Assistant Professor, History of Art; IPAMAA; IPAH; Assistant Curator, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
njbarham@umich.eduArchaeology at Michigan; Roman Archaeology; Roman Art History; Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology; Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology; Italian Archaeology; Art History; Classical Studies; Middle East Studies; Archaeology of Roman Britain
Research Topics
- Overlooked ancient aesthetic concepts
- Identity expressions of geographically dispersed communities
- Syrian diasporas in the ancient Roman world
- Ancient Aesthetics of abstraction
- The Greco-Roman concept of ornament
- Art of the Ancient Middle East in the period of Roman influence
- Radiocarbon dating Roman - late antique textiles
- Roman jewellery
- Roman glass
- Roman painting
- Roman sculpture
- Roman art
Courses
- Visual Cultures of Ancient Rome
- Roman Sculpture
- Roman Sculpture: Image and Identity
- Art of the Ancient Middle East: The Period of Roman Influence
- Roman Painting: Image and Abstraction
