TheJoukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World is an interdisciplinary center atBrown University focused on research and teaching ofarchaeology, with an emphasis on the archaeology and art of the ancientMediterranean,Egypt, and theNear East.[1][2] Brown's undergraduate and graduate programs in archaeology are organized through the institute.
The Joukowsky Institute was established in 2004, with an eight–figure gift from Artemis Joukowsky andMartha Sharp Joukowsky. Artemis had previously served as the university's Chancellor while Martha was professor emerita of Old World Archaeology and Art.[3][4]
The Institute continued and expanded the activities of Brown's formerCenter for Old World Archaeology and Art (COWAA), which Sharp Joukowsky directed until her retirement in 2004.[5] COWAA was founded in 1978 byR. Ross Holloway, professor of classics and Rudolf Winkes, historian of ancient Roman art.[6] Martha Sharp Joukowsky joined the faculty soon after its establishment and expanded the center's scope to include the Middle East.[7][1]
In 2006,Susan E. Alcock began as the institute's inaugural director[8]Peter van Dommelen succeeded Alcock, becoming Director of the Institute in July 2015. The current director,Andrew Scherer, has been Director of the Institute since July 2023.[9]
70 Waterman St, the original location of the institute[8]
The institute began in 70 Waterman St, a facility renovated for use with funding from the Joukowskys in 1981.[10] Beginning in 2006, Rhode Island Hall, on Brown's Main Green was extensively renovated for use by the institute.[11] Led by Anmahian Winton Architects, the renovation cost a total of $12 million; the building opened in September 2009.[12][13]
The Joukowsky Institute holds its own collection of several thousand archeological objects, independent from theHaffenreffer Museum of Anthropology. Among these items are a numismatic collection and materials excavated by Brown archeologists atPetra in Jordan.[14] In November and December 2020, during theCOVID-19 pandemic, the Institute held a series of online lectures themed around epidemics and pandemics in Antiquity.[15]
A plaque fromPetra describing excavations by Brown researchers
The Joukowsky Institute's publication series,Joukowsky Institute Publications (JIP), operates under the general editorship of ProfessorJohn F. Cherry.[24] The first book in the series (JIP I) was published by Oxbow Books in December 2009.[25] The series succeeds “Archaeologia Transatlantica,” published by the Center for Old World Archaeology and Art between 1981 and 2004.
Counts, Derek B.; Tuck, Anthony S., eds. (2009).Mediterranean Studies in Honor of R. Ross Holloway. Joukowsky Institute Publications. Vol. 1. Oxbow Books.ISBN9781842173794.[26]
Bonde, Sheila; Houston, Stephen, eds. (2013).Re-Presenting the Past: Archaeology through Text and Image. Joukowsky Institute Publications. Vol. 2. Oxbow Books.doi:10.2307/j.ctvh1dr6h.ISBN9781782972310.[27][28][29]
Moser, Claudia; Feldman, Cecelia, eds. (2014).Locating the Sacred: Theoretical Approaches to the Emplacement of Religion. Joukowsky Institute Publications. Vol. 3. Oxbow Books.doi:10.2307/j.ctvh1dqff.ISBN9781782976165.
Campbell, Roderick, ed. (2014).Violence and Civilization: Studies of Social Violence in History and Prehistory. Joukowsky Institute Publications. Vol. 4. Oxbow Books.doi:10.2307/j.ctvh1dscc.ISBN978-1782976202.
Rutz, Matthew T.; Kersel, Morag M., eds. (2014).Archaeologies of Text: Archaeology, Technology, and Ethics. Joukowsky Institute Publications. Vol. 6. Oxbow Books.ISBN9781782977667.[32]
Cherry, John F.; Rojas, Felipe, eds. (2015).Archaeology for the People. Joukowsky Institute Publications. Vol. 7. Oxbow Books.ISBN9781785701078.
Miguel Ángel Cau Ontiveros; Catalina Mas Florit, eds. (2019).Change and Resilience: The Occupation of Mediterranean Islands in Late Antiquity. Joukowsky Institute Publications. Vol. 9. Oxbow Books.ISBN9781789251807.[35]
^Rathje, William L. (2012).Archaeology in the Making : Conversations through a Discipline. Michael Shanks, Christopher Witmore. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. p. 230.ISBN978-1-136-18528-1.OCLC823389985.
^Colson, Alicia (2015). "Ömür Harmanşah, ed. Of Rocks and Water: Towards an Archaeology of Place (Joukowsky Institute Publications 5, Oxford and Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, 2014, 270pp., 47 b/w figs., pbk, ISBN 978-1-78297-671-4)".European Journal of Archaeology.18 (4):709–712.doi:10.1179/1461957115Z.000000000145.
^Lobay, Gordon (19 December 2019). "Archaeologies of Text: Archaeology, Technology, and Ethics".Etruscan Studies.22 (1–2):114–120.doi:10.1515/etst-2018-0022.
^Geurds, Alexander (1 September 2020). "Benjamin Anderson and Felipe Rojas, eds., Antiquarianisms: Contact, Conflict, Comparison . Joukowsky Institute Publications 8. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2017. Pp. 226. £35.00".History of Humanities.5 (2):529–531.doi:10.1086/710289.hdl:1887/3716732.
^Gosner, Linda R. (May 2020). "M. Á. Cau Ontiveros, C. Mas Florit, Change & Resilience. The Occupation of Mediterranean Islands in Late Antiquity".Hortus Artium Medievalium.26:369–370.doi:10.1484/J.HAM.5.123685.
