Myles McCallum
Faculty of Arts
Languages and Cultures; Ancient Studies
Associate Professor
Associate Dean of Arts - Curriculum and Student Affairs
Office: MN 426
Phone: 902-420-5815
Email: myles.mccallum@smu.ca
Myles is a Roman archaeologist in the Ancient Studies program at Saint Mary's University, specializing in the study of Roman villas, Italian urbanism, the ancient economy, and archaeological ceramics. Originally from Edmonton, Myles earned his BA in Classics from the University of Alberta and his graduate degrees (MA and PhD) in Classics from the University at Buffalo, SUNY. While completing his PhD, he held a Crake Fellowship in the Department of Classics at Mount Allison University. Prior to his arrival at Saint Mary's, Myles worked as a visiting lecturer at Buffalo State College, Wesleyan University (Connecticut), and the University of Connecticut. He also held a Fellowship in the Core Humanities Program at the University of Nevada, Reno. He started at Saint Mary's in 2007, and since then he has been promoted to Full Professor, served as Department Chair (Languages and Cultures), and as Associate Dean, Curriculum and Student Affairs.
Myles is active as a field archaeologist in Italy, having directed projects in Puglia, Basilicata and Lazio, and worked on excavations in and around Rome, the Tiber Valley, Pompeii, and Tuscany. His current research is focused on the Velino River Valley in the Apennines of Central Italy, where he and his Co-PI, Dr. Martin Beckmann of McMaster University, are involved in the excavation and geophysical prospection at the so-called Villa of Titus, a monumental villa near Rieti, and the so-called Baths of Vespasian (an Italian/Roman sanctuary site on the Via Appia). As part of this research, he collaborates with colleagues across Canada, in Italy, the United States, and the United Kingdom, and involves Saint Mary's undergraduates in field work and publications. This research has been funded by a SSHRC Insight Grant and a Loeb Classical Library Fellowship. Prior to this, he directed the Basentello Valley Archaeological Research Project in Puglia and Basilicata, which sought to understand cultural and social change within the interior of southern Italy as a result of the Roman conquest. This research was funded by two SSHRC Standard Research Grants.
He has published widely on Roman pottery, in particular the organization of the pottery trade at Pompeii, Roman villas and imperial estates, the Roman economy, and, in 2024, Italian urbanism with the release of The Routledge Handbook of the Archaeology of Urbanism in Italy in the Age of Roman Expansion, co-edited with Dr. Fabio Colivicchi of Queen's University.
Since 2008, he has also served as co-editor for Mouseion, the journal of the Classical Association of Canada
BA in Classics, University of Alberta; MA in Classics, University at Buffalo, SUNY; PhD in Classics, University at Buffalo, SUNY