Robert L. Hohlfelder

  • Professor Emeritus
  • ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN
Robert Hohlfelder

Dr. Robert L. Hohlfelder is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Colorado Boulder, specializing in ancient Mediterranean history, numismatics, and ancient maritime archaeology. Over a career spanning several decades, he has participated in or directed more than 40 underwater archaeological expeditions throughout the Mediterranean Sea, exploring deep-water shipwrecks and submerged coastal structures.

Academic Career & Affiliations

  • CU Boulder: Joined the faculty in 1969 and served as the chair of the Department of History.
  • University of Oxford: Serves as a Visiting Research Scholar at Wolfson College and an Honorary Associate at the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology.
  • Harvard University: Twice appointed as a research fellow at the Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies.
  • National Geographic: Worked as a travel and tour expert for two decades. [1, 2, 3]