David Romano
Biographic Data
| ID | 166627 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Romano |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Romano |
| SIGNATURE | ROMANO D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Missouri State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9966-316X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 167 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Shifting tin imports into the broader Eastern Mediterranean region during the Bronze and Early Iron Ages (ca. 2000-900 BC)
Lacking substantial local tin deposits after 2000 BC, the Eastern Mediterranean depended on the importation of large quantities of tin from extraneous sources. Situated roughly equidistant (ca. 3000 km) between the large tin deposits of Western Europe and Central Asia, both localities have been proposed as potential sources of tin metal used in Eastern Mediterranean bronze production. However, such speculation must be substantiated. Herein, we as…
Republic of Dreams: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Struggles, and the Future of Iraqi Kurdistan
The Kurdistan Region of Iraq went through a breathtaking number of changes from 1988 to 2025. A short list of these includes the genocidal anfal campaign against the Kurds (where the story in this book begins), the Gulf War of 1990–91, the emergence of de facto Kurdish autonomy under the protection of Western powers following the Gulf War, the Iraq War of 2003, the insurgencies and civil wars following the 2003 ouster of Saddam’s regime, the sign…
The Kurdish Conflict in Turkey: The Central Role of Identity Recognition (or Lack Thereof)
Academics and state officials over the years have put forth a host of factors to explain armed insurrections in Turkey since the 1920s. From 'religious reactionaries' and 'underdevelopment' to 'foreign intervention,' 'economic inequality' and 'identity-based grievances.' What sort of explanation one subscribes to generally seems to depend on either one's politics or simply which analysis sounds most plausible and convincing. This study looks for …
« Courtisans » juifs dans la couronne d’Aragon
Quelle est la cause de l’essor puis de la chute des courtisans – des fonctionnaires – juifs dans la Couronne d’Aragon ? En simplifiant beaucoup les termes, la réponse dépend d’un fait : l’inexistence et plus tard l’existence d’une « bourgeoisie » qui a été capable de réaliser ce qu’on a désigné sous le nom de révolution commerciale ; une telle « bourgeoisie » aurait été presque inexistante dans les autres États de la péninsule Ibérique. Pour mieu…
Sub-state actors and foreign policy risk-taking: The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq
The analysis presented here offers a possible framework for understanding when sub-state actors behave prudently and more strategically in their foreign relations, and when other priorities might instead heighten the chances of seemingly irrational, erratic, or dangerous, foreign policies. Using a case study of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq to illustrate the argument, the author attempts to show how “regime consolidation” plays a key …
Micromorphological contributions to the study of ritual behavior at the ash altar to Zeus on Mt. Lykaion, Greece
A diachronic investigation of ‘local’ pottery production and supply at the sanctuary of Zeus, Mount Lykaion, Arcadia, Peloponnese
Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey: Temporary Marriage
Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project, Part 2: The Lower Sanctuary
Iraq's Descent into Civil War: A Constitutional Explanation
In the summer of 2014, the Iraqi government lost control of much of the country. Insurgents — including the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), former Ba‘thists, and an array of Sunni tribes — captured Mosul, and then much of western Iraq. Although complex factors lay behind these developments, this article focuses on one theme of central importance: attempts to consolidate power in Baghdad and the concomitant evisceration of Iraq’s constit…
Jihadists in Iraq
This article examines the emergence of jihadi groups in Iraq. Before 2003, few jihadi groups existed due to Saddam Hussein’s authoritarian regime, which suppressed both Islamist and non-Islamist dissent. The 2003 U.S. invasion and removal of Saddam Hussein created a power vacuum that, coupled with widespread Muslim perceptions of a Western imperialist venture targeting Islam, injected new life into the jihadist movement. The most significant jiha…
Successful and Less Successful Interventions: Stabilizing Iraq and Afghanistan
The US troop surge and awakening movements are the two factors most often associated with the decrease of violence in Iraq after 2006. However, these policies, including a distinction between the Anbar Awakening and later Sons of Iraq (SOI) program, did not occur simultaneously. To date, it also has not been made clear whether the surge, Anbar Awakening, and/or SOI deserve credit as the intervention responsible for improving security conditions i…
Iraqi Kurdistan: Challenges of autonomy in the wake of US withdrawal
In August 2010, the United States officially ended the combat mission of its military forces in Iraq and withdrew all but 50,000 of its troops from the country. Iraqi Kurds now contemplate the implications of the looming withdrawal of the remaining 50,000, scheduled for the end of 2011. While Arab—Kurdish relations in Iraq face the risk of serious deterioration, the US military withdrawal will probably not greatly affect the internal politics of …
The Future of Kirkuk
The analysis below provides an overview of the modern history of the city of Kirkuk and its surrounding area, its role in Iraqi politics, and the risk of sectarian conflict over control of the Kirkuk region breaking out. This paper also assesses the broad outlines of various strategies for mitigating sectarian conflict over Kirkuk, as suggested by a number of observers. More specifically, it is argued that Article 140 of Iraq's Constitution (whic…
IDP and Refugee Return to Northern Iraq: Sustainable Returns or Demographic Bombs
Regime change in Iraq has opened the door to the return of hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), the majority of whom were expelled from Kirkuk and other areas in northern Iraq. The Iraqi case presents three broad, readily identifiable categories of displaced persons: refugees in Iraq's neighbouring states, internally displaced persons, and refugees and migrants in third countries further afield. The first two…
The Kurdish Nationalist Movement: Opportunity, Mobilization and Identity
David Romano's 2006 book focuses on the Kurdish case to try and make sense of ethnic nationalist resurgence generally. In a world rent by a growing number of such conflicts, the questions posed about why, how and when such challenges to the state are mounted are becoming increasingly urgent. Throughout the author analyses these questions through the lens of social movement theory, considering in particular politico-social structures, resource mob…
Women in Post-Saddam Iraq: One Step Foward or Two Steps Back?
This article examines the ever-changing position of women in post-monarchical Iraq. Ironically, many women's gains obtained under Saddam's Ba'athist regime were subsequently lost under the same regime. The end of Saddam's government in 2003 likewise led to contradictory outcomes for Iraqi women, empowering them in some ways and making them more vulnerable in others. Iraqi women themselves displayed a variety of dispositions, from the pre-2003 Ba'…
Women in Post-Saddam Iraq: One Step Forward or Two Steps Back
to gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance of a Montreal-based NGO, Development and Peace, which made her research on Iraqi women’s groups possible
Conducting Research in the Middle East's Conflict Zones
In many people's minds, the Middle East stands out as the world's most dangerous place. I often remark to my colleagues and friends, however, that I feel safer doing field research in most Middle Eastern countries than I would in much of Africa or Latin America. To begin with, few parts of the Middle East suffer from high rates of random crime. Rather, the region's violence is mostly political in nature, and, with the right approach, a researcher…
Whose House is this Anyway? IDP and Refugee Return in Post-Saddam Iraq
Although many people displaced by Saddam's regime over the years looked forward to returning as soon as the 2003 war ended, a number of problems emerged which continued to bedevil the return process as late as one year after the war. These problems included an unclear political future for the country, competing political and sectarian forces that often view IDPs and refugees as strategic tools or weapons, a hesitant and initially undecided Coalit…
A Roman Circus in Corinth
During the 1967–1968 excavations of the Gymnasium area in Corinth, a long and narrow structure (the "Apsidal Building") was discovered. It is argued here that the structure represents the eastern meta and a portion of the spina of a circus, where chariot races were held. The circus appears to have been planned as an integral component of the Caesarian design of the city, constructed during the Augustan period, renovated in the late 1st century a.…
Globalisation, extremism and violence in poor countries
Globalisation—understood as external and internal market liberalisation—generates conditions in poor countries that are conducive to the emergence of extremist movements, instability and conflict. Liberalisation and the accompanying requirement of macroeconomic stabilisation subject people to rapid and sometimes devastating changes in fortune. Yet globalisation has had vastly different effects in different countries. Many have succumbed to sporad…
Modern Communications Technology in Ethnic Nationalist Hands: The Case of the Kurds
This article examines the effect of modern media and communications technology on ethnic nationalist resurgence, using the Kurds as a case example. Television, satellite communications, the Internet and easy access to publishing technology now facilitate ethnic nationalist challenges to state hegemony and monopoly of information. Additionally, modern media and communications technology can turn a humiliating defeat into a catalyst for a more unif…
Hysplex: The Starting Mechanism in Ancient Stadia: A Contribution to Ancient Greek Technology . By Panos Valavanis
The ethnic question in an environment of insecurity: The Kurds in Turkey
This article examines the effect that a poor structural context, what we term an 'environment of insecurity', has on the Kurdish ethnic nationalist mobilization in Turkey. The empirical evidence for this analysis is based on data from the 1993 Turkish Demographic and Health Survey [TDHS]. The data provide, to the best of our knowledge, the first reliable and representative figures on the situation of Kurds in Turkey. Our key claim is that the Kur…
The ethnic question in an environment of insecurity: The Kurds in Turkey
This article examines the effect that a poor structural context, what we term an 'environment of insecurity', has on the Kurdish ethnic nationalist mobilization in Turkey. The empirical evidence for this analysis is based on data from the 1993 Turkish Demographic and Health Survey [TDHS]. The data provide, to the best of our knowledge, the first reliable and representative figures on the situation of Kurds in Turkey. Our key claim is that the Kur…
Modern Communications Technology in Ethnic Nationalist Hands: The Case of the Kurds
This article examines the effect of modern media and communications technology on ethnic nationalist resurgence, using the Kurds as a case example. Television, satellite communications, the Internet and easy access to publishing technology now facilitate ethnic nationalist challenges to state hegemony and monopoly of information. Additionally, modern media and communications technology can turn a humiliating defeat into a catalyst for a more unif…
Iraq's Descent into Civil War: A Constitutional Explanation
In the summer of 2014, the Iraqi government lost control of much of the country. Insurgents — including the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), former Ba‘thists, and an array of Sunni tribes — captured Mosul, and then much of western Iraq. Although complex factors lay behind these developments, this article focuses on one theme of central importance: attempts to consolidate power in Baghdad and the concomitant evisceration of Iraq’s constit…
Whose House is this Anyway? IDP and Refugee Return in Post-Saddam Iraq
Although many people displaced by Saddam's regime over the years looked forward to returning as soon as the 2003 war ended, a number of problems emerged which continued to bedevil the return process as late as one year after the war. These problems included an unclear political future for the country, competing political and sectarian forces that often view IDPs and refugees as strategic tools or weapons, a hesitant and initially undecided Coalit…
An Early Stadium at Nemea
Micromorphological contributions to the study of ritual behavior at the ash altar to Zeus on Mt. Lykaion, Greece
Conducting Research in the Middle East's Conflict Zones
In many people's minds, the Middle East stands out as the world's most dangerous place. I often remark to my colleagues and friends, however, that I feel safer doing field research in most Middle Eastern countries than I would in much of Africa or Latin America. To begin with, few parts of the Middle East suffer from high rates of random crime. Rather, the region's violence is mostly political in nature, and, with the right approach, a researcher…
Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey: Temporary Marriage
A Roman Circus in Corinth
During the 1967–1968 excavations of the Gymnasium area in Corinth, a long and narrow structure (the "Apsidal Building") was discovered. It is argued here that the structure represents the eastern meta and a portion of the spina of a circus, where chariot races were held. The circus appears to have been planned as an integral component of the Caesarian design of the city, constructed during the Augustan period, renovated in the late 1st century a.…
Globalisation, extremism and violence in poor countries
Globalisation—understood as external and internal market liberalisation—generates conditions in poor countries that are conducive to the emergence of extremist movements, instability and conflict. Liberalisation and the accompanying requirement of macroeconomic stabilisation subject people to rapid and sometimes devastating changes in fortune. Yet globalisation has had vastly different effects in different countries. Many have succumbed to sporad…
Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project, Part 2: The Lower Sanctuary
The Future of Kirkuk
The analysis below provides an overview of the modern history of the city of Kirkuk and its surrounding area, its role in Iraqi politics, and the risk of sectarian conflict over control of the Kirkuk region breaking out. This paper also assesses the broad outlines of various strategies for mitigating sectarian conflict over Kirkuk, as suggested by a number of observers. More specifically, it is argued that Article 140 of Iraq's Constitution (whic…
Athletics and Mathematics in Archaic Corinth: "The Origins of the Greek "Stadion
Iraqi Kurdistan: Challenges of autonomy in the wake of US withdrawal
In August 2010, the United States officially ended the combat mission of its military forces in Iraq and withdrew all but 50,000 of its troops from the country. Iraqi Kurds now contemplate the implications of the looming withdrawal of the remaining 50,000, scheduled for the end of 2011. While Arab—Kurdish relations in Iraq face the risk of serious deterioration, the US military withdrawal will probably not greatly affect the internal politics of …
The Kurdish Conflict in Turkey: The Central Role of Identity Recognition (or Lack Thereof)
Academics and state officials over the years have put forth a host of factors to explain armed insurrections in Turkey since the 1920s. From 'religious reactionaries' and 'underdevelopment' to 'foreign intervention,' 'economic inequality' and 'identity-based grievances.' What sort of explanation one subscribes to generally seems to depend on either one's politics or simply which analysis sounds most plausible and convincing. This study looks for …
The Course of Glory: Greek Art in a Roman Context at the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum
P Gregory Warden, David Gilman Romano; The Course of Glory: Greek Art in a Roman Context at the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, Art History, Volume 17
The Panathenaic Stadium and Theater of Lykourgos: A Re-Examination of the Facilities on the Pnyx Hill
Among the public building projects of Lykourgos was the Panathenaic Stadium, the site of the athletic contests of the Panathenaic games. It has long been assumed that this stadium was located on the site of the later Roman Panathenaic stadium built by Herodes Atticus near the Ilissos River in the mid-2nd c. A. C. In the 19th c., Ziller excavated the site of the Roman stadium but found no trace of an earlier stadium. In the absence of any archaeol…
The Stadium of Eumenes II at Pergamon
An Early Stadium at Nemea
The Stadium of Eumenes II at Pergamon
The Panathenaic Stadium and Theater of Lykourgos: A Re-Examination of the Facilities on the Pnyx Hill
Among the public building projects of Lykourgos was the Panathenaic Stadium, the site of the athletic contests of the Panathenaic games. It has long been assumed that this stadium was located on the site of the later Roman Panathenaic stadium built by Herodes Atticus near the Ilissos River in the mid-2nd c. A. C. In the 19th c., Ziller excavated the site of the Roman stadium but found no trace of an earlier stadium. In the absence of any archaeol…
Los "Dialoghi d'amore" de Leon Hebreo: Aspectos literarios y culturales
The Archaeology of the Olympics: The Olympics and Other Festivals in Antiquity
The Greek Olympic Games went on for more than 1000 years, and there were more or less large and celebrated local athletic contests all over the Greek world. This collection of essays seeks to give an idea of the range of these festivals, and to contribute to sport history, social history and archaeology
The Return of Cultural Treasures
Perspectivas de la historia judía de la Corona de Aragón
Tratar de perspectivas presupone implícitamente, o explícitamente, hablar de las cosas hechas, de la situación, es decir, presentar un estado de la cuestión, a partir del cual la investigación puede o debe avanzar. Eso significa que, aunque no se quiera, se recuerdan cosas dichas en ocasiones anteriores aunque aquí se expongan en un contexto más amplio. Para hacerlo así hay dos razones básicas: la primera es evitar que alguien alegue ignorancia, …
A Computerized Architectural and Topographical Survey of Ancient Corinth
Modern computer technology is rapidly changing the way in which large-scale architectural and topographical survey projects are being carried out. The Corinth Computer Project in Greece is making a survey of all of the above-ground archaeological evidence for the successive Greek and Roman cities. An “electronic total station,” in conjunction with PC based computers and commercially-available architectural drafting, civil engineering, and survey …
The Course of Glory: Greek Art in a Roman Context at the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum
P Gregory Warden, David Gilman Romano; The Course of Glory: Greek Art in a Roman Context at the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, Art History, Volume 17
Athletics and Mathematics in Archaic Corinth: "The Origins of the Greek "Stadion
Samothrace: Excavations Conducted by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 7: The Rotunda of Arsinoè 2 Vols.: Text and Plates
The ethnic question in an environment of insecurity: The Kurds in Turkey
This article examines the effect that a poor structural context, what we term an 'environment of insecurity', has on the Kurdish ethnic nationalist mobilization in Turkey. The empirical evidence for this analysis is based on data from the 1993 Turkish Demographic and Health Survey [TDHS]. The data provide, to the best of our knowledge, the first reliable and representative figures on the situation of Kurds in Turkey. Our key claim is that the Kur…
Hysplex: The Starting Mechanism in Ancient Stadia: A Contribution to Ancient Greek Technology . By Panos Valavanis
Modern Communications Technology in Ethnic Nationalist Hands: The Case of the Kurds
This article examines the effect of modern media and communications technology on ethnic nationalist resurgence, using the Kurds as a case example. Television, satellite communications, the Internet and easy access to publishing technology now facilitate ethnic nationalist challenges to state hegemony and monopoly of information. Additionally, modern media and communications technology can turn a humiliating defeat into a catalyst for a more unif…
Globalisation, extremism and violence in poor countries
Globalisation—understood as external and internal market liberalisation—generates conditions in poor countries that are conducive to the emergence of extremist movements, instability and conflict. Liberalisation and the accompanying requirement of macroeconomic stabilisation subject people to rapid and sometimes devastating changes in fortune. Yet globalisation has had vastly different effects in different countries. Many have succumbed to sporad…
Whose House is this Anyway? IDP and Refugee Return in Post-Saddam Iraq
Although many people displaced by Saddam's regime over the years looked forward to returning as soon as the 2003 war ended, a number of problems emerged which continued to bedevil the return process as late as one year after the war. These problems included an unclear political future for the country, competing political and sectarian forces that often view IDPs and refugees as strategic tools or weapons, a hesitant and initially undecided Coalit…
A Roman Circus in Corinth
During the 1967–1968 excavations of the Gymnasium area in Corinth, a long and narrow structure (the "Apsidal Building") was discovered. It is argued here that the structure represents the eastern meta and a portion of the spina of a circus, where chariot races were held. The circus appears to have been planned as an integral component of the Caesarian design of the city, constructed during the Augustan period, renovated in the late 1st century a.…
The Kurdish Nationalist Movement: Opportunity, Mobilization and Identity
David Romano's 2006 book focuses on the Kurdish case to try and make sense of ethnic nationalist resurgence generally. In a world rent by a growing number of such conflicts, the questions posed about why, how and when such challenges to the state are mounted are becoming increasingly urgent. Throughout the author analyses these questions through the lens of social movement theory, considering in particular politico-social structures, resource mob…
Women in Post-Saddam Iraq: One Step Foward or Two Steps Back?
This article examines the ever-changing position of women in post-monarchical Iraq. Ironically, many women's gains obtained under Saddam's Ba'athist regime were subsequently lost under the same regime. The end of Saddam's government in 2003 likewise led to contradictory outcomes for Iraqi women, empowering them in some ways and making them more vulnerable in others. Iraqi women themselves displayed a variety of dispositions, from the pre-2003 Ba'…
Women in Post-Saddam Iraq: One Step Forward or Two Steps Back
to gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance of a Montreal-based NGO, Development and Peace, which made her research on Iraqi women’s groups possible
Conducting Research in the Middle East's Conflict Zones
In many people's minds, the Middle East stands out as the world's most dangerous place. I often remark to my colleagues and friends, however, that I feel safer doing field research in most Middle Eastern countries than I would in much of Africa or Latin America. To begin with, few parts of the Middle East suffer from high rates of random crime. Rather, the region's violence is mostly political in nature, and, with the right approach, a researcher…
The Future of Kirkuk
The analysis below provides an overview of the modern history of the city of Kirkuk and its surrounding area, its role in Iraqi politics, and the risk of sectarian conflict over control of the Kirkuk region breaking out. This paper also assesses the broad outlines of various strategies for mitigating sectarian conflict over Kirkuk, as suggested by a number of observers. More specifically, it is argued that Article 140 of Iraq's Constitution (whic…
IDP and Refugee Return to Northern Iraq: Sustainable Returns or Demographic Bombs
Regime change in Iraq has opened the door to the return of hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), the majority of whom were expelled from Kirkuk and other areas in northern Iraq. The Iraqi case presents three broad, readily identifiable categories of displaced persons: refugees in Iraq's neighbouring states, internally displaced persons, and refugees and migrants in third countries further afield. The first two…
Iraqi Kurdistan: Challenges of autonomy in the wake of US withdrawal
In August 2010, the United States officially ended the combat mission of its military forces in Iraq and withdrew all but 50,000 of its troops from the country. Iraqi Kurds now contemplate the implications of the looming withdrawal of the remaining 50,000, scheduled for the end of 2011. While Arab—Kurdish relations in Iraq face the risk of serious deterioration, the US military withdrawal will probably not greatly affect the internal politics of …
Jihadists in Iraq
This article examines the emergence of jihadi groups in Iraq. Before 2003, few jihadi groups existed due to Saddam Hussein’s authoritarian regime, which suppressed both Islamist and non-Islamist dissent. The 2003 U.S. invasion and removal of Saddam Hussein created a power vacuum that, coupled with widespread Muslim perceptions of a Western imperialist venture targeting Islam, injected new life into the jihadist movement. The most significant jiha…
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