The relevance of archaeology curricula in higher education today

Authors

  • Katerina Thomas The American College of Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.2023.205073

Keywords:

Archaeology today, Technology, Transferable skills

Abstract

Today’s competitive job market poses new challenges and demands, where technology is replacing many of the existing jobs, and new jobs are continuously created. Despite the limited opportunities for someone to attain a career in the field, a traditional discipline like archaeology can effectively equip its graduates to compete in this new environment with abilities and transferable skills which are classified among the topmost asked by employers. In addition, archaeology can no longer be regarded as a discipline removed from contemporary concerns and issues but can contribute to such discourses in a meaningful way.

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Author Biography

  • Katerina Thomas, The American College of Greece

    Katerina Thomas received her PhD in classical archaeology from Brown University, her MA in classical archaeology from Tufts University and her BA with Honors in Mediterranean Studies and Classical Civilization from Brandeis University. Since 1988 she has been professor of archaeology and art history at Deree – The American College of Greece. She has held a number of administrative positions at Deree including Dean of Academic Affairs and Dean of Undergraduate Faculty, School of Arts and Sciences as well as Vice President and Dean of Faculty. She is currently the Dean of the new Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts. Dr Thomas has extensive archaeological field experience having participated in excavations at Kalavasos-Tenta and Kalavasos-Ayious in Cyprus, Lepreon and Eleusis in Greece, and La Muculufa in Sicily. From 1989-1997 she participated in Brown University archaeological projects at the site of Kasfiki in Corfu in collaboration with the Greek Archaeological Service and University of Louvain-la-Neuve. Her study of “Greek Decorative Pottery Seventh-Fifth Centuries BC” was published in KERKYRA, Artifacts from the Palaiopolis, ed. by Rolf Winkes (Brown University, 2004). Since the summer 2004 through January 2009 she collaborated with the Brown University team led by Professor Rolf Winkes in the excavation of the site of Tongobriga in Portugal.

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Published

2023-05-12

Issue

No. 40 (2023): Dossiê "Arqueologia e os Estudos do Lixo"

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Artigos livres

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THOMAS, Katerina. The relevance of archaeology curricula in higher education today. Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, São Paulo, Brasil, n. 40, p. 215–222, 2023. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.2023.205073. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.usp.br/revmae/article/view/205073.. Acesso em: 16 may. 2024.