Biography


General  


Monica M. Jackson PhD is a classical archaeologist, author and lecturer specializing in the Mediterranean, Aegean and Black Sea areas. She has participated in excavations in Greece, Cyprus and further east. Her particular area of research is the study of Hellenistic gold jewellery as chronological evidence. Monica has published and lectured extensively in Australia, the USA and England. Topics include jewellery and the luxury arts, cultural heritage, as well as ancient Greek and Near Eastern history, religion and art.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2406-4813


Education
  • BA in Ancient History and Anthropology, The University of Queensland 1989.
  • BA (Hons) in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, The University of Sydney 1991.
  • MA (Philosophy) in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, The University of Sydney 1998.
  • PhD in Classical Archaeology, The University of Sydney 2002.

           Academic Appointments, Fellowships, Memberships, Awards
  • Outstanding Alumna Award, Loreto College Brisbane 13 October 2024.                                   
  • Honorary Research Associate, Archaeology, School of Humanities, The University of Sydney.                                                     Department of Archaeology/staff/associates
  • Governor, Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens (AAIA) (2002-2025).
  • Elected Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) 2007.
  • Secretary of the Executive Board, The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens (AAIA)  (2015-2025).
  • Inaugural Member (by invitation) Advisory Panel, Foundation for International Cultural Diplomacy (London & New York) (2006-2012).
  • Member of The Australasian Society of Classical Studies.
  • Member of the Council, The Society of Friends of the Chau Chak Wing Museum, The University of Sydney (2014- 2023).
  • Member of the Archaeological Institute of America (NY).
  • Member of The University of Sydney Arts Association.
  • Member of The Society of Jewellery Historians (UK).
  • Member of The American Society of Jewelry Historians.
  • Member of Worldwide Who's Who. Worldwide Who's Who Press Release

Archaeological Experience

Greece

Australian Mission Team (1990) Torone, Sithonia (Chalkidiki) Northern Greece. The Lekythos peninsula in the background.
Monica Jackson was a student team member (1989-1993) of The University of Sydney's archaeological expeditions to Torone (Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia) Greece (Director, Prof. Alexander Cambitoglou).




Monica M. sorting pottery - Torone 1991

                                                         
Australian Mission Team (1991) Torone (Chalkidiki) - Director Prof. Alexander Cambitoglou.

Monica M. at Olynthus, Chalcidice 1991- mosaic floor 
                            

Cyprus 

Monica was a student team member (1995-1996) of The University of Sydney's archaeological excavations at the site of the Ancient Theatre of Paphos, Cyprus (Director. 
Prof. J. R. Green)

1995 Team

Senior Team Members

John Tidmarsh, Andrea Rowe, Geoff Stennett, Anita Cvijanovic, Chris Johns, Diana Wood Conroy.

Student Team Members

Anthoulla Vassiliades, Cameron Petrie, Kim Barrett, Emma Devitt, Craig Barker, Holly Cook, Stephen McPhilips, Dori Guitarri, Fiona Herring, Monica Jackson, Margaret Turton, Christie Waddington, Roz Pouw.

The Australian Mission Team (1995) Paphos Cyprus, site of theatre excavations - Director Prof. J. Richard Green.

Prof. J. R. Green and the Australian Mission Team (1995) Paphos, Cyprus theatre.
The Australian Mission Team (1996) Paphos, Cyprus - Director Prof. J. Richard Green.



Research Projects

Georgia - 2005 Monica accompanied the University of Melbourne's archaeological survey team to Mtskheta (the ancient capital of Caucasian Iberia) in the Republic of Georgia with Prof. Antonis Sagona.  Monica’s research was conducted in the archaeological Museums of Tbilisi, Batumi and Vani. 

Turkey - 2006 research in the Archaeological Museums of Istanbul, Erzurum, Samsun (ancient Amisos) and Tekirdag, Turkey.

Bulgaria - 2008 and 2011 research in the Archaeological Museums of Sofia and Varna (ancient Odessos) Bulgaria. See: 'News' - "Gold Treasure from Georgia".

Monica Jackson - tumulus tomb entrance, Valley of the Thracian Kings, Shipka, Bulgaria, 2008

                                                      
Pair gold and cornelian dove earrings from Apulia, Benaki Museum Athens

                                                               Current Project:

Athens - Greece -  A Catalogue/Monograph of the Antonis and Hélène Stathatos Collection in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens; to be published by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports (ODAP). 

Title: The Stathatos Collection of Hellenistic Gold Jewellery in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens.


                                                             BEYOND- Issue 2025: Loreto College Coorparoo, Brisbane.


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