Danielle Steen Fatkin

Visiting Assistant Professor of History

Years at Knox: 2008 to present

Education
Ph.D., 2007, Stanford University.
B.A., 1998, University of Colorado-Boulder.

Teaching Interests
Roman archaeology and history, theory of archaeological and historical methods, Roman religions, especially Judaism, cultural heritage management, comparative study of empires, gender studies

Recent Recognition
Awards
University of Colorado, Boulder. Office of International Education Scholarship, 1996-1997.

Rotary Club International Scholarship, Boulder (CO) chapter, 1996-1997.

Grants
Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM), Faculty Career Enhancement Grant for Dhiban (Jordan) field project, 2009.

Department of Classics, Stanford University, competitive funding for research in Israel, Italy, Jordan, and Syria, 2000-2007.

Archaeology Center, Stanford University; competitive funding for Dhiban (Jordan) field project, June 2005.

Graduate Research Opportunity Fund Grant, Dean of Humanities. Stanford for Dhiban (Jordan) field project, May 2004.

Fellowships
Mellon Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 2004-2005.

Stanford Classics Department Graduate Fellowship, 2000-2004.

Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (Israel), Miqne Research Fellowship, 1998-2000.

Recent Accomplishments
Publications
"Power, Purity, and the Invention of the Hasmonean Bathing Tradition." Forthcoming.

"The 2005 Season at Dhiban." Co-authored with Porter, B. and Routledge, B. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan. Forthcoming.

"Exploring heritage discourses in central Jordan." in Filtering the Past, Building the Future: Archaeology, Tradition and Politics in the Middle East. Co-authored with Jacobs, J., Porter, B., Routledge, B. Edited by R. Boytner, L.S. Dodd, B.J. Parker. University of Arizona Press, forthcoming.

"The Power of Place." In Crossing Jordan: North American Contributions to the Archaeology of Jordan. Co-authored with Porter, B. and Routledge, B. Edited by T.E. Levy, P.M.M. Daviau, R.W. Younker, and M. Shaer. London: Equinox Publishing, 2007.

"The 2004 Season at Dhiban: Prospection, Preservation, and Planning." Co-authored with Porter, B., Routledge, B., Parslow, C., de Jong, L., and Zimmerlee, W. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, 2005.

"Tall Dhiban." Co-authored with Porter, B., Routledge, B. AJA 109 (2005): 542-544.

"Nation Building and Archaeological Narrative in the West Bank." The Stanford Journal of Archaeology, 2002.

Presentations
"The Romanization of Herod." Society of Biblical Literature, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2009.

"The Habits of Empire: Baths in Roman Palestine." AIA Western Illinois Society lecture, Monmouth, Illinois, 2009.

"The Romanization of Herod." Classical Association, Liverpool, UK, 2008.

"Questions of Monumentality: Roman Archaeology at Dhiban, Jordan." Critical Roman Archaeology Conference, Stanford University, 2008.

"As the Romans Do? Bathing in Herodian Palestine." AIA Paper, 2007.

Discussant. "Undertaking New Fieldwork: How to Turn Research Ideas into Active Projects" (Workshop), AIA, 2006.

"Many Waters: Bathing Ethe (habits) of the Roman Empire," AIA Public Lecture, Stanford Chapter, 2005.

"Balks not Bombs: Community Archaeology at Dhiban (Jordan)," American Schools of Oriental Research annual meeting, 2004.

"2004 Field Season at Dhiban, Jordan," Classics Graduate Colloquium, Stanford, 2004.

"Post Aedem Castoris: Stanford's Project in the Roman Forum," Northern California Classical Association meeting (invited lecture), 2004.

"Exploring Heritage Discourses at Dhiban, Jordan," Filtering the Past, Building the Future: Archaeology, Tradition, and Politics in the Middle East conference, University of Utah (invited participant), 2004.

"Exploring Heritage Discourses at Dhiban, Jordan," Archaeology Mellon Workshop, Stanford, 2004.

"Digging Rome, Researching Italy," Classics Graduate Colloquium, Stanford, 2003.

"Understanding bodies in antiquity: lessons from the miqveh," Archaeology Mellon Workshop, Stanford, 2003.

"Taking the waters: ritual bathing in the urban fabric of Rome," Classics Graduate Colloquium, Stanford, 2003.

"Holy water and secular purities: ritual bathing in ancient Palestine," Configuring Late Antiquity Mellon Workshop, Stanford, 2003.

"Holy water and secular purities: ritual bathing in ancient Palestine," University of Michigan Classics Graduate Conference, 2003.

"Exploring Roman Syria," Archaeology "Brown Bag" series, Stanford, 2002.

"Nation Building and Archaeological Narrative in the West Bank," Archaeology Graduate Conference, Stanford, 2001.

Campus & Community Involvement
President, Archaeological Institute of America, Western Illinois society.
Board of Directors. Archaeological Institute of America, Stanford chapter (027).
Organizer. "Identity in the Roman East" Colloquium Session. AIA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Moderator. Cultures of Contact: Archaeology, Ethics, and Globalization Graduate Student Conference, Stanford.
Organizer. Classics Colloquia.
Graduate Student Organizer and Co-ordinator, "Configuring Late Antiquity" Mellon Workshop.
Moderator and organizer of panel "Cultural Interpretations of the Body." Archaeology of the Body Graduate Student Conference, Stanford.
Co-organiser, Archaeology of the Body Graduate Student Conference, Stanford.
Supervisor, IRC-Oxford-Stanford Archaeological Project in the Roman Forum.
Supervisor, Tell Zeitah Archaeological Project, Israel.
Director: R. Tappy (Pittsburgh Theological Union).
Volunteer, Khirbet Yattir Archaeological Project (Israel).
Intern, Tel Miqne-Ekron Iron II Ceramic publication project, Jerusalem.
Volunteer, Caesarea Maritima Joint Expedition (Israel).

Contact
309-341-7621
dfatkin@knox.edu