James Higginbotham, Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology at Bowdoin College, holds a Ph.D. in Classical Art and Archaeology from the University of Michigan. His scholarly interests focus on ancient Phoenician, Greek, and Roman colonies, as well as the social history of the late Roman Republic. Professor Higginbotham was a regular member of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens and the recipient of several fellowships, including a Fulbright-Hays Research Grant to Italy and the Oscar Broneer Fellowship in Classical Archaeology at the American Academy in Rome.
In addition to teaching courses in Archaeology and the Classical Languages, Professor Higginbotham has excavated Classical sites in Greece, Israel, and Italy, where he was Field Director of the joint University of Michigan-Bowdoin College excavations at Paestum. In his capacity as Curator for Ancient Art, Professor Higginbotham oversees the collection of antiquities housed in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. His publications include “Small Bronzes in Context” in Figures from the Fire (London, 2023), Ars Antiqua: Treasures from the Ancient Mediterranean World at Bowdoin College (Brunswick, 2005), Piscinae: Artificial Fishponds in Roman Italy (Chapel Hill, 1997), and contributions in J.G. Pedley and M. Torelli’s The Sanctuary of Santa Venera at Paestum I (Rome, 1993). Professor Higginbotham has lectured for the AIA on 14 previous tours since 2004, including several to southern Italy, Sicily, and Malta.
Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology at Bowdoin College
