Kim Shelton

Dr. Kim Shelton is Professor of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies at UC Berkeley and Director of both the Archaeological Research Facility and the Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology. An internationally recognized scholar of Aegean prehistory, she has devoted her career to excavating, teaching, and interpreting the material culture of ancient Greece. Dr. Shelton directs long-standing research projects at Nemea and Mycenae, including the Petsas House Excavation and the Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea, and she currently serves as the Director of Record for the British Excavations at Mycenae

Her research spans the archaeology of households, craft production, mortuary practice, and the interplay between social and economic life in the Late Bronze Age Aegean. She is the author and editor of numerous publications, including volumes of the Well Built Mycenae series as well as the recently published Brill Companion to Warfare in the Bronze Age Aegean. Article and chapter subjects range from Mycenaean pottery, figurines, cemeteries, the Tsountas House Area of the Cult Center, and her excavation at Petsas House, Mycenae. At Cal, she advises undergraduate and graduate students throughout their careers in the department (and beyond!) and she has offered many popular courses. Some crowd favorites include courses about mythology, Greek sanctuaries, the Trojan War, Greek vase painting, Indiana Jones and the Elgin Marbles, Mycenae, the art & archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age, and an Introduction to Greek Archaeology. Beyond her fieldwork, scholarship, and teaching, Dr. Shelton has been deeply committed to professional service: she has chaired countless graduate committees, served in key leadership roles at UC Berkeley, and is currently Vice President for Research and Academic Affairs at the Archaeological Institute of America.