Michelle Berenfeld

MA, PhD, New York University

Archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean, ancient urbanism, the eastern Roman empire, domestic space and social life, late antiquity, cultural heritage.

Greek Art and Archaeology (CLAS161)

Roman Art and Archaeology (CLAS162)

Classical Mythology (CLAS 121)

The Roman Empire in the East (CLAS 150 BE)

Fantastic Archaeology: Modern Myths, Pseudo-Science, and the Study of the Past (CLAS20)

International Cultural Heritage (CLAS 175)

“Elite Architecture and the Late Antique Ascetic Christian Communities of Cimitile and Sohag.” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 83 (2024): 298-315.

“Living with Neighbours in Late Antique Rome.” In Lived Spaces in Late Antiquity, edited by Carlos Machado, Rowan Munnery, and Rebecca Sweetman (Routledge 2024), 51-79.

Aphrodisias XI: The Triconch House. Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2019. 

“Green Petra: archaeological explorations in the city’s northern wadis,” with A. Dufton and F. Rojas. Levant. The Journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant 48 (2016): 79-107.

“Planning for Permanent Emergency: ‘Triage’ as a Strategy for Managing Cultural Resources threatened by Climate Change,” National Park Service Centennial Essay Series, The George Wright Forum 32 (2015): 5-12.

“Living with neighbours in late antique cities,” Lived Spaces in Late Antiquity conference, University of St. Andrews, Scotland (remote, December 2021).

“At Home in the City: Community, Class, and Christianity in the Later Roman Empire,” talk given at the American Academy in Rome, Italy (February 2018).

“Urban Neighborhoods in North Africa,” Archaeological Institute of America, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (January 2016). 

“Teaching Classical Mythology through both Literature and Material Culture,” with E. Finkelpearl, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Annual Conference, Pasadena, CA (November 2016).

“Getting Out of the House: Late Roman Domestic Space and Urban Experience,” Property and Power in Late Antiquity, International Network for the Study of Late Antiquity Conference, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, New York, NY (June 2014). 

“A World Beneath Our Feet: Images of Cities in Byzantine Churches,” Society of Architectural Historians Annual Conference, Austin, TX (April 2014).

• Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman/National Endowment for the Humanities Post-Doctoral Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome (2017-2018). 
• Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowship for Recently Tenured Scholars from the American Council of Learned Societies (2018).