Michael Basil Cosmopoulos is an anthropologically trained classical archaeologist specializing in ancient Greek state formation, social memory, and mystery cults. He is the Hellenic Government-Karakas Foundation Professor in Greek Studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He directs the interdisciplinary excavation of the Mycenaean palace at Iklaina, in Pylos. He is a Fellow of the National Academies of Arts and Sciences of Canada (the Royal Society of Canada); a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts; a Fellow of the Academy of Science (St. Louis); a Corresponding Member of the Greek Academy of Arts and Sciences; an honorary member of the Archaeological Society at Athens; and a National Geographic Society Explorer.
Website: www.michaelcosmopoulos.org
