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Core Teaching Staff

Prof R. R. R. Smith, Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art

Research Interests: Main interests are in the art and visual cultures of the ancient Mediterranean world. Particular interest in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, in Greek and Roman sculpture and in ancient portraits and self-representation. His work is mainly directed at the historical interpretation of ancient visual representation and its relationship with contemporary social and political culture.In connection with his work at Aphrodisias he also has a particular interest in the art and archaeology of the Greek cities of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Address: Cast Gallery, The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford OX1 2PH
Phone: +44 (0)1865 278079
Fax: +44 (0)1865 278080
email: bert.smith@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
www.arch.ox.ac.uk/resources/staff_directory/roland_smith

Prof Donna Kurtz, Beazley Archivist

Research Interests: Greek vases and sculpture; anatomy and the representation of the human figure in Greek art; the reception of Classical visual cullture.
Address: Beazley Archive, Cast Gallery, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford OX1 2PH.
Phone: +44 (0)1865 278082
Fax: +44 (0)1865 278018
email: donna.kurtz@beazley.ox.ac.uk
www.arch.ox.ac.uk/resources/staff_directory/donna_kurtz

Prof Irene Lemos, University Reader in Greek Archaeology

Research Interests: Archaic Greece; Lefkandi excavations.
Address: Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies
Phone: +44 (0)1865 278268
Fax: +44 (0)1865 278254
email: irene.lemos@classics.ox.ac.uk
www.arch.ox.ac.uk/resources/staff_directory/irene_lemos

Dr Marlia Mango, University Lecturer in Byzantine Archaeology and Art

Research Interests : The eastern Mediterranean in Late Antiquity ; medieval byzantium ; cities ; trade ; secular art
Address : Institute of Archaeology 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PG
Phone : +44 (0)1865 278241
Fax: +44 (0)1865 278254
email : marlia.mango@arch.ox.ac.uk
www.arch.ox.ac.uk/resources/staff_directory/marlia_mango

Dr Lisa Bendall, Rachel and Sinclair Hood Lecturer in Aegean Prehistory

Research Interests: Aegean Bronze Age; Linear B.
Address: Institute of Archaeology, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PG
Phone: +44 (0)1865 278244
Fax: +44 (0)1865 278254
email: lisa.bendall@classics.ox.ac.uk
www.arch.ox.ac.uk/resources/staff_directory/lisa_bendall

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Dr Maria Stamatopoulou, University Lecturer in Classical Archaeology and Art (& Tutor in Classical Archaeology at Lincoln College)

Research Interests : Greek Archaeology and Art, burial practices, Thessaly
Address : The Classics Centre, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2RL
Phone: +44 (0)1865 88261
email: maria.stamatopoulou@lincoln.ox.ac.uk

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Research Staff

Dr Thomas Mannack, Faculty Research Associate

Research Interests: Athenian and South-Italian pottery; Archaic and Classical sculpture; Greek iconography

Address: Beazley Archive, Cast Gallery, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford OX1 2PH.
Phone: +44 (0)1865 78086
Fax: +44 (0)1865 278018
email: thomas.mannack@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

Dr Milena Melfi, Research Assistant to the Professor of Classical Archaeology

Research Interests: Late Hellenistic and Roman Greece, sanctuaries and cults; the archaeology of central Crete.

Address: The Classics Centre, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2RL
Phone: +44 (0)1865 278079
Fax: +44 (0)1865 278080
email: milena.melfi@classics.ox.ac.uk

Dr Claudia Wagner, Faculty Research Associate

Research Interests: Greek dedication practices; ancient and neo-classical gems; history of collections

Address: Beazley Archive, Cast Gallery, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford OX1 2PH.
Phone: +44 (0)1865 78086
Fax: +44 (0)1865 278018
email: claudia.wagner@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

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Greek Archaeology and Art

Mr Richard Catling, Assistant Editor, Lexicon of Greek Personal Names

Research Interests: Greek history and archaeology

Address: LGPN, The Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Oxford, OX1 3LU.
Phone: +44 (0)1865 288395
email: richard.catling@classics.ox.ac.uk

Ms Lucia Nixon, College Lecturer, St Peter's College and Magdalen College

Research Interests: Aegean Archaeology, Survey, Archaeology and Gender

Address: Magdalen College, Oxford
Phone: +44 (0)1865 276117
email: lucia.nixon@magd.ox.ac.uk

Dr Helen Rice, Fellow, Wolfson College

Research Interests: Greek Archaeology, Epigraphy, Hellenistic History, Alexander the Great

Address: Wolfson College, Oxford
Phone: +44 (0)1865 284378

Prof Michael Vickers, Senior Assistant Keeper, Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum

Research Interests: Greek, Roman and Byzantine Antiquities; Archaeology of the Black Sea

Address: Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford OX1 2PH
Phone: +44 (0)1865 278033
Fax: +44 (0)1865 278032
email: michael.vickers@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

Dr Susan Walker, Keeper, Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum

Research Interests: Greek and Roman art; Hellenistic and Roman Egypt.

Address: Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford OX1 2PH
Phone: +44 (0)1865 278019
Fax: +44 (0)1865 278019
email: susan.walker@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

Dr Helen Whitehouse, Senior Assistant Keeper, Egyptian Collection, Ashmolean Museum

Research Interests: Egyptian Antiquities; the art of Greco-Roman Egypt and the influence of Egypt on the West.

Address: Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford OX1 2PH
Phone: +44 (0)1865 278029
Fax: +44 (0)1865 278019
email: helen.whitehouse@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

Prof Andrew Wilson, Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire

Research Interests: Excavations at Euesperides (Libya); Greek economy; Ancient water supply and usage; ancient technology; the economy of the Roman empire; Roman architecture; rural settlement and field survey.

Address: Institute of Archaeology, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PG
Phone: +44 (0)1865 278240
Fax: +44 (0)1865 278254
email: andrew.wilson@arch.ox.ac.uk
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~corp0057

 

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Numismatics

Dr Julian Baker, Finds Adviser, Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum

Research Interests: Byzantine numismatics; excavation finds from Byzantine Greece.

Address: Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford OX1 2PH
Phone: +44 (0)1865 278061
email: julian.baker@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

Dr Christopher Howgego, Senior Assistant Keeper, Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum

Research Interests: Greek and Roman coins; Roman provincial history, coinage as historical evidence.

Address: Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford OX1 2PH
Phone: +44 (0)1865 278063
email: chris.howgego@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

Dr Volker Heuchert, Collections Manager, Heberden Coin Room

Research Interests: Roman provincial coinage.

Address: Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford OX1 2PH
Phone: +44 (0)1865 78062
email: volker.heuchert@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

Mr Henry Kim, Assistant Keeper, Heberden Coin Room

Research Interests: Greek coinage, small denominations, scientific analysis.

Address: Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford OX1 2PH
Phone: +44 (0)1865 278060
email: henry.kim@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

 

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Greek Historians and Classicists with archaeological interests

Dr Charles Crowther, Assistant Director, Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents

Research Interests: Greek epigraphy

Address: CSAD, The Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Oxford, OX1 3LU.
Phone: +44 (0)1865 288180
email: charles.crowther@classics.ox.ac.uk

Dr John Ma, Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History, Corpus Christi College

Research Interests: Greek History, especially Hellenistic; Asia Minor; Epigraphy; the classical and post-classical polis

Address: Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Phone: +44 (0)1865 276748
email: john.ma@ccc.ox.ac.uk

Prof Robert Parker, Wykeham Professor of Ancient History

Research Interests: Greek history; Greek religion, archaeology of greek religion

Address: New College, Oxford
Phone: +44 (0)1865279520
Fax: +44 (0)1865 271520
email: robert.parker@new.ox.ac.uk

Mr Nicholas Purcell, Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History, St John's College

Research Interests: The archaeology of Roman Italy, and especially of the City of Rome; the archaeology of ancient economic systems, including the productive landscape; the archaeology of Mediterranean history of the longue durée.

Address: St John's College, Oxford OX1 3JP
Phone: +44 (0)1865 277353
Fax: +44 (0)1865 277435
email: nicholas.purcell@fyfield.sjc.ox.ac.uk

 

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