Jack Davis and Sharon Stocker, a husband-and-wife team of University of Cincinnati archaeologists, will present a Wednesday, April 9, Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar lecture at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Davis and Stocker were directors of an international team of archaeologists led by University of Cincinnati that recently discovered a Bronze Age warrior’s tomb in southwestern Greece filled with more than 1,400 objects.
Davis is the Carl W. Blegen Professor of Greek Archaeology at the University of Cincinnati and a former director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. He has directed or co-directed regional archaeological projects in several areas of Greece, including the Nemea Valley, the island of Keos, and Messenia, near the Palace of Nestor (Pylos Regional Archaeological Project). He is a recognized authority in the archaeology of the Aegean Islands. He has published reports on excavations on the islands of Keos (at Ayia Irini) and Melos (at Phylakopi).
In 2017 he received the medal for Special Civil Merits from the Republic of Albania. He has been awarded the Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement for 2020 by the Archaeological Institute of America. In 2021, he was made a Commander of the Order of the Phoenix by the President of Greece. In 2021, Davis was elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Stocker is a senior research associate at University of Cincinnati (UC). She has participated in excavations in Greece and Albania and directs the publications program for UC excavations at the Palace of Nestor in Greece. She has served as co-director of archaeological surveys in the hinterlands of the Greek colonies of Epidamnus and Apollonia in Albania and of excavations at a recently discovered Greek sanctuary near Apollonia.
Since 2011, she has represented UC at the Palace of Nestor in excavations conducted in collaboration with the Greek Ministry of Culture.
Underwritten by the Hixson-Lied Endowment with additional support from other sources, the series enriches the culture of the state by providing a way for Nebraskans to interact with luminaries in the fields of art, art history and design. Each visiting artist or scholar spends one to three days on campus to meet with classes, participate in critiques and give demonstrations. The series is presented in collaboration with Sheldon Museum of Art.
For more information on the series, contact the School of Art, Art History & Design at (402) 472-5522 or e-mail schoolaahd@unl.edu.