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Fellowship at the Institute for Research in the Humanities in Madison.
Additionally, he was chosen as a fellow of two NEH seminars held at the
American Academy in Rome; was a participant in an NEH institute at the
University of California, Los Angeles; and was a Visiting Scholar at the
American Academy in Rome. His university has given him its highest
awards for both teaching and research: the Faculty Award for Excellence in
Teaching and the Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship, both from
the Founders Association.
Professor Aldrete’s innovative Linothorax Project, in which he and his
students reconstructed and tested ancient linen body armor, has recently
garnered considerable attention from the media, having been featured in
documentaries on the Discovery Channel and the Smithsonian Channel and
on television programs in Canada and across Europe. It also has been the
subject of articles in U.S. News & World Report, Der Spiegel, and Military
History and of Internet news stories in more than two dozen countries.
Professor Aldrete maintains an active lecture schedule, including speaking
to retirement groups; in elementary, middle, and high schools; and on cruise
ships. He also has been named a national lecturer for the Archaeological
Institute of America. For The Great Courses, he taught History of the Ancient
World: A Global PerspectiveŶ