Jane Sancinito joins the department as expert in ancient history

UMass Lowell Assistant Professor of History Jane Sancinito poses for a picture in front of the statue of Athena at the Louvre museum.

09/16/2020

Assistant Professor Jane Sancinito joins the department this fall as its new expert in ancient history. Before her arrival in Lowell, she studied at Oxford University as an undergraduate, earned her doctorate in ancient history at the University of Pennsylvania (2018), and taught as a visiting professor of Classics at Oberlin College.

Her research focuses on economic history in the Roman Empire, particularly on the activities of, and stereotypes against, merchants, artisans, and transporters. Besides "Western Civilization I" and surveys of ancient Greece and Rome, at UMass Lowell she will also teach about women in antiquity, ancient piracy, and will introduce a new course, "From Alexander the Great to Cleopatra."

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