Digital Archaeology Research Fellows

Faculty Leads: Bryan Burns (Classical Studies, Anthropology) and David Olsen (Art, Studio Art, Cinema & Media Studies, Media Arts & Sciences)

Student Assistants will work on a project making and interpreting digital models of ancient artifacts under the supervision of Professor Bryan Burns (Classical Studies). The program will include technical training with scanning equipment and 3D software, as well as writing descriptions and analyses that are informed archaeological scholarship. The goal will be to create a set of digital counterparts for artifacts that  “tell stories” through their three-dimensional form as well as painted scenes. We will also organize interpretive materials that explain how these objects conveyed social messages in ancient Mediterranean and Mesoamerican communities.

Historical Research Fellows

Faculty Lead: Selwyn Cudjoe (Africana Studies)

Students will conduct archival research on the historical context of slaveholding in Trinidad during the 19th century. Possible sources may include the archives of William Hardin Burnley, the largest enslaver in Trinidad during the 19th century, and Philip Douglin, the son of an ex-slave.

Narrative Lab Research Fellows

Faculty Leads: Yoon Sun Lee (English & Creative Writing, Comparative Literary Studies), Josh Lambert (Jewish Studies, Comparative Literary Studies), and Erez DeGolan (Jewish Studies)

Narrative Lab Fellows will participate in a semester-long research experience in the humanities. They will meet weekly with the faculty directors of the Narrative Lab, develop relevant background knowledge and research skills, and design and pursue research projects either individually or in faculty-student teams.

Public History Research Fellows

Faculty Lead: Martha McNamara (Art, Architecture, Art History)

In collaboration with public historians at Revolutionary Spaces, a new cultural organization in downtown Boston, and under the supervision of Prof. Martha McNamara, students will conduct research relating to a number of topics relevant to society, politics, and culture in Boston during the era of the American Revolution.  Through exhibits, innovative programing, theater, and new ways of storytelling, Revolutionary Spaces connects the questions and events of the Revolutionary era with the pressing issues of today. This work will support planned exhibits and programming relating to the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026. A particular focus will be on the untold stories of African American and working-class Bostonians in the late 18th c.