BAHons, MA (Natal), PhD Classics (Exeter)
Lecturer
Lecturing specialisation
Greek and Roman material culture; Greek epic poetry; Greek and Roman drama; classical women; classical heritage in South Africa
Research specialisation
Iconography and the language of images on Greek pottery; antiquities collections in South Africa; classical reception in South Africa
Current research projects
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The reception of Classics in South Africa, in particular, the collections of classical antiquities in South African museums
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South Africa, Greece and Rome: a digital museum
Academic service/Community interaction
Member of the Academic Offerings Committee (2013-current);
Editorial board of the journal Akroterion
Awards
Mellon Academic Staff Development Programme Award (2014); NRF Thuthuka grant (2013-2015); NRF Prestige Scholarship for PhD (Exeter) (2009-2012); Vogel Scholarship for travel abroad (2008)
Selected publications
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Forthcoming
A woman in danger or a dangerous woman? "Helen" on Archaic Attic vases. In:
Greek Vases as Medium of Communication.
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2017
(with A. Andrason) (Un)Identifying Helen and Paris in late fifth century BCE Athenian vase-painting: How context is crucial. In:
Greek Art in Context: Archaeological and Art Historical Perspectives, D. Rodríguez Pérez (ed.). Abingdon/New York: Routledge.
Museum space and displacement: Collecting classical antiquities in South Africa. In: South Africa, Greece and Rome: Classical Confrontations, G.
Parker (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. -
2015
(with T. Welman) Disrupting context: Making a case for the digital curation of classical antiquities in South Africa. Akroterion
60: 83-99.
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2009
Light, space and affluent taste: A study of the ancient Pompeian house and its decoration. Akroterion 54: 141-157. -
2008
In the museum: Containing antiquity - an exhibition in the Sasol Art Museum, Stellenbosch. Akroterion 53: 99-109. -
2006
(with J.L. Hilton) Politics and law. In:
Words & ideas,
W.J. Dominik (ed.). 145-168. Wauconda: Bolchazy-Carducci [reprint].
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