Writing
My writing explores ancient Mediterranean art and archaeology, museum practice, archives, material culture, and public humanities. I am especially interested in how objects, excavation histories, and exhibitions shape contemporary understandings of the ancient world.
Selected publications, essays, and current projects appear below.
Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications
“Archives and Curatorial Work at the Davis Museum.”
In Trends in Archive Archaeology, Brepols, edited by Rubina Raja and Jon Frey (2024).
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“The Renovation at House B of Tyndaris (Sicily).”
In A Second Gaze: Intertextuality and Transient Meaning in Roman Texts and Objects, German Archaeological Institute, edited by Matthias Grawher and Markus Kersten, 317–340 (2024).
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“In the Footsteps of Aeneas: Movement and Narrative in Fourth-Century Romano-British Mosaics.”
Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal, special issue Sensory Experiences in the Roman North, edited by Thomas Derrick and Giacomo Savani (2023).
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“New Approaches to the Antioch Mosaics: History, Chronology, and Theory.”
Co-authored with Amy Miranda. In Antioch on-the-Orontes: History, Society, Ecology, and Visual Culture, edited by Andrea DeGiorgi (Cambridge University Press, 2023).
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“Mixed-Media Domestic Ensembles in Roman Sicily: The House of Leda at Soluntum.”
Arts, Ancient Mediterranean Painting 2 (Special Edition), eds. Regina Gee and Vanessa Rousseau (2019): 1–22.
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“Two Snake-Thread Glass Vessels in the Collection of the Walters Art Museum”
Journal of the Walters Art Museum 73 (2018): 49–52.
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Book Project
Excavating Antioch: The Archaeology of an Ancient City
Excavating Antioch traces the archaeology and archival afterlives of the ancient city of Antioch, bringing together excavation records, museum collections, and historical documentation. It considers how archaeological narratives are formed and how they continue to evolve through new research and reinterpretation.
Forthcoming September 2026 with Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press (UCLA).
Forthcoming
Co-editor (with Elizabeth Molacek). Excavating Antioch: The Archaeology of an Ancient City (6 scholarly essays; 120 fully catalogued artifact entries). Under contract with The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA. Forthcoming September 2026.
“Sensory Approaches to Ancient Antioch.”
Co-authored with Cosimo Paravano. In Excavating Antioch: The Archaeology of an Ancient City, edited by Nicole Berlin and Elizabeth Molacek. Forthcoming September 2026.
“The Antioch Mosaics at Wellesley College: A History of Context, Excavation, and Display.”
For Homage to Antioch Mosaics: Current Stand and Perspectives. Copy-edited.
“Marble Imitation in Mosaic at Agrigento (Sicily).”
L’Association Internationale pour l’Étude de la Mosaïque Antique Bulletin. Accepted.
Public Media
2025
Spotlight on Never in the World exhibition, The Culture Show with Jared Bowen, Boston Public Radio (GBH), aired May 15.
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2025
Review of Never in the World exhibition, The Boston Globe, March 17.
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2023
“A Conversation with Dr. Nicole Berlin about Exhibiting Antioch,” Antioch Recovery Project, November 22.
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2020
“Davis Museum names Nicole Berlin new Assistant Curator of Collections,” ArtDaily, February 26.
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2019
“Ancient Animal Allegories: Animal Tales at the Walters,” BmoreArt, July 15.
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2019
Feature story on Animal Tales: Hidden Stories in Medieval Manuscripts, CBS Morning News segment (WJZ Baltimore), aired June 27.
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2019
Interview on Animal Tales: Hidden Stories in Medieval Manuscripts, Open Access, NPR (WYPR Baltimore), aired May 10.
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