Aleydis Van De Moortel
ADDRESS
Department of Classics
1102 McClung Tower
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-0413
Aleydis Van De Moortel
Chancellor's Professor, Lindsay Young Professor, and Head
Research Interests
- Rise and decline of complex societies
- Aegean prehistory
- Minoan pottery
- Cultural interconnections in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean
- Ancient and Medieval ship construction
Research Projects
- Mitrou Archaeological Project, Central Greece
- Malia, Crete: Protopalatial pottery of the surface survey of the Malia plain and foothills
- Malia, Crete: Neopalatial pottery of the Abords Nord-Est
- Kamares Cave, Crete: pottery
- The Medieval Utrecht Ship Type, Shipbuilding and Water Transport in the Southern North Sea Basin
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- Ph.D Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College, 1997
- M.A. Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College, 1989
- M.A. Anthropology (Nautical Archaeology), Texas A&M University, 1987
- M.A. Classics (“Licentiaat”), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 1981
Honors
- Lindsay Young Professor of the Humanities, University of Tennessee, 2010-2023
- AIA-NEH research grant for post-excavation analysis, Mitrou 2020 study season
- Chancellor’s Professor, University of Tennessee, 2019-
- Top Citation Award, College of Arts and Sciences (Humanities and Visual & Performing Arts), Office of Research and Engagement, University of Tennessee, 2019
- Loeb Classical Library Foundation grant to fund research leave, 2019
- Senior-Career Award for excellence in research/creative achievement, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tennessee, 2014
- Mediterranean Archaeology Trust, 2014
- NEH Fellowship, American School of Classical Studies in Athens, 2013-2014
- Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant to Greece for 2013-2014 (declined)
- National Endowment for the Humanities, Collaborative Research Grant (No. RZ-51162 for Mitrou Archaeological Project), 2010-2013
- Lindsay Young Professor of the Humanities, University of Tennessee, 2010-2021
- University of Tennessee, Chancellor’s Award for professional promise in research and creative achievement, 2008
- Chancellor’s Award, University of Tennessee (course release), 2007
- National Endowment for the Humanities, Collaborative Research Grant (No. RZ-50652-06) for Mitrou Archaeological Project, 2006-2009
- Loeb Classical Library Foundation grant for Mitrou Archaeological Project, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2014
- INSTAP Research Grants in support of Mitrou Archaeological Project, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Teaching
- Mitrou seminar
- Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age and Early Greece
- Archaeology and Art of Ancient Greece
- Archaeology and Art of Etruria and Rome
- Ancient and Medieval Seafaring
- Ancient Greek and Roman Technology
- Archaeology of the Trojan War
- Pottery Analysis
- Latin language and literature
- Greek language and literature
- Survey of Ancient Western Art
- Egyptian Art