Moving in the Mediterranean: Mobility in Archaeology, Science, and Text

Human mobility presents one of the key issues for archaeology — not to mention contemporary culture and politics. This seminar will explore theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of human mobility and its role for Mediterranean societies, from long-distance migration to intra-regional population circulation. We will do so through a multidisciplinary lens incorporating material-based, scientific, and textual approaches, to grapple with the question of how different sources of information – collected, analyzed, and theorized – can be integrated. Case studies such as Greek “colonization”, mercenaries in Egypt, and businesswoman in the Aegean will guide our discussions.