Rate My Professor Ruth Kolarik

Her research interests center on the art and architecture of Late Antiquity from 200 to 600 CE, examining the adaptation of the built environment and visual arts to evolving political, cultural, and religious contexts, especially in the Balkan Peninsula. As an archaeologist at the ancient city of Stobi in North Macedonia, she has investigated mosaic floors in residences, synagogues, and churches. Key publications include “The Earliest Christian Floor Mosaics: A Reassessment” presented at the 14th International Congress of the Association International pour l'Etude de la Mosaïque Antique (2018, in press 2023), “Canopies over Baptismal Fonts: The Episcopal Basilica Baptistery at Stobi” (2018, in press), "The Mosaic from the House of Peristeria at Stobi" in Studies in the Antiquities of Stobi IV (2018), “A Study of Mosaic Workshops—Macedonia Secunda and Epirus Nova” (2017), "Transitions in Mosaic in the Age of Constantine" (2016), “Synagogue Floors from the Balkans: Religious and Historical Implications” (2014), and “Mosaics of the Early Church at Stobi” in Dumbarton Oaks Papers (1987). She is Vice President of the North American branch of the Association International pour l'Etude de la Mosaïque Antique and represents Colorado College on the managing committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.