JOSEPH J. BASILE
ASSOCIATE DEAN OF LIBERAL ARTS
DIVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART
1300 MT. ROYAL AVENUE
BALTIMORE, MD 21217
T 410-225-2287 F 410-225-2388
jbasile@mica.edu
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS:
ASSOCIATE DEAN OF LIBERAL ARTS, MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, 1300 MT. ROYAL
AVENUE, BALTIMORE, MD 21217, DECEMBER 2011-PRESENT
PROFESSOR OF ART HISTORY, THEORY AND CRITICISM, MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART,
AUGUST 1994-PRESENT
CO-DIRECTOR, SUMMER PROGRAM AT CETAMURA, TUSCANY, MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF
ART, JUNE 2010-PRESENT
EDUCATION:
PH.D, OLD WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART, BROWN UNIVERSITY, MAY 1992
A.M., OLD WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART, BROWN UNIVERSITY, MAY 1990
B.A., MAGNA CUM LAUDE, ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES, MINOR IN ANTHROPOLOGY, BOSTON
UNIVERSITY, JANUARY 1987
PAST PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
CHAIRPERSON, DEPARTMENT OF ART HISTORY, MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, 1300 MT.
ROYAL AVENUE, BALTIMORE, MD, 21217, APRIL1999-JUNE 2007
CO-COORDINATOR, DIVISION OF LIBERAL ARTS, MARYLAND INSTITUTE, COLLEGE OF ART, 1300 MT.
ROYAL AVENUE, BALTIMORE, MD, 21217, APRIL 1997-APRIL 1999
INSTRUCTOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY, ARTS, AND LETTERS, BOSTON UNIVERSITY ACADEMY, AUGUST
1993-JUNE 1994
ADMINISTRATOR, BROWN UNIVERSITY EXCAVATIONS AT THE SOUTHERN TEMPLE (PETRA,
JORDAN), APRIL 1993-AUGUST 1993
COURSES:
“ART MATTERS: AN INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL CULTURE,” MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART,
FALL 1999-FALL 2011
“WORLD PREHISTORY AND PREHISTORIC ART,” MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, FALL 2005,
FALL 2006, FALL 2008, FALL 2009, FALL 2010, SPRING 2011
"THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT MESOAMERICA," MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF
ART, FALL 1994, SPRING 1996, FALL 1998, FALL 2001, FALL 2004
"THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT GREECE," MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART,
SPRING 1995, FALL 1997, SPRING 2003, SPRING 2006, SPRING 2009, SPRING 2011
"THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT ROME," MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, FALL
1996, SPRING 1999, SPRING 2002, SPRING 2005, SPRING 2008, SPRING 2010, SPRING 2012
"THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST," MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF
ART, SPRING 1997, FALL 1999, FALL 2002, SPRING 2006, FALL 2008, FALL 2010
"THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT EGYPT," MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART,
SPRING 1998, SPRING 2001, SUMMER 2002, SPRING 2007, FALL 2009, FALL 2011
“ART HISTORY AND ITS METHODS”, MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, SPRING 2009, SPRING
2010
“CONFLICT AND COEXISTENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: NOMADISM, URBANISM AND WATER”,
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, FALL 2010, FALL 2011
"SEMINAR: WOMEN IN ANCIENT ART AND SOCIETY," MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, FALL
1995
“SEMINAR: EUROPEAN PRE-AND PROTOHISTORIC ART,” MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART,
SPRING 2000
“SEMINAR: HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN ART AND CULTURE IN THE NEAR EAST AND EGYPT”,
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, FALL 2003
“SEMINAR: HOMER AND THE BRONZE AGE”, MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, SPRING 2008
"ANCIENT THROUGH GOTHIC SURVEY," MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, FALL 1994, SPRING
1995, FALL 1995, SPRING 1996, FALL 1996, SPRING 1997, FALL 1997, SPRING 1998, FALL 1998,
SPRING 1999, SPRING 2000, SUMMER 2000, SUMMER 2005, SUMMER 2009, SUMMER 2011
"RENAISSANCE THROUGH 1855 SURVEY," MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, FALL 1994,
SPRING 1995, SPRING 1997, FALL 1999
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE:
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, BROWN UNIVERSITY EXCAVATIONS, SOUTHERN TEMPLE (PETRA, JORDAN),
SUMMER 1996-SUMMER 2006
EXCAVATION SUPERVISOR, BROWN UNIVERSITY EXCAVATIONS, SOUTHERN TEMPLE (PETRA,
JORDAN), SUMMER 1995
SECTOR SUPERVISOR, AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME EXCAVATIONS, PALATINE HILL EAST (ROME,
ITALY), SUMMER 1991
MUSEUM EXPERIENCE:
MEMBER, EXHIBITION COMMITTEE, WALTERS ART GALLERY, BALTIMORE, MD, PANDORA'S
BOX: WOMEN IN CLASSICAL GREECE, APRIL 1995-JANUARY 1996
SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS CONSULTANT, BOSTON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, BOSTON, MA, KING HEROD'S
DREAM: CAESAREA ON THE SEA, SUMMER 1989
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE:
EDITORIAL BOARD, ART HISTORY AND NON-FICTION EDITOR, FORAYS MAGAZINE, MARYLAND
INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, 1994-1998
HONORS, AWARDS, AND PRIZES:
LUCAS GRANT/FACULTY ENRICHMENT (BRENNER) GRANT, MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART,
SPRING 1995, SPRING 1996, SPRING 1997, SPRING 1998, SPRING 1999, SPRING 2001, FALL
2002, SPRING 2003, SPRING 2005, SPRING 2006, SPRING 2007, SPRING 2008, SUMMER 2010,
FALL 2010
JOUKOWSKY FELLOWSHIP FOR DISSERTATION RESEARCH, CENTER FOR OLD WORLD
ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART, BROWN UNIVERSITY, 1991-1992
TRAVEL AWARD, CENTER FOR OLD WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART, BROWN UNIVERSITY,
SUMMER 1991
UNIVERSITY PROCTORSHIP, BROWN UNIVERSITY, SUMMER 1990
SUMMER WORKSHOP FELLOW, CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLLEGE TEACHING, BROWN
UNIVERSITY, SUMMER 1989
TEACHING FELLOW, BROWN UNIVERSITY, FALL 1989, SPRING 1990, SPRING 1991
JOUKOWSKY FELLOWSHIP FOR GRADUATE STUDY, CENTER FOR OLD WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY AND
ART, BROWN UNIVERSITY, 1988-1989
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
AMERICAN SCHOOLS OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH, SINCE 1996
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, SINCE 1995
CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN VISUAL ART, SINCE 1994
COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION, SINCE 1993
ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, SINCE 1987
COLLEGE SERVICE:
CHAIRPERSON, FACULTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (FACULTY PRESIDENT), MARYLAND INSTITUTE
COLLEGE OF ART, MAY 1999-MAY 2001, MAY 2002-JANUARY 2003, MAY 2005-MAY 2006
CHAIRPERSON, BENEFITS SUBCOMMITTEE, FACULTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 2008-2011
CHAIRPERSON, CONTRACTS SUBCOMMITTEE, FACULTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 2001-2003, 20062007
CHAIRPERSON, LIBRARY COMMITTEE, MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, 2004-2005
CO-CHAIRPERSON, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, FACULTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MARYLAND
INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, 1999
INTERIM CHAIRPERSON, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, FACULTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, 1998
EXHIBITIONS COMMITTEE, MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, 2007-2008
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, 1997-1998
LIBRARY COMMITTEE, MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, 1996-1997, 2001-2003
LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE, MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, 1996-1997
ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS COMMITTEE, MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, 1996-1997
MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS COMMITTEE, MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, 1996-1997
CHAIRPERSON, STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, FACULTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MARYLAND
INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, 1995-1997
STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, 1994-1995
PUBLICATIONS:
“MODELS FOR ETERNITY: THE CHANGING ROLE OF CLASSICAL CASTS IN AN AMERICAN SCHOOL OF
FINE AND APPLIED ARTS”, SUPPLEMENT TO VISUAL RESOURCES, IN DEVELOPMENT, 2013
WARRIORS IN STONE. COMMEMORATIVE WARRIOR SCULPTURE IN IRON AGE ITALY, THE WESTERN
MEDITERRANEAN AND TRANSALPINE EUROPE, CAMBRIA PRESS, IN PRESS, 2012
“SCULPTED RELIEF PANELS FROM THE GREAT TEMPLE” IN PETRA GREAT TEMPLE, VOL.III: BROWN
UNIVERSITY EXCAVATIONS 1998-2006, MARTHA SHARP JOUKOWSKY, ED., SUPPLEMENT TO
THE JOURNAL OF ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY, IN PRESS, 2012.
“TWO VISUAL LANGUAGES AT PETRA: ANICONIC AND REPRESENTATIONAL SCULPTURE OF THE
GREAT TEMPLE” IN NEAR EASTERN ARCHAEOLOGY, 65:4, 2004
“THE RELIEF SCULPTURE PROGRAM FROM THE GREAT TEMPLE AT PETRA, JORDAN (ABSTRACT)” IN
AIA 2003 ANNUAL MEETING ABSTRACTS, JANUARY 2003
“RECENTLY DISCOVERED RELIEF SCULPTURES FROM THE GREAT TEMPLE AT PETRA, JORDAN” IN
ANNUAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES, JORDAN, 2002
“MORE PIECES IN THE PETRA GREAT TEMPLE PUZZLE” IN BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN SCHOOLS
OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH, 324, 2001 (WITH MARTHA SHARP JOUKOWSKY, BROWN
UNIVERSITY)
REVIEW OF TEMPLES AND TOWNS IN ROMAN IBERIA: THE SOCIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DYNAMICS
OF SANCTUARY DESIGNS FROM THE THIRD CENTURY BC TO THE THIRD CENTURY AD
(WILLIAM E. MIERSE, U. CALIFORNIA PRESS, 1999) IN CLASSICAL WORLD, 95:1, 2001
“IBERIAN WARRIOR FIGURINES AND THE IMAGE OF THE WARRIOR IN WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN
SCULPTURE” IN MISCELLENIA MEDITERRANEA, R. ROSS HOLLOWAY, ED., ARCHAEOLOGICA
TRANSATLANTICA XVIII, PROVIDENCE, 2000
“WHEN PEOPLE LIVED AT PETRA” IN ARCHAEOLOGY ODYSSEY, JULY 2000
“"NOTES ON THE HEAD OF THE GODDESS TYCHE FROM PETRA, JORDAN," IN THE ANNUAL OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES, JORDAN, 2000
BIOGRAPHICAL ARTICLES ON ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD AND THEORY: AN
ENCYCLOPEDIA, GARLAND PUBLISHING, 2000
“THE FUNCTION OF THE ‘GREAT TEMPLE’ AT PETRA, JORDAN (ABSTRACT)” IN ASOR 1999 ANNUAL
MEETING ABSTRACTS, NOVEMBER 1999
“THE LOWER TEMENOS” IN PETRA GREAT TEMPLE, VOL.I: BROWN UNIVERSITY EXCAVATIONS 19931997, MARTHA SHARP JOUKOWSKY, ED., E.A. JOHNSON CO., 1999
“EXEKIAS’ ‘SUICIDE OF AJAX’ AND THE PROBLEM OF SOCIO-POLITICAL SYMBOLISM IN GREEK VASEPAINTING” IN INTERPRETATIO RERUM: ARCHAEOLOGICAL ESSAYS ON OBJECTS AND
MEANING BY STUDENTS OF R. ROSS HOLLOWAY, SUSAN S. LUKESH, ED., ARCHAEOLOGIA
TRANSATLANTICA XVII, PROVIDENCE, 1999
“PETRA: EXCAVATIONS OF THE GREAT TEMPLE (ABSTRACT)" IN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF
ARCHAEOLOGY, APRIL 1999
“CLASH OF THE GENERALS” IN CALLIOPE, JANUARY 1999
"A HEAD OF THE GODDESS TYCHE FROM PETRA, JORDAN," IN THE ANNUAL OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF ANTIQUITIES, JORDAN, 1998
"SOME THOUGHTS ON THE ORIGINS OF THE DORIC ORDER AND THE DECORATIVE FRIEZE IN GREEK
MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE," IN FORAYS, 1998
"THE LIFE OF THE ROMAN SOLDIER," IN CALLIOPE, DECEMBER, 1997
"THE MASTERS OF TRAGEDY: AESCHYLUS, SOPHOCLES, EURIPIDES," IN CALLIOPE, NOVEMBER,
1997
"REMEMBERING THE BATTLEFRONT: NOTES ON THE ACADEMIC JOB SEARCH IN THE 1990S," IN ON
THE MARKET: PH.D.'S TELL THEIR STORIES OF THE ACADEMIC JOB SEARCH, RIVERHEAD
BOOKS, 1997.
"THE SIKELO-GEOMETRIC POTTERY: CATEGORIZATION AND INDIGENOUS ART IN THE ANCIENT
MEDITERRANEAN (ABSTRACT)" IN ABSTRACTS 1997 (PUBLICATION OF THE 85TH ANNUAL
CONFERENCE OF THE COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION), FEBRUARY 1997
"EXEKIAS' 'SUICIDE OF AJAX': SOCIAL COMMENTARY IN ARCHAIC GREEK ART (ABSTRACT)" IN
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY, APRIL 1997
"ROMAN SCULPTURE" IN THE OXFORD COMPANION TO ARCHAEOLOGY, OXFORD UNIVERSITY
PRESS, 1996
*"TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN THE MONUMENTAL STATUARY OF IRON AGE IBERIA (ABSTRACT)"
IN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY, APRIL 1996
"EXEKIAS, AJAX, AND THE CLASSICAL TRADITION" IN FORAYS, 1996
*"LIVY 8, 10, 12 AND THE WARRIOR FROM CAPESTRANO: A REEVALUATION" IN BROWN CLASSICAL
JOURNAL, SPRING 1995
*"THE CAPESTRANO WARRIOR AND RELATED MONUMENTS OF THE 7TH TO 5TH CENTURIES BC" IN
REVUE DES ARCHEOLOGUES ET HISTORIENS D'ART DE LOUVAIN, 1994
"AENEAS AND EARLY ROME" IN CALLIOPE, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1994
*"MEDITERRANEAN AND CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN WARRIOR STATUARY OF THE 7TH TO 5TH
CENTURIES BC (ABSTRACT)," IN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY, APRIL 1993.
MEDITERRANEAN AND CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN WARRIOR STATUARY OF THE 7TH TO 5TH
CENTURIES BC: ASPECTS OF DIFFUSION, ACCULTURATION, INNOVATION, AND TRADITION,
UNIVERSITY MICROFILMS INTERNATIONAL, 1992
"MYSTERIES OF MINOAN CRETE" IN CALLIOPE, MAY/JUNE 1992
INVITED LECTURES:
“MODELS FOR ETERNITY: THE CHANGING ROLE OF CLASSICAL CASTS IN AN AMERICAN SCHOOL OF
FINE AND APPLIED ARTS”, ITHACA, NY, “DESTROY THE COPY!”, A WORKSHOP ON THE FATE
OF PLASTER CAST COLLECTIONS, SEPTEMBER 2010
“ART MATTERS: RETHINKING THE ART HISTORY CURRICULUM FOR ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS”,
BIRMINGHAM, UK, THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE ARTS IN SOCIETY, JULY
2008
“ARTISTIC INTENT AND SOCIAL COMMENTARY IN ANCIENT GREECE: EXEKIAS’ ‘SUICIDE OF AJAX’”,
PARIS, FRANCE, FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE
HUMANITIES, JULY 2007
“THE RELIEF SCULPTURE PROGRAM FROM THE GREAT TEMPLE AT PETRA, JORDAN”, NEW
ORLEANS, LA, MEETINGS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, JANUARY
2003
“ANCIENT PETRA AND THE BROWN UNIVERSITY EXCAVATIONS AT THE GREAT TEMPLE,” FORT
MEADE, MD, BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE, MARCH 2000
“ANCIENT PETRA AND THE BROWN UNIVERSITY EXCAVATIONS AT THE GREAT TEMPLE,”
ALEXANDRIA, VA, BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, SEPTEMBER
1999
“THE FUNCTION OF THE GREAT TEMPLE AT PETRA, JORDAN,” CAMBRIDGE, MA, MEETINGS OF THE
AMERICAN SCHOOLS OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH, NOVEMBER 1999
"THE BROWN UNIVERSITY EXCAVATIONS AT THE GREAT SOUTHERN TEMPLE, PETRA; THE 1999
SEASON," AMMAN, JORDAN, AMERICAN CENTER FOR ORIENTAL RESEARCH, AUGUST, 1999
(WITH MARTHA SHARP JOUKOWSKY, BROWN UNIVERSITY)
“PETRA: BROWN UNIVERSITY EXCAVATIONS OF THE GREAT TEMPLE,” WASHINGTON, DC,
MEETINGS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, DECEMBER, 1998
"THE BROWN UNIVERSITY EXCAVATIONS AT THE GREAT SOUTHERN TEMPLE, PETRA; THE 1998
SEASON," AMMAN, JORDAN, AMERICAN CENTER FOR ORIENTAL RESEARCH, AUGUST, 1998
(WITH MARTHA SHARP JOUKOWSKY, BROWN UNIVERSITY)
"THE BROWN UNIVERSITY EXCAVATIONS AT THE GREAT SOUTHERN TEMPLE, PETRA; THE 1997
SEASON," AMMAN, JORDAN, AMERICAN CENTER FOR ORIENTAL RESEARCH, AUGUST, 1997
(WITH MARTHA SHARP JOUKOWSKY, BROWN UNIVERSITY)
"THE SIKELO-GEOMETRIC POTTERY: CATEGORIZATION AND INDIGENOUS ART IN THE ANCIENT
MEDITERRANEAN," NEW YORK, NY, MEETINGS OF THE COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION,
FEBRUARY, 1997
"EXEKIAS' 'SUICIDE OF AJAX': SOCIAL COMMENTARY IN ARCHAIC GREEK ART," NEW YORK, NY,
MEETINGS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, DECEMBER, 1996
"EXCAVATIONS AT THE GREAT SOUTHERN TEMPLE, 1993-1996," BALTIMORE, MD, MARYLAND
INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, NOVEMBER, 1996
"THE BROWN UNIVERSITY EXCAVATIONS AT THE GREAT SOUTHERN TEMPLE, PETRA; THE 1996
SEASON," AMMAN, JORDAN, AMERICAN CENTER FOR ORIENTAL RESEARCH, AUGUST, 1996
(WITH MARTHA SHARP JOUKOWSKY, BROWN UNIVERSITY)
"TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN THE MONUMENTAL STATUARY OF IRON AGE IBERIA," SAN DIEGO,
CA, MEETING OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, DECEMBER, 1995
"MEDITERRANEAN AND CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN WARRIOR STATUARY OF THE 7TH TO 5TH
CENTURIES BC," NEW ORLEANS, LA, MEETING OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF
AMERICA, DECEMBER 1992
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND ROMAN ART, PREHISTORIC AND PROTOHISTORIC EUROPE, DEVELOPMENT
OF AGRICULTURE AND STATE-ORGANIZED SOCIETIES, HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN NEAR
EAST, HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGICAL THEORY