Alejandro Garcia Sinner, University of Victoria

Research

field school excavation cultural change identity classics archaeology Rome colonialism

Latest funding

The Ilduro Archaeological Project
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$87,165
The 'Ses Llumetes' Wreck (Porto Cristo, Majorca): Trade, Shipbuilding and Technology in the Western Mediterranean during the 1st century CE
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$67,485
Mediterranean Connectivity: Economy, Trade and Commercial Circuits in the Roman West (2nd c. BCE -- 1st c. CE)
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$190,767

The Ilduro Archaeological Project

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Garcia Sinner, Alejandro

Keywords: Roman archaeology; Iron Age; excavation; field school; ancient colonialism; cultural change; identity; daily practices; diet; language; religion; architecture

$87,165

The 'Ses Llumetes' Wreck (Porto Cristo, Majorca): Trade, Shipbuilding and Technology in the Western Mediterranean during the 1st century CE

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Garcia Sinner, Alejandro

Keywords: Classical archaeology; Underwater archaeology; Shipwrecks; Shipbuilding; Ancient technology; Trade; Volcanic tephra; Roman concrete; Material culture; Roman Spain

$67,485

Mediterranean Connectivity: Economy, Trade and Commercial Circuits in the Roman West (2nd c. BCE -- 1st c. CE)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Garcia Sinner, Alejandro

Keywords: digital archive; roman provinces; trade; commercial circuits; economy; pottery study; lead isotopes; archaeometry

$190,767

Beyond contacts: tracing identities and cultural change in the Roman West

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Garcia Sinner, Alejandro

Keywords: classics; archaeology; field school; excavation; Rome; colonialism; cultural change; cultural contacts; identity

$83,800

Unlocking the provinces: defining and prioritizing Roman provincial studies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Greene, Elizabeth M.

Keywords: Roman; archaeology; provincial; post-colonial; imperialism; cultural diversity; hegemony; conquest; globalization

$24,650

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: field school Dear Professor Garcia Sinner, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on field school connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The Ilduro Archaeological Project" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]