Visible invisibles: women in Roman archaeology
Lecture
Tatiana Ivleva & Rebecca Jones
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Description
Female scholars have played a key role in furthering our understanding of Roman archaeology (in Britain and abroad), but their contributions have often not been given due recognition. Whilst many other periods of archaeology are restating the contributions of women, Roman archaeology lags behind. This lecture will present the research that the two authors have been undertaking in collaboration with a network of scholars on women working in Roman-Britain and in Roman provincial archaeology in the 19th and 20th centuries. We look at biographies of individual women and the reasons why their work is not better known and why they haven’t received greater recognition. These are myriad but relate to their opportunities (and lack of), wealth, university and employment barriers, areas of study (for example, sites or finds), time periods and geography. Yet their contributions have shaped the discipline in which we work today. Case studies of key scholars, themes and trends emerging, challenges and opportunities will be presented.
This is our Annual Public Lecture with Newcastle University Insights, so it is in the Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University, and you will need to register in advance if you are attending in person.