Staff Profile:Dr Virginia Campbell

Name::

Dr Virginia L. Campbell

Position / Job Title:

Teaching Fellow in Ancient History

Responsibilities:

• International Student Officer
• Acting MA Co-ordinator (autumn; part-time)
• Acting Part 1 Co-ordinator (spring; part-time)

Office hours:

Fridays, 2-3pm, or by appointment.

Areas of Interest:

My research is primarily focused on the Roman people of the late Republic / early Empire as a distinct cultural group. Utilizing a background in anthropology, archaeology and ancient history, I take a holistic approach to a specific aspect of the ancient world based on both physical and literary evidence, using the art, architecture, epigraphy and literature of the time to enhance our understanding of the Roman world.

My doctoral dissertation was a comparative study of the monumental tombs of Pompeii which used the development of commemorative styles of the funerary structures as a means for assessing the social, economic, cultural, and historical evolution of a specific population.

Further large-scale research projects in development include an assessment of the text of Vitruvius' De Architectura in conjunction with the reality of Roman building, and a study of volcanoes in antiquity.

Research groups / Centres:

 

Publications:

• Kruschwitz, P., Campbell, V. and Nicholls, M. (forthcoming) 'Menedemerumenus: tracing the routes of Pompeian graffiti writers,' Tyche, 19pp.
• Campbell, V. (forthcoming) 'Review: Ancient Graffiti in Context, J.A. Baird & C. Taylor, eds. 2011,' Journal of Hellenic Studies
• Campbell, V. and Kruschwitz, P. (2010) 'Lucius Caltilius Pamphilus and his wife Servilia reunited (CIL X 1021 + X 1046),' Tyche 7: 49-54.
• Campbell, V. (2010) 'The Epitaph of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus (CIL X 1024): A Reconsideration,' ZPE 174: 229-236.
• Campbell, V. (2010) 'Review: Nuove ricerche archeologiche nell'area vesuviana (scavi 2003-2006): atti del convegno internazionale, Roma, 1-3 febbraio 2007, a cura di Pietro Giovanni Guzzo e Maria Paola Guidobaldi (2008),' Journal of Roman Studies 100: 87-88.
• Kruschwitz, P. and Campbell, V. (2009) 'What the Pompeians saw: Representations of document types in graffiti drawings and their value for linguistic research,' Arctos 43: 57-84.
• Bergeron, M., Brown, J. and Campbell, V. (2009) 'Conference Proceedings: AMPAH 2009,' Rosetta 6 http://www.rosetta.bham.ac.uk.
• Campbell, V. (2008) 'Stopping to Smell the Roses: Garden Tombs in Roman Italy,' Arctos 42: 31-43.
• Kruschwitz, P. and Campbell, V. (in progress) Pompeian Wall Inscriptions.

Conferences and papers:

• Chair, 'To the Grave,' Gods of Small Things, Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology, University of Reading, September 2009.
• Organiser, Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Ancient History (AMPAH), University of Reading, March 2009.
• 'Words, Words, Words: A Look at Pompeian Funerary Inscriptions,' Pompeii Research Seminar Series, Department of Classics, University of Reading, February 2009.
• 'Stopping to Smell the Roses: Garden Tombs in Roman Italy,' in Living Beyond the Grave, Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (TRAC), University of Amsterdam, April 2008.
• 'As the Romans Do: A Comparative Study of the Tomb of Veia Barchilla and the Tomb of Cecilia Metella,' Memory and Mourning: Death in Ancient Rome, The Open University, February 2008.
• 'Beyond the Walls: Determining Patterns of Extramural Movement at Pompeii,' in Movement in the Ancient City: New Approaches to Urban Form & Theory, Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG), University of York, December 2007.
• 'Till Death Do Us Part: The Tombs of a Pompeian Husband and Wife,' Reading: Images, Texts, Artefacts, Cardiff University, June 2007.

Awards:

• The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies Bursary for Research at Fondation Hardt pour l'etude de l'antique classique, Spring 2009

Education:

• PhD, Classics, 2011, University of Reading.
• MA, City of Rome, 2001, University of Reading.
• BA, Anthropology & History, 1998, The American University, Washington, D.C.