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Michael C. Nelson
Department Chair, Art History<\/p>\n
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Undergraduate Courses:<\/strong> Graduate Courses:<\/strong> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2025\/01\/michael-c-nelson_faculty-chair.jpg” alt=”Michael C. Nelson, Department Chair” title_text=”michael-c-nelson_faculty-chair” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.0″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”1375px” custom_padding=”8px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Open Sans||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” header_4_font=”Open Sans|600|||on||||” header_4_text_color=”#E71939″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Articles and Book Chapters<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cInnovation and Legacy: The Late Hellenistic Temple at Omrit in Northern Israel.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Meditations on the Diversity of the Built Environment in the Aegean Basin: Festschrift in Memory of Frederick E. Winter<\/strong><\/em>. Publications of the Canadian Institute in Greece, Vol. 8, 2014. (forthcoming)<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cA Preliminary Overview of the Architectural Remains at Omrit.\u201d In Schowalter, D. and J.A. Overman (eds),\u00a0<\/span>The Roman Temple Complex at Horvat Omrit: An Interim Report<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, No. 2205, 2011, pp. 27-44.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cStucco Fluting the Columns of the Roman Temple at Omrit, Israel.\u201d With J. Thole,\u00a0<\/span>JRA<\/strong><\/em>\u00a022, 2009, pp. 349-354.<\/span> \u201cLeveling Ashlar Masonry.\u201d\u00a0 In Foster, K. and R. Laffineur (eds.),\u00a0<\/span>METRON: Measuring the Aegean Bronze Age<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0<\/span>Aegeaum<\/strong><\/em>\u00a024.\u00a0 Liege: Universit\u00e9 de Li\u00e8ge, Histoire de l’art et arch\u00e9ologie de la Gr\u00e8ce antique ; Austin: University of Texas at Austin, Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory, 2003,\u00a0 pp. 269-274.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDiscovering Herod\u2019s Shrine to Augustus: Mystery Temple Found at Omrit.\u201d With J. Andrew Overman and J. Olive,\u00a0<\/span>BAR<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0March\/April Vol. 29, No. 2, 2003, pp. 40-67.<\/span> \u201cThe Leukos Survey Project: The 2011 Field Season.\u201d With I. Begg, T. Brenningmeyer and A. Kelly. Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Seattle, Jan. 3-6, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe Leukos Survey Project, 2009 and 2010 Field Seasons.\u201d With T. Brenningmeyer and A. Kelly. 2011 Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, San Antonio, Jan. 6-9, 2011. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cPlacing the Temple Complex at Omrit: Ancillary Architecture, Decorative and Epigraphic Evidence, and Regional Identity.\u201d With J. Andrew Overman and D. Schowalter.\u00a0 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Atlanta, Nov. 17-20, 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cExcavations at Omrit, 2007-2008: Investigating a Roman Temple in Northern Israel.\u201d with D. N. Schowalter and J.A. Overman. Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, New Orleans, November 18-21, 2009.<\/span> \u201cKarpathos, Saria and the Lost City of Nisyros,\u201d With D.J. Begg. 106th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, Jan. 6-9, 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Michael C. 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ArtH101: History of Western Art I
ArtH110: Survey of Ancient Art (PLAS)
ArtH205: Art of Early Greece: Aegean Art
ArtH206: Greek Art and Architecture
ArtH207: Roman Art and Architecture
ArtH399: Studies in Art History (Excavations at Omrit)<\/p>\n
ArtH 751.1\/502: Roman Architecture
ArtH741.4\/502: Greek Architectural Sculpture<\/p>\n
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\u201cA Newly Discovered Herodian Temple at Khirbet Omrit in Northern Israel.\u201d With J. A. Overman and J. Olive, in N. Kokkinos (ed.),\u00a0<\/span>The World of Herods and Nabataeans<\/strong><\/em>. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, 2007, pp.177-195.<\/span>
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\u201cMinoan and Mycenaean Stone Revetment.\u201d In P. Betancourt, M. Nelson and N. Williams (eds.),\u00a0<\/span>K\u03a1\u0399\u039d\u039f\u0399 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u039b\u0399\u039c\u0395\u039d\u039f\u0399: Festschrift in Honor of Joseph and Maria Shaw<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(Prehistory Monographs 22). Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press, 2007, pp. 17-22.<\/span>
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\u201cPylos, Block Masonry and Monumental Architecture in the Late Bronze Age Peloponnese.\u201d\u00a0 In J. Bretschneider, J. Driessen, and K. Van Lerberghe (eds.),\u00a0<\/span>Power and Architecture: Monumental Architecture in the Bronze Age Near East and The Aegean<\/strong><\/em>. Leuven: Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 156,\u00a0 2006, pp. 143-159.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Conference Papers and Published Abstracts<\/strong><\/span>
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\u201cBuilding on the Border: The Early Shrine Complex at Omrit.\u201d With J.A. Overman and D. Schowalter. 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Baltimore. November 20-23, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\u201cOmrit: From Roadside Shrine to City?\u201d Greco-Roman Galilee Symposium at Kinneret College and Tel Hai College, Israel, June 21-23, 2009.<\/span>
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\u201cExplorations Around Karpathos, 1923 and 2008,\u201d With D.J. Begg.\u00a0 110th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia, Jan. 8-11, 2009.<\/span>
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\u201cRecent Developments in the Excavations at Omrit,\u201d Roman Conference on Galilee, June 25-26, 2007, Tel Hai College, Israel.<\/span>
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\u201cArchitecture and Power in Northern Roman Palestine,\u201d With D. Schowalter.\u00a0 Seventeenth Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, University College, London, March 29, 2007.<\/span>
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\u201cMacalester College Excavations at Omrit: The 2004-2006 Field Seasons,\u201d 108th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, San Diego, Jan. 4-7, 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n