ANTH 5900H): 2016F
The Politics of Feasting (ANTH 5900H): 2017W

Undergraduate Courses (Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Trent University, 2015-pres.)

The Trojan War: An Epic of Archaeology: 2018F
The Trojan War I: The Iliad (AHCL 1401H): 2015F, 2016F
The Trojan War II: The Odyssey and the Aeneid (AHCL 1402H): 2016W, 2017W
Archaeology II: Methods and Analysis (ANTH 2123H): 2019W
Archaeology and Art History of Ancient Greece (ANTH 2205H): 2015F, 2016F, 2018F
Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology (ANTH 3250H): 2017W
Archaeology of Ancient Athens (ANTH 3251H): 2016W, 2019W
Field School in Classical Archaeology (ANTH 3850Y): 2016S, 2017S
Senior Seminar: Urbanisation and State Formation in Archaic Crete (ANTH 4003H): 2016F, 2018F
Advanced Field Methods – Azoria (ANTH 4900Y): 2016S, 2017S
Intermediate Greek I (GREK 2000H): 2015F
Intermediate Greek II (GREK 2001H): 2016W
Advanced Greek Poetry (GREK 3001H): 2016W

Undergraduate Courses (Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Ancient History & Classics, Trent University, 2004-2015)

The Trojan War (AHCL 1000Y): 2012-13, 2013-14
The Trojan War I: The Iliad (AHCL 1401H): 2014F, 2015F
The Trojan War II: The Odyssey and the Aeneid (AHCL 1402H): 2015W
Archaeology and Art History of Ancient Greece (AHCL 2205H): 2014F
Introduction to Classical Archaeology & Art History (AHCL 2200Y): 2004F, 2005F, 2006-7, 2007-8, 2008F, 2009-10, 2011-12
Ancient City (AHCL 2230H): 2005W, 2007F, 2009F
Greek Myths & Mythology (AHCL 2500Y): 2004-5, 2005-6, 2006-7
Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology (AHCL 3250H): 2006W, 2008W, 2012W
Archaeology of Ancient Athens (AHCL 3251H): 2010W, 2013W
Archaeology of the Greek Iron Age (AHCL 3252H): 2009W, 2014W
Field School in Classical Archaeology (AHCL 3851Y): 2005S, 2006S, 2010S, 2014S, 2015S
Advanced Studies in the Ancient City (AHCL 394H): 2005W, 2007F
Senior Seminar: Approaches to Mycenaean State Formation (AHCL 4001H): 2008F
Senior Seminar: The Minoanisation of the Aegean Islands (AHCL 4001H): 2012F
Senior Seminar: Urbanisation and State Formation in Archaic Crete (AHCL 4002H): 2015W
Reading Course: Roman Myth and Religion (AHCL 492H): 2006W
Advanced Studies in the Ancient City (AHCL 4941H): 2005W, 2007F
Advanced Studies in Bronze Age Archaeology (AHCL 4942H): 2006W, 2008W
Elementary Greek (GREK 1000Y): 2004-5, 2005-6, 2006-7, 2007-8
Intermediate Greek I (GREK 2000H): 2008F, 2009F, 2011F, 2012F, 2013F, 2014F
Intermediate Greek II (GREK 2001H): 2009W, 2012W, 2013W, 2014W
Advanced Greek Poetry (GREK 3001H): 2014W

Courses Taught (Visiting Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures, Iowa State University, 2001-2003)

Elementary Classical Greek I (GRK 101)
Elementary Classical Greek II (GRK 102)
Elementary Latin I (LAT 101)
Elementary Latin II (LAT 102)
Greek and Roman Epic (CL ST 373)
Classical Archaeology II: The Archaic through Hellenistic Periods (CL ST 376B)
Introduction to Classical Greek Literature (GRK 332)

Courses Taught (Visiting Instructor, Department of Classics, Miami University of Ohio, 2001-2002)

Beginning Latin I (LAT 101)
Beginning Latin II (LAT 102)
Roman Civilization (CLS 102)
Classical Mythology (CLS 121)

Courses Taught (Class Instructor, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati, 1998-1999)

Introduction to Classical Civilization I: Ancient Greece I (15CLAS110)
Introduction to Classical Civilization II: Ancient Greece II (15CLAS111)
Introduction to Classical Civilization III: Ancient Rome (15CLAS112)

Courses Taught (Teaching Assistant, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati, 1997-1998)

Art and Archaeology of the Ancient World: Egypt and the Near East (15CLAS 221)
Art and Archaeology of the Ancient World: Greece (15CLAS221)
Art and Archaeology of the Ancient World: Rome (15CLAS222)
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (15CLAS223)

Courses Taught (Teaching Assistant, Department of Fine Art History, University of Toronto, 1994-1995)

Art and Archaeology of the Bronze Age Aegean (FAH 200A)

M.A. Theses (Completed)

Philip Cook, “The Energetics of Mycenaean Citadels: Sociopolitical Implications of Fortification Construction during the Late Helladic III Period,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, 2015 (Supervisor).

Christa Falconer, “Changes in Mortuary Patterns during the Late Helladic IIIB to Late Helladic IIIC Periods on the Greek Mainland and the Cyclades,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, 2014 (Supervisor).

Francheska Langebeck, “The Politics of Feasting: Civic Commensality in the Early Iron Age to Archaic Transition on Crete,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, 2018 (Supervisor).

Natalie Baron, “A Comparative Analysis of Pre-Industrial States in Southeast Asia,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, 2018 (Reader).

Eric Beales, “A Critical Analysis of the Introduction of Maize into Southern Ontario during the First Millennium A.D.,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, 2013 (Reader).

Chris Carleton, “The End of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic in Southwest Asia from the Perspective of Catalhoyuk,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, 2010 (Reader).

Jordan Dills, “How to Forge an Empire: Craft Production of Weapons, Armour and Textiles in the Middle Byzantine Period (AD 843-1204),” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, 2017 (Reader).

Laura Fyfe, “Hunnic Warfare in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries C.E.: Archery and the Collapse of the Western Roman Empire,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, 2016 (Reader for three years).

Gwilym Hayward, “Economic Development and Emerging Dialectics in Early Bronze Age Greece,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, 2012 (Reader).

Katrina Keefer, “The Ideology of the Greco-Roman World and Its Effect on W.E.B. du Bois: A Study of Subversive Themes in African-American History,” Department of History, Trent University, 2009 (Reader).

Christopher Langlois, “Rock-Cut Tombs of Isauria: An Archaeological Survey of Funerary Practices in the Göksu Valley, Turkey,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, 2017 (Reader).

Leah Marajh, “Socio-ecological Entanglement, Resilience, and Water Management in Tropical Societies,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, 2016 (Reader).

Daniel Savage, “Arrows before Agriculture? A Functional Study of Natufian and Neolithic Grooved Stones,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, 2014 (Reader).

Katherine Schleifer, “Beyond Child’s Play: The Role of Children in the MH-LH I Periods of the Argolid, Greece,” Department of Classics, Brock University, 2010 (External Assessor).

Lindsay Shirkey, “Comparative Studies in Tropical Epicentres in Southeast Asia: Understanding Entanglement and Collapse,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, 2015 (Reader).

Brent Whitford, “Towards Inferring Population History from a Multi-Proxy Settlement Patterns Approach: Neolithic Culture Change (6200-4900 BC) in the Struma/Strymon River Valley,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, 2017 (Reader).

M.A. Theses in Progress

Jeremy Brooks, “An Evaluation and Application of Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies for Archaeological Visualization,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, in progress (Reader).

Alicia Hartley, “Ecclesiastical Architecture in Cappodocia in the 9^th through 13^th Centuries,” Department of Anthropology, Trent University, in progress (Reader).

Ph.D. Theses in Progress

Sarah Hilker, “From Houses to Settlements: A Consideration of Mycenaean Social Structure,” Department of Classics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in progress (External Assessor).

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Refereeing and Reviewing Work

Referee, Open Archaeology, 2018.
Member, Scientific Committee for the Publication of From Maple to Olive: A Colloquium to Celebrate the 40^th Anniversary of the Canadian Institute in Greece, 2017.
Referee, Aegean Archaeology, 2005, 2016.
Referee, American Journal of Archaeology, 2013.
Member, Scientific Committee for the Publication of Mediations on the Diversity of the Built Environment in the Aegean Basin: A Colloquium in Honour of Frederick E. Winter, 2012.
Referee, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, 2012.
Referee, Hesperia, 2010.
Referee, National Science Foundation, 2010.

Service (International and National)

Session Chair, “Archaeology and Material Culture 5,” Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 5-10, 2014.
Session Chair, “Space, Place, and Architecture in the Mediterranean Bronze Age,” 79^th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas, U.S.A., April 24-27, 2014.
Discussant, “Staging Death: Performance, Architecture and Landscape in the Aegean,” 112^nd Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., January 5-8, 2012.
On-site lecture (Ayia Irini) to students from the University of Athens, 2011.
Session Chair, “Mycenae and the Mycenaean Hinterland,” 111^th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Anaheim, California, U.S.A., January 6-9, 2010.
Session Chair, “Mycenaean Funerary Practices,” 109^th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., January 3-6, 2008.
Session Chair, “Mycenaean Greece,” 106^th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., January 6-9, 2005.
On-site lectures (Lato and Mallia), Iowa State University Study Abroad in Greece, 2002-2004.

Professional Societies & Organisations

American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2000-19
Archaeological Institute of America, 1996-2019
Canadian Institute in Greece, 2010-2019
Canadian Archaeological Association, 2008
Classical Association of Canada, 2008-2019
Society for American Archaeology, 2004-2019
Trent University Archaeological Research Centre, 2007-2019
World Archaeological Congress, 2008

Service (Trent University)

Member, Cyclical Program Review Committee, 2018-19
Member, School of Business Director Search Committee, 2018-19
Director, Trent University Archaeological Research Centre, 2016-17
Member, AGRS Curriculum Committee, 2016-17, 2018-19
Member, Cyclical Program Review Committee, 2015-17
Member, Graduate Scholarships Committee, 2014-15
Chair, Graduate Anthropology Chair Search Committee, 2013-14
Member, CRC Search Committee, 2013-14
Member, TUFA Appeals Subcommittee, 2013-14
Member, TUFA Financial Information Subcommittee, 2013-14
Member, Academic Planning & Budget Committee, 2012-14
Member, Academic Planning & Budget Schools Subcommittee, 2012-2013
Member, Dean of Humanities Search Committee, 2011-12
Member, SSHRC Research Grants Committee, 2011-12
Member, TUFA Financial Information Subcommittee, 2011-12
Graduate Anthropology Ranking Committee for TUARC Collaborative Research Grants, 2010-11
Graduate Anthropology Ranking Committee for SSHRC Scholarships, 2009-10
Member, Graduate Department of Anthropology, 2009-16
Member, University Finances Oversight Committee, 2009-10
Member, Special Appeals Committee, 2008-10
Member, Colleges Committee Sub-Committee, CASC, 2007-08
Academic Advisor, Champlain College, 2007-08
Trent University, Summer Field School in Greece, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010
Academic Advisor, Lady Eaton College, 2004-07

Service (Department of Anthropology, Trent University)

Personnel Committee, Member 2018-19
Timetable Co-ordinator, 2016-17
Curriculum Committee, Member 2016-17, 2018-19
Chair Search Committee, Chair 2015-16
First-Year Curriculum Committee, Member 2015-16
Website Committee, Member 2015-16

Service (Department of Ancient History & Classics, Trent University)

Chair Search Committee, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2009-10, 2012-13, 2013-15
Curriculum Committee, 2010-15
Departmental Ranking Committee for Ontario Graduate School Scholarships, 2008-09
Departmental Ranking Committee for SSHRC Scholarships, 2009-10
Open House Co-ordinator, 2011-12
Open House Volunteer, 2005-15
Recording Secretary, 2004-07
Referee, Norma Miller Essay Prize Competition, 2007, 2009, 2012-15
Personnel Committee, 2004-05, 2007-15
Timetable Co-ordinator, 2007-10, 2011-15
Website Co-ordinator, 2006-07, 2012-14