FACULTY
Margaretha Kramer-Hajos
- Assistant Professor, Department of Classical Studies
Education
- B.A. at University of Groningen (Netherlands), 1992
- M.A. at University of Groningen, 1994
- M.A.T. at University of Groningen, 1995
- Ph.D. at Cornell University, 2005
Research Interests
- Aegean Bronze Age Cultures, especially Mycenaean
- pottery
- gender and age in the prehistoric Aegean
Contact Information
| mk22@indiana.edu |
| Ballantine Hall, Room 558 |
| 856-2439 |
Background
My research interests are in Bronze Age Aegean civilizations, especially the Mycenaean culture of the Late Bronze Age and (early) Mycenaean pottery. Within the Mycenaean period, I am most interested in the transitional periods to and from the Late Helladic: the Middle Bronze – Late Bronze Age transition and the end of the Bronze Age and the transition to the Early Iron Age. In my book Mycenaean East Lokris (BAR Int. Series, forthcoming) I investigate the spread of Mycenaean culture as visible in tombs, pottery, and other artifacts into the periphery of Central Greece, and its flourishing toward the end of the Late Bronze Age. My ‘North Euboean Gulf Archaeological Project’ aims to investigate the transitions to and from the Late Bronze Age and the role of the North Euboean Gulf as a maritime route in these. I am also interested in questions of gender and age (rites of passage, concepts of masculinity, female roles, etc.) in the Bronze Age Aegean, and am currently developing a course on this topic to be taught in the spring of 2009. I enjoy sharing my enthusiasm for classics and archaeology with students and regularly teach the introductory “Classical Art and Archaeology” class, as well as classes on Athens and on Greek Art and Archaeology from prehistoric to Hellenistic times.
Selected Awards
- Schrader Fund, Indiana University, Faculty Traveling Grant (2007)
- Visiting Fellowship, Department of Archaeology, Leiden University (Netherlands) (2002/3)
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens, visiting student associate member (2001)
- Research Grant, Prince Bernhard Foundation (Netherlands) (1995/6)
Courses Recently Taught
- Classical Art and Archaeology
- Art and Archaeology of the Aegean
- Art and Archaeology of Greece
- Topography and Monuments of Athens
- The Golden Age of Athens
Publication Highlights
Book
Mycenaean East Lokris (BAR Int. Series, forthcoming)
Articles
“A man from Halai? Problems with ‘a-ra-o’ in the Theban Linear B Tablets,” Kadmos 45, 2006, 85-92.
“The Bronze Age Site of Mitrou in East Lokris: Finds from the 1988-1989 Surface Survey,” Hesperia 77, April 2008 (co-authored with K. O’Neill).
