Klein’s Athenian Acropolis research garners $10K grant for its intrinsic scholarly potential

For the scholarly potential of her research focusing on the sacred architecture of the Athenian Acropolis, Nancy Klein, a Texas A&M architectural historian, recently garnered a $10,000 research grant from the university’s Division of Research and Graduate Studies.

The grant, awarded through the Texas A&M’s Program to Enhance Scholarly and Creative Activities, will fund Klein’s study of architectural development on the Acropolis during the fifth and sixth centuries B.C., prior to construction of the citadel’s most famous building, the Parthenon.

Klein’s was one of 24 project proposals to gain funding in this year’s highly competitive peer-reviewed program. The PESCA awards promote faculty research deemed worthy of producing significant scholarly or creative results, such as an article in a major journal, a book published by a major academic press, or a successful application for an external award or grant.

“The PESCA awards deliver institutional support toward faculty engaged in scholarship that is helping build Texas A&M’s top-tier status as a truly comprehensive research university,” said Jeffrey R. Seemann, vice president for research and graduate studies.

Klein, a faculty fellow with the Center for Heritage Conservation at the Texas A&M College of Architecture, specializes in the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome. She holds a Ph.D. and Master of Arts in classical and near eastern archaeology from Bryn Mawr College. She joined the Texas A&M Department of Architecture faculty in 2006.

- Posted: Feb. 2, 2011 -

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Contact:   Phillip Rollfing, prollfing@archone.tamu.edu or 979.458.0442.