Poehler's Honors Faculty Lecture to examine modern archaeology in Pompeii

Eric Poehler, assistant professor of Classics, will speak on “The roles of innovation and imagination in the archaeology of Pompeii” on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Auditorium. His talk is part of the Honors Faculty Lecture series.

 

His presentation will explore how archaeology in the 21st century is looking to reel in the past. With the ancient city of Pompeii and the monumental Quadriporticus building, as an example, the current methods used by archaeologists and those being imagined for the first time, will be examined.

Poehler is a classical archaeologist with 16 years of field experience at Pompeii  and another seven years at the Pan-Hellenic sanctuary at Isthmia, Greece. Poehler co-directs the Pompeii Quadriporticus Project, an archaeological investigation of one of the largest structures at Pompeii that employs non-invasive methodologies and cutting-edge research technologies. He is the author of 15 articles on the infrastructure of the ancient city and co-editor of a recent volume, “Pompeii: Art, Industry, and Infrastructure.” Poehler has a long involvement in the digital humanities, beginning in 2001 as part of the Pompeii Forum Project’s work with the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia.

 

In 2006 he founded Pompeiana.org as a central, online location for digital information about Pompeii. Most recently, Poehler has founded the Pompeii Bibliography and Mapping Project, an online resource for Pompeian scholarship.