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Joseph Basile

Faculty – Art History, Theory & Criticism

Joseph Basile

Experience

1994 - Present
  • Professor of Art History, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1300 Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore, Md 21217.
1997 - present
  • Chairperson, Department of Art History, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1300 Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore, Md, 21217.
1996 - present
  • Associate Director, Brown University Excavations, Southern Temple (Petra, Jordan), 79 Prospect Street, Providence, Ri, 02906

Education

May 1992
  • Ph.D, Old World Archaeology and Art, Brown University.
May 1990
  • a.M., Old World Archaeology and Art, Brown University.
January 1987
  • B.a., Magna Cum Laude, Archaeological Studies, Minor in Anthropology, Boston University.
Summer 1984
  • Archaeological Field School, University of Massachusetts at Boston.

Past Professional Appointments

1997 - 1999
  • Co-Coordinator, Division of Liberal Arts, Maryland Institute, College of Art, 1300 Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore, Md, 21217.
1993 - 1994
  • Instructor of Ancient History, Arts, and Letters, Boston University Academy.
1993
  • Administrator, Brown University Excavations at the Southern Temple (Petra, Jordan).
1991 - 1993
  • Research Assistant, Erikson Institute.
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Teaching Experience

  • Art Matters: an Introduction to Visual Culture, Maryland Institute College of Art, Fall 1999 Through Fall 2005.
  • "Art in the Western World from Prehistory to the Gothic Period," Maryland Institute College of Art, Fall 1994, Spring 1995, Fall 1995, Spring 1996, Fall 1996, Spring 1997, Fall 1997, Spring 1998, Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Summer 2000, Summer 2005
  • "Art in the Western World from the Renaissance to the Romantic Period," Maryland Institute College of Art, Fall 1994, Spring 1995, Spring 1997, Fall 1999.
  • "European Pre-And Protohistoric Art," Maryland Institute College of Art, Spring 2000.
  • "Women in Ancient Art and Society," Maryland Institute College of Art, Fall 1995.
  • Hellenistic and Roman Art and Culture in the Near East and Egypt, Maryland Institute College of Art, Fall 2003.
  • World Prehistory and Prehistoric Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Fall 2005.
  • "the Art and Architecture of Ancient Mesoamerica," Maryland Institute College of Art, Fall 1994, Spring 1996, Fall 1998, Fall 2001, Fall 2004.
  • "the Art and Architecture of Ancient Greece," Maryland Institute College of Art, Spring 1995, Fall 1997, Spring 2003, Spring 2006.
  • "the Art and Architecture of Ancient Rome," Maryland Institute College of Art, Fall 1996, Spring 1999, Spring 2002, Spring 2005.
  • "the Art and Architecture of the Ancient Near East," Maryland Institute College of Art, Spring 1997, Fall 1999, Fall 2002, Spring 2006.
  • "the Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt," Maryland Institute College of Art, Spring 1998, Spring 2001, Summer 2002.
  • "Ancient History, Arts, and Letters from the Origins of Humankind to the Fall of Rome," Boston University Academy, Fall 1993, Spring 1994.
  • "Archaeologists and What They Do," Brown University Learning Community, August 1993.
  • "the Archaeologist at Work, " Gilbert Stuart Middle School, July 1993.
  • "Archaeology at Rocky Hill School," Rocky Hill School, September 1992.
  • "Digging for the Past," Brown University Learning Community, October 1990.

Archaeological Experience

  • Excavation Supervisor, Brown University Excavations, Southern Temple (Petra, Jordan), Summer 1995.
  • Sector Supervisor, American Academy in Rome Excavations, Palatine Hill East (Rome, Italy), Summer 1991.
  • Trench Supervisor, Brown University Excavations, Kasfiki (Corfu, Greece), Summer 1989.
  • Student Excavator, University of Massachusetts at Boston Field School in Archaeology, Squantum (Quincy, Ma), Summer 1985.
  • Volunteer Excavator, Boston University Survey, Thompson's Island (Boston, Ma), May 1984.
  • Volunteer Excavator, Boston University Excavations, Golden Ball Tavern (Weston, Ma), September 1983.

Museum Experience

  • Member, Exhibition Committee, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Md, Pandora's Box: Women in Classical Greece, April 1995-January 1996.
  • Special Exhibitions Consultant, Boston Museum of Science, Boston, Ma, King Herod's Dream: Caesarea on the Sea, Summer 1989.
  • Student Curator, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Bristol, Ri, Thinking About Things, Spring 1989.

Editorial Experience

  • Editorial Board, Art History and Non-Fiction Editor, Forays Magazine, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1994-1998.

Awards & Recognition

  • Lucas Grant/Faculty Enrichment Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art, Spring 1995, Spring 1996, Spring 1997, Spring 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2001, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2005.
  • Joukowsky Fellowship for Dissertation Research, Center for Old World Ar Chaeology and Art, Brown University, 1991-1992.
  • Travel Award, Center for Old World Archaeology and Art, Brown University, Summer 1991.
  • University Proctorship, Brown University, Summer 1990.
  • Summer Workshop Fellow, Center for the Advancement of College Teaching, Brown University, Summer 1989.
  • Teaching Fellow, Brown University, Fall 1989, Spring 1990, Spring 1991.
  • Joukowsky Fellowship for Graduate Study, Center for Old World Archaeol Ogy and Art, Brown University, 1988-1989.
  • University Scholarship for Graduate Study, Brown University, 1987-1988.
  • University Scholarship for Undergraduate Study, Boston University, 1986-1987.

Professional Affiliations

  • American Schools of Oriental Research, Since 1996.
  • Center for Advanced Study in Visual Art, Since 1994.
  • College Art Association, Since 1993.
  • Archaeological Institute of America, Since 1987.

College Service

  • Chairperson, Faculty Executive Committee (Faculty President), Maryland Institute College of Art, May 1999-May 2001, May 2002-January 2003, May 2005-May 2006.
  • Chairperson, Library Committee, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2004-2005.
  • Chairperson, Contracts Subcommittee, Faculty Executive Committee, 2001-2003.
  • Co-Chairperson, Academic Affairs Committee, Faculty Executive Committee, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1999.
  • Interim Chairperson, Academic Affairs Committee, Faculty Executive Committee, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1998.
  • Academic Affairs Committee, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1997-1998.
  • Library Committee, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1996-1997, 2001-2003.
  • Long-Range Planning Committee, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1996-1997.
  • Academic Scholarships Committee, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1996-1997.
  • Merit Scholarships Committee, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1996-1997.
  • Chairperson, Student Affairs Committee, Faculty Executive Committee, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1995-1997.
  • Student Affairs Committee, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1994-1995.
  • Member, Boston University Alumni Schools Committee, 1993-1994.
  • Treasurer, Boston University Student Archaeological Collective, 1984-1985.

Professional Service

  • Member, Education Committee, College Art Association, 1995-1997.
  • Secretary, Archaeological Institute of America, Narragansett Chapter, 1993.

Community Service

  • Volunteer, Roland Park Elementary/Middle School Library, 2005-Present.
  • Member, Radnor-Winston Neighborhood Association, 1999-Present.
  • Member, Charles Village Neighborhood Association, 1995-1999.
  • Volunteer, Gilbert Stuart Middle School, July 1993.

Publications

  • Two Visual Languages at Petra: Aniconic and Representational Sculpture of the Great Temple in Near Eastern Archaeology, 65:4, 2004.
  • The Relief Sculpture Program from the Great Temple at Petra, Jordan (Abstract) in Aia 2003 Annual Meeting Abstracts, January 2003.
  • Recently Discovered Relief Sculptures from the Great Temple at Petra, Jordan in Annual of the Department of Antiquities, Jordan, 2002.
  • More Pieces in the Petra Great Temple Puzzle in Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 324, 2001 (With Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Brown University).
  • Review of Temples and Towns in Roman Iberia: the Social and Architectural Dynamics of Sanctuary Designs from the Third Century Bc to the Third Century Ad (William E. Mierse, U. California Press, 1999) in Classical World, 95:1, 2001.
  • Iberian Warrior Figurines and the Image of the Warrior in Western Mediterranean Sculpture in Miscellenia Mediterranea, R. Ross Holloway, Ed., Archaeologica Transatlantica Xviii, Providence, 2000.
  • When People Lived at Petra in Archaeology Odyssey, July 2000.
  • "Notes on the Head of the Goddess Tyche from Petra, Jordan," in the Annual of the Department of Antiquities, Jordan, 2000.
  • Biographical Articles on Archaeologists in Archaeological Method and Theory: an Encyclopedia, Garland Publishing, 2000.
  • The Function of the Great Temple at Petra, Jordan (Abstract) in Asor 1999 Annual Meeting Abstracts, November 1999.
  • The Lower Temenos in Petra Great Temple, Vol.I: Brown University Excavations 1993-1997, Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Ed., E.a. Johnson Co., 1999.
  • Petra: Excavations of the Great Temple (Abstract)" in American Journal of Archaeology, April 1999.
  • Clash of the Generals in Calliope, January 1999.
  • "a Head of the Goddess Tyche from Petra, Jordan," in the Annual of the Department of Antiquities, Jordan, 1998.
  • "Some Thoughts on the Origins of the Doric Order and the Decorative Frieze in Greek Monumental Architecture," in Forays, 1998.
  • "the Life of the Roman Soldier," in Calliope, December, 1997.
  • "the Masters of Tragedy: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides," in Calliope, November, 1997.
  • "Remembering the Battlefront: Notes on the Academic Job Search in the 1990S," in on the Market: Ph.D.'S Tell Their Stories of the Academic Job Search, Riverhead Books, 1997.
  • "the Sikelo-Geometric Pottery: Categorization and Indigenous Art in the Ancient Mediterranean (Abstract)" in Abstracts 1997 (Publication of the 85Th Annual Conference of the College Art Association), February 1997.
  • "Exekias' 'Suicide of Ajax': Social Commentary in Archaic Greek Art (Abstract)" in American Journal of Archaeology, April 1997.
  • "Roman Sculpture" in the Oxford Companion to Archaeology, Oxford University Press, 1996.
  • "Tradition and Innovation in the Monumental Statuary of Iron Age Iberia (Abstract)" in American Journal of Archaeology, April 1996.
  • "Exekias, Ajax, and the Classical Tradition" in Forays, 1996.
  • "Livy 8, 10, 12 and the Warrior from Capestrano: a Reevaluation" in Brown Classical Journal, Spring 1995.
  • "the Capestrano Warrior and Related Monuments of the 7Th to 5Th Centuries Bc" in Revue Des Archeologues Et Historiens D'art De Louvain, 1994.
  • "Aeneas and Early Rome" in Calliope, January/February 1994.
  • "Mediterranean and Continental European Warrior Statuary of the 7Th to 5Th Centuries Bc (Abstract)," in American Journal of Archaeology, April 1993.
  • *Mediterranean and Continental European Warrior Statuary of the 7Th to 5Th Centuries Bc: Aspects of Diffusion, Acculturation, Innovation, and Tradition, University Microfilms International, 1992.
  • "Mysteries of Minoan Crete" in Calliope, May/June 1992.

Works in Progress

  • The Monumental Relief Carvings in Petra Great Temple, Vol.Ii: Brown University Excavations 1998-2006, Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Ed., in Development.
  • The Peripheral in Ancient Art: Native Warrior Funerary Sculpture of the Classical-Era Mediterranean and Continental Europe, in Development.

Invited Lectures

  • The Relief Sculpture Program from the Great Temple at Petra, Jordan, New Orleans, La, Meetings of the Archaeological Institute of America, January 2003.
  • Ancient Petra and the Brown University Excavations at the Great Temple, Fort Meade, Md, Biblical Archaeology Society of Baltimore, March 2000.
  • Ancient Petra and the Brown University Excavations at the Great Temple, Alexandria, Va, Biblical Archaeology Society of Northern Virginia, September 1999.
  • The Function of the Great Temple at Petra, Jordan, Cambridge, Ma, Meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research, November 1999.
  • "the Brown University Excavations at the Great Southern Temple, Petra; the 1999 Season," Amman, Jordan, American Center for Oriental Research, August, 1999 (With Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Brown University).
  • Petra: Brown University Excavations of the Great Temple, Washington, Dc, Meetings of the Archaeological Institute of America, December, 1998.
  • "the Brown University Excavations at the Great Southern Temple, Petra; the 1998 Season," Amman, Jordan, American Center for Oriental Research, August, 1998 (With Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Brown University).
  • "the Brown University Excavations at the Great Southern Temple, Petra; the 1997 Season," Amman, Jordan, American Center for Oriental Research, August, 1997 (With Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Brown University).
  • "the Sikelo-Geometric Pottery: Categorization and Indigenous Art in the Ancient Mediterranean," New York, Ny, Meetings of the College Art Association, February, 1997.
  • "Exekias' 'Suicide of Ajax': Social Commentary in Archaic Greek Art," New York, Ny, Meetings of the Archaeological Institute of America, December, 1996.
  • "Excavations at the Great Southern Temple, 1993-1996," Baltimore, Md, Maryland Institute College of Art, November, 1996.
  • "the Brown University Excavations at the Great Southern Temple, Petra; the 1996 Season," Amman, Jordan, American Center for Oriental Research, August, 1996 (With Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Brown University).
  • "Tradition and Innovation in the Monumental Statuary of Iron Age Iberia," San Diego, Ca, Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, December, 1995.
  • "Mediterranean and Continental European Warrior Statuary of the 7Th to 5Th Centuries Bc," New Orleans, La, Meeting of the Archaeological Insti Tute of America, December 1992.