With a B.A. from Harvard in Art and Architectural History and the MSt. from Oxford in Classical Archaeology, Jennifer Stager joins the Department of History of Art with a focus on the interaction between the Greco-Roman world and that of the Ancient Near East. Having completed her Harvard senior thesis on a bilingual Greco- Aramaic gravestone in Athens, Jennifer Stager intends in her Ph.D. work to focus on the representation of cultural identity in the late Classical Mediterranean world, with particular attention to how cultures at the margins of the Hellenic world, or non-Greeks living in the Hellenic world, defined and represented themselves. In addition, she hopes to examine the legacy of early visual culture as it has influenced the work of modern and contemporary artists. Kathleen Stewart, from the Department of History, will be Jennifer Stager’s mentor in the Discovery program.