Kay Sunahara
Technician (Ancient Greece & Rome)
Interests: Archaeology | Collection management | Ceramic analysis | Archaeometry
Exhibitions & Galleries: Eaton Gallery of Rome | Toby & Joey Tanenbaum Gallery of Rome & the Near East | Tanenbaum Gallery of Byzantium | A.G. Leventis Foundation Gallery of Ancient Cyprus | Bronze Age Aegean Gallery | Gallery of Greece
@KaySunaharaBio
Ph.D., Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton, 2003
M.A., Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough, 1995
B.A., Anthropology & Fine Art History, University of Toronto, 1992
An anthropologically trained archaeologist, Dr. Sunahara joined the ROM's Greek & Roman section in 2010. While looking after the collections, galleries and exhibits, she shares a behind-the-scenes view of an uniquely Canadian museum through Twitter @KaySunahara
In 2019, she was cross-appointed to the University of Toronto as Assistant Professor in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations. In this capacity, Dr. Sunahara teaches courses on the applications of polarized light microscopy in archaeology, ceramic analyses and archaeometry.
Blog Archive
- Clay Sealings from Edfu, Egypt 2016
- Live @ the ROM - Ancient Greece & Rome Weekend! June 2013
- Daily Life in Greek & Roman: Insights from our Interns June 2013
- Hands on in the Archaeology Lab at University of California, Merced March 2013
- Fact & Falsehood in Ancient Roman and Greek objects June 2012
- Meet an Archaeologist: Kay Sunahara April 2012
- Celts weren’t just about Weaponry…they liked to have fun too! February 2012
