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Randall D. Souza is an Associate Professor of History at Seattle University, affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences and the University Honors program. His research focuses on human mobility, citizenship, and group dynamics in the ancient Mediterranean, particularly in Sicily. He earned his Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Berkeley (2014), following degrees from Amherst College (B.A., 2005) and UC Berkeley (M.A., 2009). Souza’s work integrates archaeology and history, emphasizing Sicily as a crossroads of cultural interaction. He is preparing a book manuscript on Sicilian mobility and citizenship in the fourth and third centuries BCE and collaborates with the Morgantina excavations in Sicily.
Education:
- Ph.D. in History, University of California, Berkeley (2014)
- M.A. in History, University of California, Berkeley (2009)
- B.A. in Classics, Amherst College (2005)
Research interests include migration patterns, citizenship dynamics, and socio-political resilience in antiquity. His recent work analyzes urban development in Sicily’s Hellenistic period and applies theoretical frameworks like 'community of practice' to archaeological interpretation. Souza teaches courses on Roman history, migration in the ancient Mediterranean, and citizenship studies.
He has co-authored excavation reports for the American Excavations at Morgantina (CAP projects) and contributes to peer-reviewed journals like the American Journal of Archaeology and Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. His current projects explore Punic and Roman urbanism in Sicily, as well as legal and social dimensions of enslavement and redemption in classical antiquity.
Lab/Team: Active participant in the Contrada Agnese Project (CAP) at Morgantina, Sicily.
