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Curriculum Vitae
Mary T. Boatwright
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Department of Classical Studies
Duke University
Box 90103
Durham, NC 27708-0103
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919-684-3189, 919-684-5076 (office)
tboat@duke.edu (email)
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- Education:
- Ph.D. in Classical Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1980
- B.A. in Classical Studies, Stanford University, 1973
- Michigan Assoc., American Academy, Rome, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1977
- M.A. in Classical Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1975
- Laurea, voto ottimo, in Etruscologia, Universitá per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy, 1974
- Certificato in Corso Medio di Italiano, Universitá per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy, 1973
Areas of Research
Roman history, esp. Imperial; Roman topography; Roman women; historiography Professional Experience / Employment History
Duke University
Professor in the Department of History, 2005 - present
Professor of Ancient History in the Department of Classical Studies, 1995-present
Chairman, Department of Classical Studies, 1996-99
Associate Professor of Classical Studies, 1985-95
Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, 1982-85
A.W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, 1979-82
Intercolligiate Center for Classical Studies
A.W. Mellon Professor-in-Charge, 1992-93
Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies
Graduate Assistant, 1976-77
Excavation and Archaeological Experience- Trench Supervisor, University of Michigan/Kelsey Museum Excavations, 1976
- Research Assistant in Jerusalem for Dr. S.C. Herbert, University of Michigan, 1975
- Volunteer at the Tel Dan Excavations, Roman Occupation Level, Hebrew Union College, Tel Dan, Israel, 1975
Publications
Books
- with co-authors D. Gargola and R.J.A. Talbert. A Brief History of The Romans. Oxford University Press,
(2005).
- with co-authors D. Gargola and R.J.A. Talbert. The Romans: From Village to Empire. Oxford University Press,
(2004).
- Hadrian and the Cities of the Roman Empire. Princeton University Press,
(2000).
- with co-editor H. B. Evans. The Shapes of City Life in Rome and Pompeii. Caratzas,
(2000).
- Hadrian and the City of Rome. Princeton University Press,
(1987).
Articles
- "Public Architecture in Rome and the Year A.D. 96." American Journal of Ancient History, "The Year A.D. 96: Did It Make a Difference?". Edited
by E. Badian. vol. 15 (2000) 67-90.
- "Matidia the Younger." Echoes de Monde Classique/Classical Views vol. 26 (1992) 19-32.
- "Imperial Women of the Early Second Century A.C." American Journal of Philology vol. 112 (1991) 513-40.
- "Theaters in the Roman Empire." Biblical Archaeologist vol. 53 (1990) 184-92.
- "Hadrian and Italian Cities." Chiron vol. 19 (1989) 235-71.
- "Caesar's Second Consulship and the Completion and Date of Bellum Civile." Classical Journal vol. 84 (1988) 31-40.
- "The Style of the Laudes Neronis, Chapter 4.1 of Seneca's Apocolocyntosis." Classical Bulletin vol. 62 (1986) 10-16.
- "The Pomerial Extension of Augustus." Historia vol. 35 (1986) 13-27.
- "The 'Ara Ditis-Ustrinum of Hadrian' in the Western Campus Martius, and Other Problematic Roman Ustrina." American Journal of Archaeology vol. 89 (1985) 486-97.
- "Tacitus on Claudius and the Pomerium of Rome: Annals 12.23.1-24." Classical Journal vol. 80 (1984) 36-44.
- "Further Thoughts on Hadrianic Athens." Hesperia vol. 52 (1983) 173-176.
Papers Published
- "Children and Parents on the Tombstones of Pannonia." The Roman Family in the Empire: Rome, Italy and Beyond. Edited
by M. George. Oxford (2005) 287-318.
- "Trajan Outside Rome: Buildings and Sculptural Commissions in Italian and Provincial Cities." Sage and Emperor. Edited
by P. Stadter and L. Van der Stockt. Leuven: Leuven University Press (2003) 259-77.
- "Faustina the Younger, Mater Castrorum." Etude de Lettres. Edited
by R. Frei-Stolba and A. Biel. (2003) 249-68.
- "Just Window Dressing? Imperial Women as Architectural Sculpture." I Claudia II. Edited
by D.E.E. Kleiner and S.B. Matheson. Austin: University of Texas Press (2000) 61-75.
- "Luxuriant Gardens and Extravagant Women: The Horti of Rome between Republic and Empire." Horti romani. Ideologia e autorappresentazione. Edited
by M. Cima and E. La Rocca. Rome: L'Erma de Bretschneider (1998) 71-82.
- "Italica and Hadrian's Urban Benefactions." Italica MMCC. Actas de las Jornadas del 2.200 Aniversario de la Fundacion de Italica. Edited
by A. Caballos and P. Leon. Seville: Consejeria de Cultura (1997) 115-35.
- "The Traianeum in Italica (Spain) and the Library of Hadrian in Athens." The Interpretation of Architectural Sculpture in Greece and Rome. Edited
by D. Buitron-Oliver. Hanover/London: National Gallery of Art, Washington (1997) 193-217.
- "The City Gate of Plancia Magna in Perge." Roman Art in Context: An Anthology. Edited
by E. D'Ambra. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall (1993) 189-207.
- "Plancia Magna of Perge, and the Roles and Status of Women in Roman Asia Minor." Women's History and Ancient History. Edited
by S.B. Pomeroy. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press (1991) 249-72.
- "The Lucii Volusii Saturnini and Tacitus." I Volusii Saturnini: Una famiglia romana della prima età imperiale. Edited
by A. Carandini. Bari: De Donato (1982) 7-16.
Forthcoming
- Tacitus and the Final Rites of Agrippina: Annals 14, 9. Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History, Collection Latomus vol. XIV (2008).
- The Elogia of the Volusii Saturnini at Lucus Feroniae, and the Education of their Domestic Service. L'écriture dans la maison romaine. Edited
by M. Corbier. Paris: CNRS (2008): 23 pp.
- Antonine Rome: Security in the Homeland. The Emperor and Rome: Space, Representation and Ritual. Edited
by Bjorn C. Ewald and Carlos F. Norena. New York: Cambridge University Press (2008).
- Hadrian. Lives of the Emperors. Edited
by A. Barrett. Oxford: Blackwell (2007).
In Preparation
- The Peoples of the Roman World. Cambridge Introduction to Roman Civilization New York: Cambridge University Press (2008).
Book & Monograph Reviews
- Review of K. Lomas and T. Cornell, eds., Bread and Circuses: euergetism and municipal patronage in Roman Italy. American Journal of Philology 125
(2004) 293-96.
- Review of J. Arce, Memoria de los antepasados: Puesta en escena y desarrollo del elogio fúnebre romano and of J. Edmondson, T. Nogales Basarrate, and W. Trillmich, Imagen y memoria: Monumentos funerarios con retratos en la colonia Augusta Emerita. American Journal of Archaeology 108
(2004) 135-37.
- Review of J.H.W.G. Liebeschuetz, Decline and Fall of the Roman City. American Historical Review
(2003) 1199-1200.
- Review of A.R. Birley, Hadrian. The Restless Emperor. Journal of Roman Archaeology 13
(2000) 593-96.
- Review of W.E. Mierse, Temples and Towns in Roman Iberia. The Social and Architectural Dynamics of Sanctuary Designs, from the Third Century B.C. to the Third Century A.D. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 59
(2000) 554-56.
- Review of A. Grimm, D. Kessler, and H. Meyer, Der Obelisk des Antinoos. American Journal of Archaeology 103
(1998) 173.
- Review of F. Yegul, Baths and Bathing in Classical Antiquity. Design Book Review 35/36
(1995) 70-74.
- Review of D. Willers, Hadrian's Panhellenisches Programm. Archaologische Beitrage zur Neugestaltung Athens durch Hadrian. Journal of Roman Archaeology 7
(1994) 426-31.
- Review of O.F. Robinson, Ancient Rome: City Planning and Administration. Classical Outlook 70
(1993) 150.
- Review of S.D. Martin, The Roman Jurists and the Organization of Private Building in the Late Republic and Early Empire. Journal of Roman Studies 81
(1991) 184-85.
- Review of H. Stierlin, Hadrian et l'architecture romaine. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 45
(1986) 408-10.
- Review of K. Christ, The Romans: An Introduction to their History and Civilization. Classical Outlook 63
(1986) 139.
- Review of F.S. Kleiner, The Arch of Nero in Rome. A Study of the Roman Honorary Arch before and under Nero. American Journal of Archaeology 90
(1986) 492-93.
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Designation as a Mellon Foundation course of graduate course "The Historians," as part of "Making the Humanities Central" project, sponsored by Duke's John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 2003
- Summer Stipend, for travel to Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, and Hungary for research on Pannonian Stelae, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2002
- Grants for "Romanization on the Northern Frontier: The Evidence of the Pannonian Stelae”, Duke Univ. Arts & Sciences Research Council (A&SRC), 2000-2001, 2002-2003
- Grant for “Women on the Edge: Depictions of Women on Rome’s Northeastern Frontier (Pannonia)”, Duke’s A&SRC, 1999-2000
- Fellowship for University Teachers, for Hadrian and the Cities of the Roman Empire, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1995-96
- Summer Stipend for research on Hadrian and cities in Greece, Turkey, Romania and Serbia (declined), National Endowment for the Humanities, 1995
- Gildersleeve Prize, for “The Imperial Women of the Early Second Century A.C.,” American Journal of Philology 112 (1991) 513-40., 0 1992
- Annual “Regular Grants” for “Hadrianic Urbanization in the Roman Empire” Duke Univ. Research Council, 1987-90, 1992-95
- Selected as an applicant for a NEH Summer Stipend for research on Hadrian and cities in Cilicia, Pamphylia, Lycia, Pisidia and Lycaonia, Duke University, 1989
- Fellowship, for research on "Hadrianic Urbanization in the Roman Empire", George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation, 1986-87
- NEH stipend for publication of Hadrian and the City of Rome, Princeton University Press, 1986
- Regular Grants for Hadrian and the City of Rome, Duke University Research Council, 1984, 1985
- Research Grant for Hadrian and the City of Rome, American Philosophical Society, 1984
- Duke Endowment Award for Excellence in Teaching, Duke University, 1982
- Regular Grant for research in Roman Spain, Duke University Research Council, 1981
- Fellowship from Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan, 1978-79
- Borso di Studio, Università per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy, Summer 1974
- Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University, 1972
Conferences Organized
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Eius dignitatis cultores, a conference in honor of Francis Newton on the occasion of his retirement, 1999
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"The Shapes of City Life in Rome and Pompeii," a conference in honor of Lawrence Richardson, Jr., on the occasion of his retirement, 1989-1990
Professional Lectures
Invited Lectures: - “Gendering the Roman Forum”, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, April 2008
- “Gendering the Roman Forum”, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2008
Recent Invited Lectures: - “City and Cities in Greek and Roman Cultures”, Loyola College in Maryland, 12 November 2007
- "Tacitus, Nero and Agrippina's Funeral", University of Minnesota Department of History (Lauritsen Family Lecture), 2006
- "All Roads Lead to Rome: Roman Architecture and Urban Settings in Movies", in Big Screen Rome: Antiquity in the Movies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Humanities Seminar, 2006
- "Antonine Rome: Security in the Homeland", in The Emperor and Rome: Space, Representation, and Ritual symposium organized by Yale University, 2005
- "Agrippina's Bier and Dining Couch", University of North Carolina at Greensboro, February 2003
- "The Ancient City in its Context, and in Ours", Keynote Address, Association of Ancient Historians, Savannah, GA, April 2002
- "Harmonious Partners: Husbands and Wives on Tombstones in Rome's North-East Frontier (Pannonia)", NC Society of the AIA, April 2001
- "Faustina the Younger, Mater Castrorum", at the Université de Lausanne, 2001
- "Family Matters on the Tombstones of Pannonia, Rome's Northern Frontier", University of Cincinnati, November 2001
- "Rome, City of Monuments", for Great Cities in the Ancient World, Program in the Humanities and Human Values, UNC-Chapel Hill, June 2001
- "Trajan Outside Rome: Buildings and Sculptural Commissions in Italian and Provincial Cities", for Sage and Emperor: Trajan and Plutarch, conference at UNC-Chapel Hill, 2000
- "Harmonious Partners: Husbands and Wives on Tombstones in Rome's North-East Frontier (Pannonia)", Whitman College, 2000
- "Roman History and Latin Literature: the Demands of the Aeneid", Whitman College, 2000
- "How to Live in Rome's 'Gilded Age': Nero's Golden House and Neronian Aesthetics", Princeton Society of the AIA, 1999
- "Women on the Edge: Depictions of Women on Rome's Northeastern Frontier (Pannonia)", for Program in the Ancient World, Princeton University, 1999
Meetings: - “Women’s Place at the Heart of Rome: The Aedicula Faustinae in the Forum Romanum”, Annual Meeting of the AIA, 2008
- "Women's Place at the Heart of Rome: The Aedicula Faustinae in the Forum Romanum", Annual Meeting of the AIA, 2008
Recent Lectures at Refereed Meetings: - “Women’s Place at the Heart of Rome: The Aedicula Faustinae in the Forum Romanum”, Annual Meeting of the AIA, 2008
- "Women and their Contexts on Funerary Stelae in Roman Pannonia: The Seated Portrait Type", Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, January, 2006
- "Fleshing Out Ancient Bones: Historians and the Citites of the Roman World", Centennial Panel on Greek and Roman History, Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS), St. Louis, MO, April, 2004
- "Familial Writing and Domestic Service: The Lararium of the Bolusii Saturnini", L'ecriture dans la maison romaine , Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, March, 2004
- "Pannonian Stelae, Roman, and Romanization on the Northern Frontier", Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 2002
- "Public Architecture in Rome and the Year A.D. 96", Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, 1996
Professional Service
University Committees/Service
- Academic Council, 2007 - present
- QEP Committee, Co-Chair, 2007 - present
Departmental Committees/Service
- Curriculum committee, 1987 - present
- Department, Chair, 1996-1999
- Director of Graduate Studies, 2004 - present
Service to the Profession
- For AJA; also refereed a 600+ pp ms for Johns Hopkins UP
- Digitization of Departmental Slide Collection (CIT Innovation grant), 2007 - present
Other Service
- Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome Managing Committee, Member, January 1, 1986 - present
- Advisory Council to the School of Classical Studies of the American Academy in Rome (AAR), Chair, 1995-98
- AIA Annual Meeting Program Committee, Member, 1990-93
- Advisory Council of the AAR, Secretary-Treasurer, 1988-92
- American Philological Association, Placement Committee, 1985-88
- North Carolina Chapter of the AIA, Secretary-Treasurer, 1985-86
- Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome, Duke Representative, 1983-84, 1986-
- Executive Council, North Carolina Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America Member, 1979-81, 1983-85
- The Seaborne Trade of Ancient Rome in the Late Republic and Early Empire: Archaeology and Economic History, Coordinator, 1978-79
Doctoral Theses Directed
- Eric Adler, , (2002)
Professional Affiliations
American Philological Association
Archaeological Institute of America
Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
Association of Ancient Historians
Society of Fellows of the American Academy in Rome
Advisory Council of the American Academy in Rome
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