x Notes on Contributors
Geoff Emberling is assistant research
scientist in the Kelsey Museum of Archae-
ology, University of Michigan. His dis-
sertation focused on ethnicity in early
Mesopotamia, and he has directed exca-
vations in northern Mesopotamia at Tell
Brak. As a curator and museum director, he
has worked with major collections of Assyr-
ian art at the Metropolitan Museum and
the Oriental Institute of the University of
Chicago.
Gary D. Farneyis an associate professor
of history at Rutgers University (Newark).
His research focuses on ancient Roman
group identity, Republican historiography,
and the material culture of Republican
Italy. He is the author ofEthnic Identity
and Aristocratic Competition in Republi-
can Rome (Cambridge 2007), and he is
currently authoring a book on Roman aris-
tocratic family identity.
Valentina Follo graduated summa cum
laude in classical archaeology from the
University La Sapienza in Rome, holds
a master’s in pedagogy of antiquity from
the University of Ferrara, and a Ph.D. in
art and archaeology of the Mediterranean
world from the University of Pennsylva-
nia. She teaches Roman history at the
Fondazione IES Abroad Italy in Rome,
and is the curator of the Norton-Van
Buren Study Collection at the American
Academy in Rome. Valentina has published
on both the reaffirmation and the repudi-
ation of ancient Greco-Roman models in
early modern and contemporary art and
architectural practices.
Angela Ganter, née Kühr is assistant
professor at the Goethe University of
Frankfurt/Main. Her research focuses on
Archaic and Classical Greek history and
on Roman patronage. She is the author
of Als Kadmos nach Boiotien kam. Polis
und Ethnos im Spiegel thebanischer Grün-
dungsmythen(2006).Jennifer Gates-Fosteris an assistant pro-
fessor in the Department of Classics at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. Her research interests are rooted in
the Hellenistic and Roman Near East, par-
ticularly Egypt. She is currently at work
on the publication of archaeological survey
material from the Eastern desert of Egypt,
as well as on a book examining Hellenistic
Egypt from the perspective of its social and
cultural boundaries.Erich S. Gruenis Gladys Rehard Wood
Professor of History and Classics, Emeri-
tus, at the University of California, Berke-
ley. He is former chair of the Graduate
Group in Ancient History and Mediter-
ranean Archaeology, and former chair of
the Program in Jewish Studies. Recent pub-
lications includeCultural Identity in the
Ancient Mediterranean(ed. 2011), and
Rethinking the Other in Antiquity(2011).Harald Haarmann,Ph.D.,isvicepresi-
dent of the Institute of Archaeomythology,
California, and director of its European
branch in Finland. He is the author of
some 50 books in various domains of the
humanities, among them three world his-
tories (of writing, languages, and num-
bers). Research areas: linguistics, writing
research, language politics, ethnic studies,
research on ancient civilizations, history of
religion, and mythology. Literature award
(Prix logos) from France in 1999.Thomas D. Hallis Professor Emeritus in
the Department of Sociology and Anthro-
pology, DePauw University, Indiana. He
holds a master’s degree in anthropology
from the University of Michigan, and
a Ph.D. in sociology from the Univer-
sity of Washington. His interests include