Affiliation: Centre College
Dr. Jessica Tilley is currently the Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at Centre College and the Assistant Director of Excavations of the Montereggi Project, an Etruscan hilltop site near Florence, Italy. Her research explores questions of postcolonialism and globalization theory in the ancient Mediterranean world through examination of cross-cultural funerary practices. She has excavated at sites across Italy, Greece, and the southeastern U.S. and is actively involved in cultural heritage public outreach.
Jessica Tilley is our 2026 Society Sunday Lecturer.
