Sara Rich
Assistant Professor, HTC Honors College
Biography
Dr. Sara Rich is an art historian and maritime archaeologist who dabbles in wood science, studio art, and speculative fiction. Her book, Cedar Forests, Cedar Ships: Allure, Lore and Metaphor in the Mediterranean Near East (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2017) applies object-oriented ontology to the complex relationships between ancient shipbuilding and forests that supplied ships’ timbers. Her latest project, Shipwreck Hauntography: Underwater Ruins and the Uncanny (Amsterdam University Press, 2021), uses artistic, scientific, and philosophical forms of inquiry to help resolve common problems in nautical archaeology and to establish a stronger interface between art and archaeology underwater. She is also author of a new work of creative nonfiction, Closer to Dust (Punctum, 2021), and Mushroom, forthcoming from the Bloomsbury series, Object Lessons.
Interesting Facts
Studies shipwrecks and submerged prehistoric landscapes
Teaching Areas
Sci-Art, Art History, Colonialism, Archaeology, Studio Art, Pseudoscience, Prehistory
Research Areas
Nautical Archaeology, Archaeological Science, Archaeological Theory, Art History, Studio Art, Speculative Philosophy, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Speculative Fiction
Website URL
https://wracksandruins.wordpress.com/