A. Campus Libraries
The UC Berkeley Library comprises the Doe/Moffitt Library, Bancroft Library, and over 24 subject specialty libraries serving a variety of academic disciplines. UC Berkeley’s libraries hold over 10 million volumes and 90,000 serial titles. The Association of Research Libraries ranked Berkeley the top public university library, and third overall among major research universities in the United States and Canada. The Library’swebsite provides easy access to the UCB online catalog, OskiCat, as well as numerous important online bibliographic and reference resources. The California Digital Library hosts MELVYL, the online catalog for all UC campuses.
In addition, a number of specialized libraries on the Berkeley campus are available to AHMA students. These include:
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TheArt History/Classics Library (308 Doe) is specifically designated for graduate and faculty use. Seminar rooms for both History of Art and Classics Departments are located here. The collection contains most of the basic source material, texts, and periodicals for Greek and Roman history, archaeology, art,epigraphy, literature, and philosophy as well as access to important digital resources. The collection is non-circulating, although faculty and graduate students may check out some materials for a 2-hour loan period.
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The Anthropology Library (230 Kroeber)
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Several small libraries in the basement of Barrows Hall operated by the Near Eastern Studies Department, including the Baer-Keller Library of Egyptology, the Near Eastern Seminar Library, and the Hebrew/Semitics Seminar Library
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TheGraduate Theological Union Library (GTU) - extensive collection focused on religion (including New Testament Greek, Coptic, and Hebrew) and the history and archaeology of Syria-Palestine for all periods.
B. The Sara B. Aleshire Center for the Study of Greek Epigraphy
TheSara B. Aleshire Center for the Study of Greek Epigraphy is a campus research facility endowed by the Estate of the late Dr. Sara B. Aleshire, an alumna of AHMA and a distinguished scholar of Greek epigraphy and ancient Greek religion. The purpose of the Center is to encourage and support the research of UCB faculty and graduate students in ancient Greek inscriptions from all regions of the Mediterranean world. To that end, the Center provides funds for (1) research grants for travel to study Greek inscriptions; (2) seminars and conferences at UCB to further the study of Greek Epigraphy; and (3) book purchases related to the study of Greek Epigraphy. The Center is administered by an Advisory Committee to the Chair of the Graduate Group in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology. The current Chair of the Advisory Committee is Professor Nikolaos Papazarkadas
The Center is housed in 310 Dwinelle Hall and includes a substantial research library in Greek epigraphy, an extensive collection of offprints especially in Greek religion, an archive of photographs of Greek inscriptions and a large collection of squeezes.
C. The Center for the Tebtunis Papyri
TheCenter for the Tebtunis Papyri (CTP) houses the largest collection of Egyptian manuscripts this side of Oxford and a first-class library devoted to Graeco-Roman Egypt. It is a worldwide leader in papyrological research (including the application of new technologies to manuscript study) and provides hands-on educational opportunities to Berkeley students of all levels and members of the community at large. Students in the Group have long supported CTP’s initiatives through its graduate student researcher program, while CTP regularly funds AHMA student research and fieldwork in areas that are germane to its interests. It offers opportunities for training and publication in papyrology, as well as graduate student research assistantships and financial support for attending conferences related to papyrology and for participating in excavations in Egypt. The current Director of the CTP is Professor Todd Hickey
D. The Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology
TheNemea Center for Classical Archaeology is a research unit organized within and under the auspices of the Classics Department. The Center works in Berkeley and in Nemea, Greece to promote teaching, research, and public education related to Greek classical archaeology with its activities focused on Berkeley’s excavations in the Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea, and the Petsas House at Mycenae.
The Nemea Center is composed of the Nemea Archive, housed in 7125 Dwinelle Hall, and the Nemea Archaeological Center at Nemea in Greece, which is composed of the Bowker House complex, the Thomas J. Long Study Room in the Nemea Archaeological Museum, and the Nemean land to which Berkeley holds scientific rights. Under its director, Professor Kim Shelton, the Center currently operates two summer research programs in Nemea and Mycenae, as well as in the Nemea Museum and the Nemea Archive on campus.
A number of graduate students take part in the research projects every summer and the current publications programs at both sites may provide material for study and publication. Applications for participation should be discussed with Professor Shelton, preferably in the fall before the summer research season to ensure adequate time for permits and funding.
E. The Archaeological Research Facility (ARF)
The mission of theArchaeological Research Facility is to support archaeological field and laboratory research undertaken by UC Berkeley archaeologists and related specialists. ARF operates some laboratory facilities, and offers equipment and funding support to campus archaeologists, including AHMA graduate students, who are urged to apply for the ARF’s Stahl Grants for fieldwork and dissertation support.
F. Other Campus Resources
Among other resources available to students in the Group are theRobbins Collection of ancient and canon law in Boalt Law School; thePhoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, which has extensive holdings of ancient artifacts, including a Greek and Roman collection of over 5000 objects, cuneiform tablets, and an ancient Egyptian collection of more than 17,000 objects; the Badé Museum of Biblical Archaeology; a collection of ancient coins housed in the Classics Department and a collection of ancient seals housed in the Near Eastern Studies Department.
G. Off-Campus Resources
Students also have regularly studied, during the course of their graduate years, at research institutes outside Berkeley, such as:
The Academic Research Institute in Iraq
TheAlbright Institute of Archaeological Research at Jerusalem
TheAmerican Center for Oriental Research in Amman (soon to be renamed the American Center for Research)
TheAmerican Numismatic Society
TheAmerican Research Center in Egypt
The American Research Institute in Turkey
TheAmerican School of Classical Studies in Athens
TheCyprus American Archaeological Research Institute
TheArchaeological Institute of America (AIA), itsSan Francisco chapter, and the NorCal chapter of theAmerican Research Center in Egypt sponsor lecture series in the Bay Area, many in Berkeley.