Dimitri Nakassis
University of Toronto, Department of Classics
125 Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 2C7
Personal website
E-mail: nakassis[at]gmail[dot]com, d.nakassis[at]utoronto[dot]ca

EDUCATION

• The University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology, 2006
  Thesis: The Individual and the Mycenaean State: Agency and Prosopography in the Linear B Texts from Pylos
• American School of Classical Studies at Athens, regular member, 2003-2004
• The University of Texas at Austin, M.A. in Greek, 2000
• University of Michigan, B.A. in Classical Archaeology and Economics, 1997

POSITIONS

• Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, 2008-
• Visiting Assistant Professor, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2007-2008
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, 2006-2007

ARTICLES

• "Named Individuals and the Mycenaean State at Pylos," in Colloquium Romanum, Atti del XII colloquio internazionale di Micenologia, Roma, 20-25 febbraio 2006, ed. A. Sacconi, M. del Freo, L. Godart and M. Negri (Rome 2008) 549-561.
• "Siteless Survey and Intensive Data Collection in an Artifact-rich Environment: Case Studies from the Eastern Corinthia, Greece," Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 19.1 (2006) 7-43, co-authored with W. Caraher and D. Pettegrew.
• "The Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey: Integrated Methods for a Dynamic Landscape," Hesperia 75.4 (2006) 453-523, co-authored with T.F. Tartaron et al.
• "Gemination at the Horizons: East and West in the Mythical Geography of Archaic Greek Epic," Transactions of the American Philological Association 134.2 (2004) 215-233.
• “Linear A and Multidimensional Scaling.” In K.P. Foster and R. Laffineur eds., Metron: Measuring the Aegean Bronze Age, Aegaeum 24 (Liège and Austin 2003) 335-342, co-authored with Kevin Pluta.

REVIEWS

• Michael L. Galaty and William A. Parkinson, eds. Rethinking Mycenaean Palaces II. Revised and Expanded Second Edition (Los Angeles 2007). In Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2008.07.57
• John Heath, The Talking Greeks (Cambridge 2005). In Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 17.1 (2007) 142-144.
• Sofia Voutsaki and John Killen, eds., Economy and Politics in the Mycenaean Palace States. Cambridge Philological Society, Supplementary Volume no. 27 (Cambridge 2001). In Minos 35-36 (2000-2001 [2002]) 499-502.

FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS

• "Labor and Individuals in Late Bronze Age Pylos," in Labor in the Ancient Near East, ed. P. Steinkeller, C. Wunsch and M. Hudson (Bethesda, forthcoming).
• "Reevaluating Staple and Wealth Finance at Mycenaean Pylos," in Political Economies of the Aegean Bronze Age, ed. D.J. Pullen (submitted).
• "State and Society," in The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean, ed. E.H. Cline (Oxford, in preparation), co-authored with M. Galaty and W. Parkinson.

PAPERS PRESENTED

• "Financing the State in the Aegean Bronze Age," Political Economies of the Aegean Bronze Age, Langford Conference, Tallahassee, 2007 Abstract
• "The Individual as an Analytical Category for the Integration of Archaeological and Textual Data," AIA, San Diego, 2007
• "Individuals and the Mycenaean State at Pylos," 12th International Mycenological Colloquium, Rome, 2006 Abstract
• "Agency and the Mycenaean State," AIA, Montréal, 2006 Abstract
• "Individuals and Labor in Late Bronze Age Pylos," International Scholars Conference on Ancient Near Eastern Economies, Hirschbach, Germany, 2005
• with William Caraher and David Pettegrew, "Siteless survey and intensive data collection in an artifact-rich environment: case studies from the Eastern Korinthia, Greece," SAA, Salt Lake City, 2005
• "Prosopography and the State in Mycenaean Greece," APA, Boston, 2005 Abstract
• "Craft Specialists and the Mycenaean State: The Case of the Pylian Bronze-Smiths," AIA, Boston, 2005. Abstract
• "Murder, Pollution, and Expiation in the Kylonian Conspiracy and the Dipolieia," APA, New Orleans, 2003 Abstract
• with Kevin Pluta, "Identifying Linear A words using statistical analysis," Metron: Measuring the Aegean Bronze Age, New Haven, 2002
• with Joann Gulizio, "The Minoan Goddess(es): Textual Evidence for Minoan Religion," CAMWS, Austin, 2002
• with D.J. Pullen, T.F. Tartaron, R.M. Rothaus and A. Dill, "The Prehistory of the Eastern Korinthia," AIA, Philadelphia, 2002. Abstract: AJA 106.2 (2002) 278-279.
• "Semi-rational Geography and Eschatological Gemination in Homer," APA, Philadelphia, 2002 Abstract

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK

• Nemea Valley Archaeological Project (NVAP): Ayia Sotira Cemetery. Trench supervisor, 2006-2007
• Pyla Koutsopetria Archaeological Project: Bronze Age coordinator, 2006-2008, field director, 2008
• Corinth Excavations, Panayia Field. Area supervisor, 2004-2005
• Nemea Valley Archaeological Project (NVAP): Barnavos pilot project. Supervisor, 2003
• Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey (EKAS). Survey team leader, 2000-2002; fieldwalker, 1999
• Iklaina Archaeological Project (IKAP). Survey team leader, 2000-2001
• K' Ephoreia of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Mytilene, Lesbos. Area supervisor, 1997
• H' Ephoreia of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Kerkya. Area supervisor, 1997
• Petras Excavations, Siteia, Crete. Trench supervisor, 1996
• Leptimus Archaeological Project, Lamta, Tunisia. Student volunteer, 1995

RESEARCH GRANTS

• Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP), with W. Caraher, 2008
• Curtiss and Mary G. Brennan Foundation, with W. Caraher, 2008
• Mediterranean Archaeological Trust, with R.S. Moore, 2008

ACADEMIC HONORS

• Outstanding Dissertation Award, The University of Texas at Austin and University Co-op, 2007
• William S. Livingston Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin, 2005-2006
• Continuing Tuition Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin, 2004-2005
• Heinrich Schliemann Fellowship, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2003-2004
• David Bruton, Jr. Graduate Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin, 2003-2004
• Reeves Award, The University of Texas at Austin, 2001
• University Preemptive Recruitment Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin, 1998-1999
• Classical Archaeology Prize, University of Michigan, 1997
• Philips II Greek Prize, University of Michigan, 1996

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