Biography:
Gisela Walberg is the Marion Rawson Professor
of Aegean Prehistory at the Department of Classics, University of
Cincinnati. Before moving to Cincinnati, she taught for two years
at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University
of Uppsala. Field-work experience includes participation in excavations
in Sweden, Crete and Cyprus. She has also participated in archaeological
surveys in Greece and Italy. Since 1985, she has directed excavations
on the Lower Terraces at Midea in the Argolid. Her published works
include 9 books and monographs (one is a report on the 1985-1991
excavations at Midea). A publication of the 1994-1997 excavations
is close to completion. She has published 67 articles and 18 reviews
in American and international archaeological periodicals and lectured
in many countries. She has received grants and fellowships from
the Swedish Institutes in Athens and Rome, the German State, the
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, the National Geographic and the
Institute for Aegean Prehistory. An educational interdisciplinary
project, co-produced with the 2001 Senior Graphic Design Class,
the Center for the Electronic Reconstruction of Historical and Archaeological
Sites and the Classics Department of the University of Cincinnati
included an interactive CD-ROM on her work at Midea which just received
the prestigious Chris Award from the Columbus International Film
and Video Festival. She regularly teaches an undergraduate class
on the Art and Archaeology of ancient Egypt and graduate level classes
on Crete, the Greek mainland and Cyprus in the Bronze Age. She has
recently taught graduate seminars on the end of the Late Bronze
Age on Cyprus, the Dark Ages in Crete and the Greek mainland and
Mycenaean society. |
