Network Members: Kim Bowes

Kim Bowes

Kim Bowes is a professor of classical archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania. Her current research addresses the economic histories of Roman working people and the poor. Kim uses archaeological and historical evidence to reveal the lived experience of the 90% - the majority of the ancient population who labored, from small farmers to artisans, enslaved and free. Her work not only seeks to restore the working majority to ancient economic history, but to reframe economic history around those who worked. Kim’s work has been supported by the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation. She was the 22^nd Director of the American Academy in Rome.

More info on: https://www.classics.upenn.edu/people/kimberly-d-bowes