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Telephone: (617) 552-3808 Office Location: 21 Campanella Way, 423 Email: john.rosser@bc.edu |
Education
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1972
Fields of Interest
Late Roman and Byzantine History; Byzantine archaeology; medieval fortifications
Academic Profile
Professor Rosser's research interests involve historical problems that combine textual and archeological research, e.g., the transition in Greece from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages, and the development of medieval fortifications in the Levant. His teaching interests include the Late Roman Empire, Roman and Byzantine historiography, Byzantium, and Byzantine and Crusader archeology. Professor Rosser is a professional archeologist who has worked for years on medieval sites in Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus.
Representative Publications
"Evidence of a Justinianic Garrison Behind Thermopylae, at the Dhema Pass," in J. Herrin, M. Mullet, and C. Otten-Froux, eds., Mosaic: Festschrift for A.H.S. Megaw (2001)
Historical Dictionary of Byzantium (2001)
"The Castle of the 40 Columns: Excavating a Crusader Castle in Cyprus," in Minerva (1997)
"Roman Grevena (The Grevena Project Survey)" in Ancient Macedonia (1999)
"Byzantine Isles of Refuge in the Chronicle of Galaxeidi" in The Archaeology of Medieval Greece (1996)
"Ancient and Byzantine Pottery" in The Fort at Dereagzi (1993)
"Crusader Castles in Cyprus" in Archaeology (1986)
"The Role of the Great Isthmus Corridor in the Slavic Invasions of Greece" Byzantinische Forschungen (1985)
"Excavations at Saranda Kolones, Paphos, Cyprus,1981-1983" Dumbarton Oaks Papers (1985)
Excavations at Nichoria in Southwest Greece, vol. III: Dark Age and Byzantine Occupation (editor,1983)