CURRICULUM VITAE BRENDAN BURKE Associate Professor and Department Chair Department of Greek and Roman Studies Clearihue B409 University of Victoria - PO Box 3045 STN CSC Victoria, BC V8W 3P4 Canada email: bburke@uvic.ca tel: (250) 721 8522 EDUCATION June 1998 University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D. (Archaeology) Dissertation: From Minos to Midas: The Organization of Textile Production in the Aegean and in Anatolia. 1995-1997 American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Associate Member 1994-1995 American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Regular Member June 1993 University of California, Los Angeles, M.A. (Archaeology) Thesis: Palatially Associated Mycenaean Households: The Panagia Houses at Mycenae and the Belvedere Area at Pylos June 1990 University of Florida, B.A. (Classics and Art History) Spring 1989 College Year in Athens PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT 2012-present Chair, Department of Greek and Roman Studies, University of Victoria 2010-present Associate Professor, Department of Greek and Roman Studies, University of Victoria 2003-2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Greek and Roman Studies, University of Victoria (tenured 2008) 2000-2002 Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, American School of Classical Studies at Athens 1999, 2000 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, UC Riverside 1998- 2000 Lecturer, Departments of Art History and Classics, UCLA SCHOLARSHIP Current Projects Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project A Biography of Midas of Phrygia Monograph: From Minos to Midas: Ancient Cloth Production in the Aegean and in Anatolia Ancient Textiles Series Vol. 7, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2010. Burke Articles "Excavations at ancient Eleon in Eastern Boeotia 2011-2013," Teiresias: A Review and Bibliography of Boiotian Studies vol. 43 (part 2) (forthcoming). "The Polygonal Wall at Ancient Eleon and the Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project," Meditations on the Diversity of the Built Environment in the Aegean Basin: A Colloquium in Memory of Frederick E. Winter, June 22-23 2012. Co-authored with B. Burns and A. Charami. D. Rupp, ed. (forthcoming, 11 pages). "The Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project, 2007-2008," AETHSE: Third Archaeological Meeting of Thessaly and Central Greece. Co-authored wiith B.Burns, S. Lupack, Y. Fappas, and V. Aravantinos. A. Mazarakis-Ainian, ed. 2013, 945-53. “Gordion Textiles.” In Phrygians: In the Land of Midas, In the Shadow of Monuments (Frigler: Midas’ın Ülkesinde, Anıtların Gölgesinde). Co-author with M. Ballard and E. Simpson. T. Sivas and H. Sivas, eds. 360-375. Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2012. “Midas,” The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, edited by R. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C. Champion, A. Erskine, and S. Huebner (Blackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah06365) pp. 4488–4490. “Kopais,” The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, edited by R. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C. Champion, A. Erskine, and S. Huebner (Blackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah06088) pp. 3809–3810, co-author I. Fappas. “The Rebuilt Citadel at Gordion: Building A and the Mosaic Building Complex,” The Archaeology of Phrygian Gordion, edited by B. Rose, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, 2012, pp. 202-18. “Looking for Sea-silk in the Bronze Age Aegean,” in Kosmos: Jewellery, Adornment and Textiles in the Aegean Bronze Age, Aegaeum 31, edited by R. Laffineur and M.-L. Nosch, Liège, 2012, pp. 171-9. “Textile Production in the Aegean Bronze Age,” The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean (ca. 3000–1000 BCE), edited by E. Cline, Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, 2010, pp. 430-41. “Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project 2009 Report,” Teiresias: A Review and Bibliography of Boiotian Studies 39 (Part 2), compiled by A. Schachter, 2009, pp. 11-13. “Η Υφαντικη τεχνη στον Ομηρο,” in Φιλογικη Προτοψρονια 65, 2009, pp. 345-47, trans. Μάρω Καβαφάκη. “Gordion, 2006,” with G. Kenneth Sams. In Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı. 2 Cilt 29, 2008, pp. 329-42. “The Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project 2007,” Canadian Institute in Greece Bulletin, 21, 2008, pp. 5-7. “The Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project (EBAP),” co-authored with B. Burns and S. Lupack. In Teiresias: A Review and Bibliography of Boiotian Studies 37 (Part 2), compiled by A. Schachter, 2007, pp. 25-7. “Gordion, 2005,” with G. K. Sams and A. Goldman. In Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı 2. Cilt 28, 2007, pp. 365-86. 2 Burke “Mycenaean Memory and Bronze Age Lament,” Lament: Studies in the Ancient Mediterranean World and Beyond, edited by A. Suter, Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 70-92. “Gordion of Midas and the Homeric Age,” EPOS: Reconsidering Greek Epic and Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology, Aegaeum 27, edited by R. Laffineur, Liège, 2007, pp. 151-8. “The Kingdom of Midas and the Royal Cloth Production,” Ancient Textiles: Craft, Production, Society, edited by C. Gillis and M.-L. Nosch, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2007, pp. 62-70. “Textile Production at House II, Petras,” Πεπραγμενα Θ' Διεθνους Κρητολογικου Συνεδριου 2001 Τομος Α.2, 2006, pp. 279-95. “Materialization of Mycenaean Ideology and the Ayia Triada Sarcophagus,” American Journal of Archaeology 109, 2005, pp. 403-22. “Textile Production at Gordion and the Phrygian Economy,” The Archaeology of Midas and the Phrygians: Recent Work at Gordion, edited by L. Kealhofer, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, 2005, pp. 69-81. “The Spherical Loom Weights” in P. Mountjoy, et al. Knossos: The South House, British School at Athens Supplementary Volume 34, 2003, Chapter 8. “Anatolian Origins of the Gordian Knot Legend,” Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 42, 2001 [2002], pp. 255-61. “The Phrygian Sanctuary of Gordion at Dümrek, Turkey” Backdirt: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA Newsletter Spring/Summer 2000, pp 6-7. “Purple and the Aegean Textile Trade of the Early Second Millennium BC,” MELETEMATA: Studies in Aegean Archaeology Presented to Malcolm H. Wiener, Aegaeum 20, edited by P. Betancourt, et al. Liège,1999, pp. 75-82. “The Organization of Textile Production in Bronze Age Crete,” TEXNH: Craftsmen, Craftswomen, and Craftsmanship in the Aegean Bronze Age, Aegaeum 16, edited by R. Laffineur and P. Betancourt, Liège, 1997, pp. 413-24. Works in Progress co-authored with B. Burns, S. Lupack, C.M. MacKay, and V. Aravantinos, “Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project: Surface Survey of the Eleon Acropolis” (article in progress) Book Reviews Nick Cahill (ed.), For Love of Lydia: A Sardis Anniversary Volume Presented to Crawford H. Greenewalt, Jr. Archaeological Exploration of Sardis; Report 4 Cambridge, MA: Harvard University of Press. 2009. Phoenix 65, 2011, pp. 1-2. Billie Jean Collins, Mary R. Bacharova, Ian Rutherford (ed.), Anatolian Interfaces: Hittites, Greeks and Their Neighbours: Proceedings of an International Conference on Crosscultural Interaction, September 17-19, 2004, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2008. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.12.14 Joseph Shaw, Kommos: A Minoan Harbour Town and Greek Sanctuary in Southern Crete, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton 2006. Mouseion (submitted). 3 Burke Jeffrey Hurwit, The Acropolis in the Age of Pericles, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004. Classical Bulletin 81.2, 2005, pp. 215-7. Yiannis Hamilakis (ed.), Labyrinth Revisited: Rethinking Minoan Archaeology, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2002. American Journal of Archaeology 107, 2003, pp. 111-2. John Cherry, D. Margomenou, and L. Talalay (eds.), Prehistorians Round the Pond: Reflections on Aegean Prehistory as a Discipline, Kelsey Museum of Archeology, Ann Arbor, MI 2005. American Journal of Archaeology Online Reviews 111.3, 2007. Refereed Conference Presentations 2013 Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, co-author with B. Burns and A. Charami, “2012 Excavations at Ancient Eleon," Seattle (Jan. 2013). 4th Archaeological Meeting of Thessaly and Central Greece, 2012, co-authored with B. Burns, S. Lupack, V. Aravantinos, and Y. Fappas, "New Excavations at Ancient Eleon," Volos, Greece. March 2012. Classical Association of Canadian West conference, Visualizing Antiquity, “Ancient Eleon in Boeotia: after the Kadmeion,” Victoria, BC. March 15, 2012. 2012 Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, co-author with T. Van Damme, “Populating Theban Political Geography in the Euboean Gulf during the Late Bronze Age.” 2012 Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, co-author with B. Burns, S. Lupack, and V. Aravantinos, “Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project 2011: Excavations at Ancient Eleon,” Philadelphia, PA January 6-7, 2012. 2011 Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, co-author, “Eastern Boeotia: Surface Archaeology and Shifting Settlement Patterns,” San Antonio, TX January 7, 2011. 3rd International Conference on the Archaeology of Central Greece, University of Thessaly, Volos. “The Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project, a Preliminary Report 2007-2008” coauthored by V. Aravantinos, Y. Fappas. S. Lupack, and B. Burns, March 12, 2009. 2009 Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, co-author, “Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project, 2007-2008, Field Report,” Philadelphia, PA January 9, 2009. The Archaeology of Phrygian Gordion, “Recent Excavations of Building A and the Mosaic Building at Gordion,” University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, April 20-22, 2007. 2007 Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, co-organizer, New Research on Hellenistic and Roman Gordion, Paper: “The Southeastern Quadrant of the Gordion Mound during the Hellenistic Period,” San Diego, January 6, 2007. 11th International Aegean Conference: Epos, Reconsidering Greek Epic and Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology, “Midas of Gordion and the Homeric Age,” Los Angeles, April, 2006. 2006 Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, Respondent, session Archaeological Textiles, Montreal, January 7, 2006. 2005 Classical Association of the Canadian West-Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest Meeting, “Hittite Throne Cult and the Phrygian Highlands,” Victoria, February 2005. 4 Burke 2005 Annual Faculty Symposium Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, “Religious Expansion in the Late Bronze Age Aegean: The Mycenaean Hagia Triada Sarcophagus,” University of Victoria, February 2005. 2005 Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, “Female Participants in Mycenaean Death Cult on the Hagia Triada Sarcophagus,” Boston, January 2005. A Multitude of the Wise: A Conference on Teaching University Writing, “Writing Classics: Problems in Undergraduate Writing Assignments for Classical Studies,” University of Victoria, September 2004. Ancient Textiles: Craft, Production, Society, “Phrygian Textile Production and the Kingdom of Midas” Lund, Sweden/Copenhagen, Denmark, February 21, 2003. 9th International Cretological Congress, “Textile Production at House II, Petras,” Hagios Nikolaos, Crete, October 2001. Colours in Antiquity Conference, “Early Purple Dye Production on Crete,” University of Edinburgh, September 11, 2001. Society for American Archaeologists, “Textile Production at Gordion and the Phrygian Economy,” New Orleans, April 2001. College Art Association’s 88th Annual Conference, “Egyptian Imports of Minoan Textiles,” New York, February 2000. 1999 Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, “The Phrygian Cult Site of Gordion at Dümrek,” Dallas, December 1999 (published abstract, AJA 104 [2000] 349350). 1998 Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, “The Role of Cloth in the Dissemination of Mycenaean Ideology,” Washington, D.C., December 1998 (published abstract, AJA 103 [1999] 296-297). Trade and Production in Premonetary Greece VII, “Comparative Textile Industries: Mycenaean, Phrygian, and Inca,” at the Swedish School in Athens, December 1997. 1996 Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, “Textile Production at Gordion and the Phrygian Economy,” New York, December 1996 (published abstract, AJA 101 [1997] 361). 6th International Aegean Conference TEXNH: Craftsmen, Craftswomen, and Craftsmanship in the Aegean Bronze Age, “Texts and Textile Tools: the Production of Cloth in the Aegean Bronze Age,” at Temple University, Philadelphia, April 1996. Invited Presentations and Public Lectures Université de Montréal, "In the Heartland of Kadmos: Excavations at Ancient Eleon in Boeotia (Greece)," October 7, 2013. (AIA co-sponsor) Université de Montréal, "The Kingdom of Midas and his Citadel at Gordion," October 7, 2013. Willamette University, "The Kingdom of Midas and his Re-Built Citadel at Gordion," April 13, 2013. (AIA co-sponsor). 5 Burke Keynote speaker, "Treasures from the Sea: Sea-silk and Shell purple dye in antiquity. International Workshop in Lecce, Italy, sponsored by the Centre for Textile Research in Copenhagen. May 26-27-28, 2013. Classical Association of Vancouver Island, "Building on the Past: Excavations at ancient Eleon in Boeotia (Greece) 2011-2012," University of Victoria. November 15, 2012. Canadian Institute in Greece Conference: Meditations on Diversity of the Built Environment in the Aegean Basin: A Colloquium in Memory of Frederick E. Winter. coauthor with B. Burns and A. Charami, “The Polygonal Wall at Ancient Eleon and the Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project,” Athens, Greece. June 22, 2012. Tampa Museum of Art, “The Rebuilt Citadel of King Midas at Gordion," Tampa, FL. April 18, 2012. (AIA co-sponsor) University of Victoria, Greek and Roman Studies Seminars, “Eastern Boeotia in the Late Bronze Age,” February 4, 2011. University of Victoria, Greek and Roman Studies Seminars, “The Realm of Kadmos: the Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project,” October 30, 2009. 2009 Canadian Institute in Greece Open Meeting address, “In the Realm of Kadmos: The Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project, 2007-2009,” Athens, May 12, 2009. Free University of Amsterdam, “The Rebuilt Citadel of Midas at Gordion,” January 8, 2009. Μορφωτικος Συλλογο Ελεονα, Βοεοτια, “Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project,” (lecture in Greek at the Eleona Community Center, Boeotia, Greece) June 5, 2008. University of Calgary, Department of Classics, “The Rebuilt Citadel at Gordion” and “Death in the Landscape: Surface Survey in Eastern Boeotia” April 14, 2008. Classical Association of Vancouver Island, “The Citadel of Midas at Gordion (Turkey),” Uniersity of Victoria. September 20, 2007. American School of Classical Studies at Athens, “The Rebuilt Citadel at Gordion,” December 7, 2006. University of Copenhagen, The National Danish Research Foundation’s Centre for Textile Research, “From Minos to Midas: the Organization of Cloth Production in the Eastern Mediterranean,” October 23, 2006. University of British Columbia, Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, “New Research at Gordion,” September 27, 2005. Archaeological Institute of America, Vancouver, “Beyond Penelope: Textile Arts in the Aegean Bronze Age,” September 26, 2005. University of Toronto, History of Art Department, “Materialization of Mycenaean Ideology and the Hagia Triada Sarcophagus,” January 21, 2003. Columbia University Department of Art History and Archaeology, “Beyond Penelope: Textile Arts in the Aegean Bronze Age,” New York City, May 2000. American School of Classical Studies, “Aspects of Textile Production in the Bronze and Iron Ages,” June 1997. Archaeological Fieldwork 6 Burke 2011-present Co-Director, EBAP: Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project – Excavation. Synergasia of the Canadian Institute in Greece and 9th Ephoreia, Thebes Museum (with B. Burns, A. Charami) 2007 - 2009 Co-Director, EBAP: Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project – Surface Survey. Synergasia of the Canadian Institute in Greece and 9th Ephoreia, Thebes Museum (with V. Aravantinos, B. Burns, S. Lupack) 1994 - 2006 Gordion Project, Turkey, Excavation and Survey. University of Pennsylvania Summer 2006 Principal Investigator SE Quadrant Excavations, Operation 46 Summer 2005 Principal Investigator SE Quadrant Excavations, Operation 46 Summer 2004 Ceramic study, Hellenistic phases, Operation 46 Summer 2002 Principal Investigator SE Quadrant Excavations, Operation 46 Summer 2001 Assistant Director of Excavations and Principal Investigator SE Quadrant Summer 1999 Dümrek Survey, Principal Investigator Summer 1997 American Research Institute in Turkey, Ankara Summer 1996 Analyst of textile production equipment Summer 1995, 1994 Trench supervisor. Summer 2004 Dorati Survey, Corinthia, Greece, Mycenaean ceramic analyst. Summer 1998 Mainistir Chiarain, Ireland Excavation. Royal Irish Academy and UCLA. Assistant to the Director and Trench supervisor. Spring 1995 Methana, Greece Excavation. 2nd Ephoreia. Trench supervisor Spring 1995 Corinth, Greece Excavation. ASCSA. Trench supervisor. August 1994 Kahramanmarash, Turkey Survey, UCLA. Surveyor and pottery analyst. Summer 1992, 1993 Palace of Nestor at Pylos Greece Survey. University of Minnesota; Surveyor and small finds analyst. Summer 1992, 1993 Vernacular Architecture of the Morea, Greece Survey, University of Minnesota. Surveyor, draftsperson, and photographer. Summer 1992 Leukas, Greece Survey. UCLA and Tulane University. Surveyor. Spring 1992 Malibu, California Excavation. UCLA. Point Magoo. Excavator. Professional Service International 2011-2016 ASCSA Publications Committee 2005-present Bryn Mawr Classical Review Editorial Board member; Associate Editor for Archaeology, 2007-present Spring 2011 Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Graduate Program reviewer 2008-2010 ASCSA Committee on Committees, Chair 2009-2010 Spring 2010 Dutch Council for the Humanities, grant review January 2009 Ph.D. Committee, external member. Jorrit Kelder, Free University of Amsterdam May 2007 National Geographic Society Grant Review April 2007 American Journal of Archaeology External Review March 2003 International Conference - Ancient Textiles: Production, Craft, and Society. Co-organizer. Copenhagen, Denmark and Lund, Sweden 7 Burke 2000-2003 Spring 2000 Fall 1998-1999 Fall 1999 Spring 1999 Fall 1996, 1997 Spring 1996 Canada 2012-present 2003-present Winter 2013 Winter 2013 Fall 2012 July 2006 ASCSA Alumni Representative to Managing Committee Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA Cotsen Seminar. Conference on Mediterranean Archaeology in Honor of Lloyd Cotsen Sitagroi Excavations, Vol. 2. Senior Editorial Assistant, UCLA World Almanac Video. Script consultant and on-camera commentator UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. Outreach Program Instructor Archaeological training programs for schoolteachers Smithsonian Institution, Lecturer in Greece and Turkey Elder Hostel, Lecturer in Greece Canadian Institute in Greece Excavation and Survey Committee, Chair Canadian Institute in Greece Excavation and Survey Committee Referee, SSHRC Insight Grant proposal (Greek Archaeology) Article referee, Museum Management and Curatorship Referee for promotion to Associate Professor (Memorial University) Discovery Channel Canada, “Ancient Mysteries – Gordion and the Midas Touch,” commentator University of Victoria Fall 2010 UVic SSHRC Masters Evaluation Committee Fall 2009 Undergraduate Research Scholars Advisory Committee – Learning and Teaching Centre, University of Victoria 2009 In Pursuit of Knowledge lecture series, UVic Continuing Education. Fall 2008-2010 European Studies Program, Associated Faculty, University of Victoria Spring 2005 Victoria local news and radio commentator Department of Greek and Roman Studies Fall 2012-present Department Chair Fall 2012-present ARPT Committee Chair 2012-present President, Classical Association of Vancouver Island (CAVI) 2005-present Treasurer, Classical Association of Vancouver Island (CAVI) 2011-2012 Undergraduate Advisor 2010-2011 Graduate Advisor Fall 2009 Department Chair Search Committee Fall 2008-2010 Undergraduate Advisor Fall 2008-present UVic Co-Op Representative 2005-2007 Library Representative 2004-05 President, Classical Association of Vancouver Island (CAVI) Fall 2004 Project Director – Digitizing the Past. Digitalization of the Greek and Roman Studies Slide Collection Professional Affiliations 1992-present Archaeological Institute of America Member 8 Burke 2000-present 2012-present 2009-2010 2003-2008 2000-2002 1994-2003 1994-2003 1994-1997 Honors and Grants 2012-17 2011 2011 2010 2009 2009 2009 2008 2007 2006 2006 2005 2005 2004 2004 2002 2001 2000 1999 1999 1997-1998 1996-1997 1994-1995 1992, 1994 1991-1995 1990 American School of Classical Studies at Athens Managing Committee Classical Association of Canada Member Consulting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Society of American Archaeology Member College Art Association Member American Research Institute in Turkey Member British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara Member SSHRC Insight Grant, #435-2012-0185 Excavating ancient Eleon in Eastern Boeotia (Greece) – co-applicant. ($331,900.00 CAD) SSHRC Alternate Grant Ranking (4A) Grant University of Victoria Social Sciences Humanities Research Council Grant University of Victoria Social Sciences Humanities Research Council Grant SSHRC Alternate Grant Ranking (4A) Grant listed in λεξικό the Lexicon of Greek Intellectuals 2009 University of Victoria Social Sciences Humanities Research Council Grant University of Victoria Social Sciences Humanities Research Council Grant University of Victoria Social Sciences Humanities Research Council Grant Harvard University Loeb Classical Library Foundation Grant University of Victoria Social Sciences Humanities Research Council Grant Mellon Bank 1984 Foundation Research Grant for Excavation at Gordion University of Victoria Social Sciences Humanities Research Council Grant University of Victoria Teaching and Learning Centre, Digitizing the Past University of Victoria Social Sciences Humanities Research Council Grant Mellon Bank 1984 Foundation Research Grant for Excavation at Gordion University Museum, University of Pennsylvania Research Grant Ahmanson Foundation Research Grant, for survey at Dümrek (declined) Ahmanson Foundation Research Grant, for survey at Dümrek Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship for Mycenaean Studies Mellon Bank 1984 Foundation Dissertation Year Fellowship Doreen Canaday Spitzer Fellow, American School of Classical Studies Regular Member, American School of Classical Studies UCLA Friends of Archaeology Grant for research in Greece UCLA Graduate Division Fellowships and Teaching Assistantships Roman Coin Award for Classics; Dickison Award for Latin; Eta Sigma Phi Classics Honorary Society member, Golden Key member. 9