Jennifer Baird

Jennifer Baird, FSA is a British archaeologist and academic. She is Professor in Archaeology at Birkbeck, University of London. Her research focuses on the archaeology of Rome's eastern provinces, particularly the site of Dura-Europos.[1]

Professor

Jennifer Baird

FSA
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Leicester
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsBirkbeck, University of London

Career

Baird completed a PhD at the University of Leicester, graduating in 2006, with a thesis entitled: 'Housing and households at Dura-Europos: a study in identity on Rome's Eastern Frontier', supervised by Simon James.[2][3] Baird was a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Leicester. She joined Birkbeck in 2008. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.[1] Baird co-directs the Roman Knossos Project, undertaking archaeological research in Crete.[4] Baird has edited several volumes including Ancient Graffiti in Context (2011).

Baird has excavated at the site of Dura-Europos,[5] work which lead to her 2014 and 2018 publications on the site.[6][7]

Baird delivered the AIA Lecture on “From Aphlad to Zeus: The Archaeology of Diversity at Dura-Europos” at the University of British Columbia on 12th March 2019.[8]

Honours and awards

Baird was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) in 2013.[9]

Selected publications

Books
  • Baird, J. A.  and C. Taylor, eds. 2010, Ancient Graffiti in Context. New York: Routledge.[10]
  • Baird, J. A. 2014, The Inner Lives of Ancient Houses: An Archaeology of Dura-Europos. Oxford: Oxford University Press.[6][5]
  • Baird, J. A. 2018, Dura-Europos. Bloomsbury Archaeological Histories Series. London: Bloomsbury.[7]

Journal articles
  • Baird, J. A. 2007, "Shopping, Eating and Drinking in Dura Europos: Reconstructing Context." in Luke Lavan, Ellen Swift, Toon Putzeys (ed.), Objects in Context, Objects in Use: Material Spatiality in Late Antiquity. Late Antique Archaeology, v. 5. Leiden/Boston:  Brill, 2007. ISBN 9789004165502 p.411-37.[11]
  • Baird, J. A. 2012, “Re-excavating the Houses of Dura-Europos” Journal of Roman Archaeology 25: 146–169.[12]
  • Baird, J. A. 2015, “On Reading the Material Culture of Ancient Sexual Labour” Helios 42.1: 163–175.
  • Baird, J. A. 2016, "Everyday Life in Roman Dura-Europos: The Evidence of Dress Practices" in Ted Kaizer (ed.), Religion, Society and Culture at Dura-Europos. Yale Classical Studies, 38. (Cambridge; New York) ISBN 978-1-107-12379-3 p.30-56.[13]
  • Baird, J.A. 2016, "Private Graffiti? Scratching the Walls of Houses at Dura-Europos" in Rebecca Benefiel, Peter Keegan (ed.), Inscriptions in the Private Sphere in the Greco-Roman World. Brill studies in Greek and Roman epigraphy, 7. Leiden; Boston:  Brill, 2016. ISBN 9789004307117 p.13-31.[14][15]
  • Baird, J and Z Kamash, 2019, 'Remembering Roman Syria: Valuing Tadmor‐Palmyra, from ‘Discovery’ to Destruction' Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 62.1, p.1-29.

References
  1. "Professor Jennifer Baird — Department of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck, University of London". www.bbk.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  2. rem17. "Research students — University of Leicester". www2.le.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  3. tk74. "Professor Simon James — University of Leicester". www2.le.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  4. ds120. "Roman Knossos — University of Leicester". www2.le.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  5. "ANE TODAY - 201405 - The Inner Lives of Ancient Houses: An Archaeology of Dura-Europos -". Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  6. Baird, J. A. (2014-08-28). The Inner Lives of Ancient Houses: An Archaeology of Dura-Europos. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199687657.
  7. Bloomsbury.com. "Dura-Europos". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  8. "AIA Lecture: "From Aphlad to Zeus: The Archaeology of Diversity at Dura-Europos" (Jennifer Baird, Birbeck University of London) | CNERS". cnrs.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  9. "Fellows Directory - Society of Antiquaries". www.sal.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  10. Baird, J. A.; Taylor, Claire (2010). Ancient Graffiti in Context. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780203840870.
  11. Hoss, Stefanie (2009). "Review of: Objects in Context, Objects in Use: Material Spatiality in Late Antiquity. Late Antique Archaeology, v. 5". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
  12. Frakes, James F. D. (2013). "Review of: Making Roman Places, Past and Present: Papers Presented at the First Critical Roman Archaeology Conference Held at Stanford University in March, 2008. Journal of Roman archaeology supplementary series, 89". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
  13. Clarke, Graeme (2017). "Review of: Religion, Society and Culture at Dura-Europos. Yale classical studies, 38". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
  14. Holleran, Claire (2017). "Review of: Inscriptions in the Private Sphere in the Greco-Roman World. Brill studies in Greek and Roman epigraphy, 7". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
  15. Charlesworth, Scott D. (2017). "Inscriptions in the Private Sphere in the Greco-Roman World. Edited by Rebecca Benefiel and Peter Keegan. Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy 7. Leiden: Brill, 2016. Pp. xviii + 284. Hardcover, $135.00". Religious Studies Review. 43 (2): 161. doi:10.1111/rsr.12947. ISSN 1748-0922.
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