Avner Goldstein
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Avner Goldstein
Ph.D. Candidate
Contact
Stokes Hall South 380-B
Email: avner.goldstein@bc.edu
Education
- A.B., Princeton University, 2021
Courses
Europe in the World I
Atlantic Worlds II: Race, Religion, and the Struggle for Democracy
Modern History I
Research Interests
Roman history, religion, late antiquity
Advisor
Department
Biography
Avi Goldstein is a Ph.D. student in History and researches the role the environment played in the construction of provincial life in the Roman Empire, particularly in Britain. At present, he explores how people living in the Roman Empire used oceanic and marine resources to create religion. His work combines ancient history, archaeology, and ecology to understand daily life and lived experiences across the Roman world and address broader issues of colonization, empire, and identity. He excavates as a staff archaeologist at the Roman town of Cosa in central Italy, as well as at Ballintubber Castle in County Roscommon, Ireland. He is the Assistant Director of the Lowell Humanities Series at Boston College, the university's marquee humanities lecture series. He holds an A.B. in Classics from Princeton University.
Areas of Expertise
Environmental History
Material History
Archaeology