Concordia CMLL Study Tour

The Instructors

Dr. D. Matthew Buell

I am an archaeologist with survey and excavation experience in North America and the Mediterranean. I currently serve as a director for the Gournia Excavation Project (under the overall direction of L.V. Watrous, University at Buffalo), and as a co-director (with Rodney D. Fitzsimons, Trent University) of the Khavania Archaeological Project. Both are located in east Crete. My most recent research focuses on issues of state formation, urbanization, city planning, and landscape in Bronze Age Crete. I have had the pleasure of teaching Mediterranean archaeology and history courses in the CMLL Department at Concordia since 2015. In my free time, I enjoy exploring Montreal’s parks and trails on my bike, writing and recording music, and, occasionally, fighting crime.

Concordia Profile: https://www.concordia.ca/faculty/matthew-buell.html?c=/artsci/cmll/about/faculty

Academia: https://concordia.academia.edu/DMatthewBuell

Dr. Jane Francis

I am an archaeologist with a specialization in the Roman period on the island of Crete. I focus on Roman ceramics and fabrics and have studied and published pottery from surveys (Moni Odigitria, Sphakia) and excavations (Skoteino Cave) and have co-directed several independent studies on pottery from sites on Crete as well as the Anaphi Survey (Cyclades). My research includes ancient beekeeping and experimental reconstructions. I am one of the authors of the 2-volume final publication of the Sphakia Survey Project (with J. Moody and L. Nixon). I have taught archaeology at Concordia since 1996 and will some day retire. I have few hobbies but I am a life-long, enthusiastic downhill skier. My crime fighting involves yelling at tourists who are illegally climbing fences to get into closed archaeological sites.

Concordia Profile: https://www.concordia.ca/faculty/jane-francis.html?c=/artsci/cmll/about/faculty

Academia: https://concordia.academia.edu/JaneFrancis

Participants

This year there are 19 students participating in the Summer Program. These participants come from a diverse range of majors, including Anthropology, Art History, Classics, History, Linguistics, and Studio Art, and from all levels, years 1-3. The participants include, Doğa Afsar, Chloe Bantey, Rosemarie Burla-Amatayakul, Annabelle Charpentier-Patry, Charlotte Cyr-Jones, Piper Gagne, Themis Holloway, Anna Hovakimyan, Livia Kiopini, Georgia Kuhzarani, Kyle McGilton, Isabella Michel, Cassandre Miller, Amelie Melk, Nola Roberts, Nat Roy, Vincent Silva, Abigael Sturgeon, and Allison Wolanyk

Support and Thanks

We would like to thank the many people and institutions who have supported us over the past year as we endeavored to make this Summer Study program a reality. From our own CMLL Department we thank Dr. Dario Brancato, Sandra Woywod-Page, and Parissa Zohari (https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/cmll.html). In addition, we owe a debt of gratitude to Dean Pascal Sicotte and those in the Dean’s office. Maral Abajian and the folks at Concordia International (https://www.concordia.ca/offices/ci.html) have been absolutely indispensable in making our goals a reality. We thank Thalia Cocconi and Maria Kotzia (Educational Tours and Cruises LLC) for their persistent patience, helpful advice, and organizational aptitude. The Canadian Institute in Greece (CIG), especially Jonathan Tomlinson, have provided crucial logistical aid. And, last, but certainly not least, thanks are owed to George Harrison, Kapua Iao, Heinrich Hall, Kevin Glowacki, Doniert Evely, Jenny Moody, Tom Brogan, Eleanor Huffman, and everybody else at the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete for their on-the-ground support and expert knowledge. Financial support for professors has been provided by an endowment for Byzantine Studies, while students are supported by the Quebec Mobility Bursary. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

~The Arkadi Monastery, 16th c. This monastery played a role in the Cretan resistance against the Ottoman Empire in 1866. Site of a massacre on November 8th, 1866 the Monastery now stands as a testament to faith, resistance, and Cretan identity. Crete would finally achieve its independence in 1898.