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**Jennifer Baird**, is a British [archaeologist](/source/Archaeologist) and academic. She is [Professor](/source/Professor_(highest_academic_rank)) in Archaeology at [Birkbeck, University of London](/source/Birkbeck,_University_of_London). Her research focuses on the archaeology of Rome's eastern provinces, particularly the site of [Dura-Europos](/source/Dura-Europos).[1]

## Career

Baird completed a PhD at the [University of Leicester](/source/University_of_Leicester), graduating in 2006, with a thesis entitled: 'Housing and households at Dura-Europos: a study in identity on Rome's Eastern Frontier', supervised by [Simon James](/source/Simon_James_(archaeologist)).[2][3] Baird was a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the [University of Leicester](/source/University_of_Leicester). She joined [Birkbeck](/source/Birkbeck,_University_of_London) in 2008. She is a Fellow of the [Higher Education Academy](/source/Higher_Education_Academy).[1] Baird co-directs the Roman Knossos Project, undertaking archaeological research in [Crete](/source/Crete).[4] Baird has edited several volumes including *Ancient Graffiti in Context* (2011).[5]

Baird has excavated at the site of [Dura-Europos](/source/Dura-Europos),[6] work which lead to her 2014 and 2018 publications on the site.[7][8]

Baird delivered the AIA Lecture on "From Aphlad to Zeus: The Archaeology of Diversity at Dura-Europos" at the [University of British Columbia](/source/University_of_British_Columbia) on 12 March 2019.[9]

## Honours and awards

Baird was elected a [Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London](/source/Fellow_of_the_Society_of_Antiquaries_of_London) (FSA) in 2013.[10]

## Selected publications

### Books

- Baird, J. A. and C. Taylor, eds. 2010, *Ancient Graffiti in Context*. New York: Routledge.[11]
- Baird, J. A. 2014, *The Inner Lives of Ancient Houses: An Archaeology of Dura-Europos*. Oxford: Oxford University Press.[7][6]
- Baird, J. A. 2018, *Dura-Europos*. Bloomsbury Archaeological Histories Series. London: Bloomsbury.[8]

### Journal articles

- Baird, J. A. 2007, ["Shopping, Eating and Drinking in Dura Europos: Reconstructing Context."](https://doi.org/10.1163%2Fej.9789004165502.i-742.118) in Luke Lavan, Ellen Swift, Toon Putzeys (ed.), *Objects in Context, Objects in Use: Material Spatiality in Late Antiquity. Late Antique Archaeology, v. 5*. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2007. ISBN 9789004165502 p.411-37.[12]
- Baird, J. A. 2012, "Re-excavating the Houses of Dura-Europos" *Journal of Roman Archaeology* 25: 146–169.[13]
- Baird, J. A. 2015, "On Reading the Material Culture of Ancient Sexual Labour" Helios 42.1: 163–175.
- Baird, J. A. 2016, ["Everyday Life in Roman Dura-Europos: The Evidence of Dress Practices"](https://doi.org/10.1017%2F9781316403488.004) in Ted Kaizer (ed.), *Religion, Society and Culture at Dura-Europos. Yale Classical Studies, 38*. (Cambridge; New York) ISBN 978-1-107-12379-3 p.30-56.[14]
- Baird, J.A. 2016, "Private Graffiti? Scratching the Walls of Houses at Dura-Europos" in Rebecca Benefiel, Peter Keegan (ed.), *Inscriptions in the Private Sphere in the Greco-Roman World. Brill studies in Greek and Roman epigraphy, 7*. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2016. ISBN 9789004307117 p.13-31.[15][16]
- Baird, J and [Z Kamash](/source/Zena_Kamash), 2019, ['Remembering Roman Syria: Valuing Tadmor‐Palmyra, from ‘Discovery’ to Destruction'](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/20415370/2019/62/1) *Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies* 62.1, p.1-29.

## References

1. ["Professor Jennifer Baird — Department of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck, University of London"](http://www.bbk.ac.uk/history/our-staff/academic-staff/professor-jennifer-baird). *www.bbk.ac.uk*. Retrieved 2019-04-26.

1. rem17. ["Research students — University of Leicester"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190425150819/https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/archaeology/people/academics/james/research-students/). *www2.le.ac.uk*. Archived from [the original](https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/archaeology/people/academics/james/research-students) on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-26.

1. tk74. ["Professor Simon James — University of Leicester"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190425150829/https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/archaeology/people/academics/james). *www2.le.ac.uk*. Archived from [the original](https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/archaeology/people/academics/james) on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-28.

1. ds120. ["Roman Knossos — University of Leicester"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190425150818/https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/archaeology/research/projects/roman-knossos). *www2.le.ac.uk*. Archived from [the original](https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/archaeology/research/projects/roman-knossos) on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-26.

1. *Ancient graffiti in context*. New York: Routledge. 2011. ISBN 978-0-203-84087-0. [OCLC 692197099](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/692197099)

1. ["ANE TODAY - 201405 - The Inner Lives of Ancient Houses: An Archaeology of Dura-Europos -"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220921042600/https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2014/05/the-inner-lives-of-ancient-houses-an-archaeology-of-dura-europos/). Archived from [the original](http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2014/05/the-inner-lives-of-ancient-houses-an-archaeology-of-dura-europos/) on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 2019-06-28.

1. Baird, J. A. (2014-08-28). [*The Inner Lives of Ancient Houses: An Archaeology of Dura-Europos*](https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-inner-lives-of-ancient-houses-9780199687657?cc=gb&lang=en&). Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199687657.

1. Bloomsbury.com. ["Dura-Europos"](https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/dura-europos-9781472530875/). *Bloomsbury Publishing*. Retrieved 2019-06-28.

1. ["AIA Lecture: "From Aphlad to Zeus: The Archaeology of Diversity at Dura-Europos" (Jennifer Baird, Birbeck University of London) | CNERS"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190215132425/https://cnrs.ubc.ca/cnrs-events/event/lecture-from-aphlad-to-zeus-the-archaeology-of-diversity-at-dura-europos-jennifer-baird-birbeck-university-of-london/). *cnrs.ubc.ca*. Archived from [the original](https://cnrs.ubc.ca/cnrs-events/event/lecture-from-aphlad-to-zeus-the-archaeology-of-diversity-at-dura-europos-jennifer-baird-birbeck-university-of-london/) on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-28.

1. ["Fellows Directory - Society of Antiquaries"](https://www.sal.org.uk/about-us/fellows-directory/?fs=Baird). *www.sal.org.uk*. Retrieved 2019-04-26.[dead link]

1. Baird, J. A. & Taylor, Claire (2010). *Ancient Graffiti in Context*. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780203840870.

1. Hoss, Stefanie (2009). ["Review of: Objects in Context, Objects in Use: Material Spatiality in Late Antiquity. Late Antique Archaeology, v. 5"](http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2009/2009-03-05.html). *Bryn Mawr Classical Review*. [ISSN 1055-7660](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1055-7660)

1. Frakes, James F. D. (2013). ["Review of: Making Roman Places, Past and Present: Papers Presented at the First Critical Roman Archaeology Conference Held at Stanford University in March, 2008. Journal of Roman archaeology supplementary series, 89"](http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2013/2013-11-30.html). *Bryn Mawr Classical Review*. [ISSN 1055-7660](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1055-7660)

1. Clarke, Graeme (2017). ["Review of: Religion, Society and Culture at Dura-Europos. Yale classical studies, 38"](http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2017/2017-04-33.html). *Bryn Mawr Classical Review*. [ISSN 1055-7660](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1055-7660)

1. Holleran, Claire (2017). ["Review of: Inscriptions in the Private Sphere in the Greco-Roman World. Brill studies in Greek and Roman epigraphy, 7"](http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2017/2017-02-06.html). *Bryn Mawr Classical Review*. [ISSN 1055-7660](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1055-7660)

1. Charlesworth, Scott D. (2017). "Inscriptions in the Private Sphere in the Greco-Roman World. Edited by Rebecca Benefiel and Peter Keegan. Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy 7. Leiden: Brill, 2016. Pp. xviii + 284. Hardcover, $135.00.". *Religious Studies Review*. **43** (2): 161. [doi:10.1111/rsr.12947](https://doi.org/10.1111/rsr.12947). [ISSN 1748-0922](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1748-0922)

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