Jennifer Baird Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Professor
Jennifer Baird
Discipline:	Archaeology
Workplaces:	Birkbeck, University of London
Alma Mater:	University of Leicester

Jennifer Baird, is a British archaeologist and academic. She is Professor in Archaeology at Birkbeck, University of London. Her research focuses on the archaeology of Rome's eastern provinces, particularly the site of Dura-Europos.^[1]

Career

Baird completed a PhD at the University of Leicester, graduating in 2006, with a thesis entitled: 'Housing and households at Dura-Europos: a study in identity on Rome's Eastern Frontier', supervised by Simon James.^{[2] [3]} Baird was a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Leicester. She joined Birkbeck in 2008. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Baird co-directs the Roman Knossos Project, undertaking archaeological research in Crete.^[4] Baird has edited several volumes including Ancient Graffiti in Context (2011).^[5]

Baird has excavated at the site of Dura-Europos,^[6] work which lead to her 2014 and 2018 publications on the site.^{[7] [8]}

Baird delivered the AIA Lecture on "From Aphlad to Zeus: The Archaeology of Diversity at Dura-Europos" at the University of British Columbia on 12 March 2019.^[9]

Honours and awards

Baird was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) in 2013.^[10]

Selected publications

Books

• Baird, J. A.  and C. Taylor, eds. 2010, Ancient Graffiti in Context. New York: Routledge.^[11]
• Baird, J. A. 2014, The Inner Lives of Ancient Houses: An Archaeology of Dura-Europos. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Baird, J. A. 2018, Dura-Europos. Bloomsbury Archaeological Histories Series. London: Bloomsbury.

Journal articles

• Baird, J. A. 2007, "Shopping, Eating and Drinking in Dura Europos: Reconstructing Context." in Luke Lavan, Ellen Swift, Toon Putzeys (ed.), Objects in Context, Objects in Use: Material Spatiality in Late Antiquity. Late Antique Archaeology, v. 5. Leiden/Boston:  Brill, 2007.  p.411-37.^[12]
• Baird, J. A. 2012, "Re-excavating the Houses of Dura-Europos" Journal of Roman Archaeology 25: 146–169.^[13]
• Baird, J. A. 2015, "On Reading the Material Culture of Ancient Sexual Labour" Helios 42.1: 163–175.
• Baird, J. A. 2016, "Everyday Life in Roman Dura-Europos: The Evidence of Dress Practices" in Ted Kaizer (ed.), Religion, Society and Culture at Dura-Europos. Yale Classical Studies, 38. (Cambridge; New York) p.30-56.^[14]
• Baird, J.A. 2016, "Private Graffiti? Scratching the Walls of Houses at Dura-Europos" in Rebecca Benefiel, Peter Keegan (ed.), Inscriptions in the Private Sphere in the Greco-Roman World. Brill studies in Greek and Roman epigraphy, 7. Leiden; Boston:  Brill, 2016. p.13-31.^{[15] [16]}
• Baird, J and Z Kamash, 2019, 'Remembering Roman Syria: Valuing Tadmor‐Palmyra, from ‘Discovery’ to Destruction' Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 62.1, p.1-29.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor Jennifer Baird — Department of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck, University of London. www.bbk.ac.uk. 2019-04-26.
2. Web site: Research students — University of Leicester. rem17. www2.le.ac.uk. en. 2019-04-26.
3. Web site: Professor Simon James — University of Leicester. tk74. www2.le.ac.uk. en. 2019-06-28.
4. Web site: Roman Knossos — University of Leicester. ds120. www2.le.ac.uk. en. 2019-04-26.
5. Book: Ancient graffiti in context. 2011. Routledge. Jennifer A. Baird, Claire Taylor. 978-0-203-84087-0. New York. 692197099.
6. Web site: ANE TODAY - 201405 - The Inner Lives of Ancient Houses: An Archaeology of Dura-Europos -. en-US. 2019-06-28.
7. Book: Baird, J. A.. The Inner Lives of Ancient Houses: An Archaeology of Dura-Europos. 2014-08-28. Oxford University Press. 9780199687657. Oxford, New York.
8. Web site: Dura-Europos. Bloomsbury.com. Bloomsbury Publishing. en. 2019-06-28.
9. Web site: AIA Lecture: "From Aphlad to Zeus: The Archaeology of Diversity at Dura-Europos" (Jennifer Baird, Birbeck University of London) CNERS. cnrs.ubc.ca. 2019-06-28.
10. Web site: Fellows Directory - Society of Antiquaries. www.sal.org.uk. 2019-04-26.
11. Book: Baird, J. A.. Ancient Graffiti in Context. Taylor. Claire. Routledge. 2010. 9780203840870. New York.
12. Hoss. Stefanie. 2009. Review of: Objects in Context, Objects in Use: Material Spatiality in Late Antiquity. Late Antique Archaeology, v. 5. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 1055-7660.
13. Frakes. James F. D.. 2013. Review of: Making Roman Places, Past and Present: Papers Presented at the First Critical Roman Archaeology Conference Held at Stanford University in March, 2008. Journal of Roman archaeology supplementary series, 89. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 1055-7660.
14. Clarke. Graeme. 2017. Review of: Religion, Society and Culture at Dura-Europos. Yale classical studies, 38. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 1055-7660.
15. Holleran. Claire. 2017. Review of: Inscriptions in the Private Sphere in the Greco-Roman World. Brill studies in Greek and Roman epigraphy, 7. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 1055-7660.
16. Charlesworth. Scott D.. 2017. Inscriptions in the Private Sphere in the Greco-Roman World. Edited by Rebecca Benefiel and Peter Keegan. Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy 7. Leiden: Brill, 2016. Pp. xviii + 284. Hardcover, $135.00.. Religious Studies Review. en. 43. 2. 161. 10.1111/rsr.12947. 1748-0922.