Penn State Penn State: College of the Liberal Arts

Department ofClassics and Ancient
Mediterranean Studies

David Scahill

David Scahill
External Affiliate, Athens program lecturer
American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Biography:

David Scahill specializes in Greek and Roman archaeology, architecture, and topography, part of a broader interest in urban planning and building design in the ancient Mediterranean from Prehistoric through Byzantine periods.  Recent publications include: the 2020 edited volume New Directions and Paradigms for the Study of Greek Architecture: Interdisciplinary Dialogues in the Field (with P. Sapirstein); a 2017 article “Craftsmen and Technologies in the Corinthia: The Development of the Doric Order;” and many articles treating the structures and cultures of ancient Corinth (e.g., 2016, “Dining and the Cult of Aphrodite: The Function of the South Stoa at Corinth”). In addition to his teaching at the University of Athens and as an affiliate of Bucknell University and The Pennsylvania State University, Prof. Scahill works with the Aigeira Archaeological Survey Project (OeAI), the Hellenistic Lousoi project (OeAI), the Selinunte Acropolis Excavations (NYU/Uni. Milan), and the Thebes Ismenion Hill Excavations (Bucknell Univ.).

Education Details:

Ph.D., The University of Bath, 2012
M.A., Florida State University, 1998
B.A., Indiana University, 1995