Antonis Kotsonas

Antonis Kotsonas is an Associate Professor of Mediterranean History and Archaeology at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW), New York University. He serves as Faculty Secretary for AY2025-26 and on the PhD Admissions Committee. His research focuses on material culture and socio-economic history of Greece and the Mediterranean from the Early Iron Age to the Roman period, with fieldwork in Crete, the Cyclades, Euboea, Macedonia, and Latium. He co-directs excavations at the ancient city of Lyktos in Crete.

• Education: Ph.D. (University of Edinburgh), M.Phil. (University of Cambridge), B.A. (University of Crete).
• Research Interests: Pottery production/consumption, state formation, trade networks, identity, memory, materiality of writing, and the relevance of antiquity to modern discourse.

Key publications include studies on Greek and Roman pottery, inscriptional evidence, and cross-cultural archaeological synthesis. Kotsonas has held fellowships such as the Loeb Classical Library Foundation (2017-2018) and received the Rising Star Award (2018). He has taught at institutions including the University of Cincinnati and King’s College London, and served as Curator at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam.

• Professional Roles: Area Editor for the Wiley Encyclopedia of Ancient History, co-editor of high-impact archaeological volumes.

His excavations and publications highlight interdisciplinary approaches to understanding Mediterranean socio-economic dynamics and material culture.