BIO
Associate Professor
Owen Doonan is an archaeologist and ancient art historian specializing in the cultures of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. He focused on early Sicilian Architecture and society in his PhD at Brown University's Center for Old World Archaeology and Art in 1993 (link). He became interested in Turkey and the Black Sea while teaching Archaeology and Art History at Bilkent University in Turkey (link). Since 1996 he has led the Sinop Regional Archaeological Project, the land survey and excavation component of the Black Sea Trade Project. His new book Sinop Landscapes: Exploring Connection in the Hinterland of a Black Sea Port has just been published by the University of Pennsylvania Museum Press.
Since 2005 Doonan has been working with the German team from Ruhr-Universitat Bochum to coordinate studies of the landscapes of the colonies of the ancient city of Miletus (link: http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/milet/).
Doonan is also active in the Archaeological Institute of America (link: http://www.archaeological.org) as the President of the Los Angeles County Society and the Chair of the East Europe and Eurasian Interest Group.
His research has been supported by the National Geographic Society, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Joukowsky Family Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, IREX and the Samuel S. Freeman Charitable Trusts.
Doonan uses technology to bring students “into the field” using digital imagery including video and chat from sites and museums in Europe and the Middle East. He also encourages an interdisciplinary approach to art history working with the CSUN committee on Classical Civilizations (link: http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/classics.html) and department of Anthropology.
FALL 09 SYLLABI:
ART 110 10184 WORLDARTWESTTRA TR 1100-1215 SG103/ONLINE
ART 110 10185 WORLDARTWESTTRA TR 1230-1345 SG103/ONLINE
ART 416 18515 HIST ANC NR EAST W 1800-2045 SG103
ART 420 10379 HIST GREEK ART T 1400-1645 SG105