Staff Profile:Professor Amy Smith

Name:

Professor Amy Smith

Job Title:

Professor

Responsibilities:

Professor and Curator, Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology.

Office Hours: Mondays 12-1 or by appointment, Room G37 Edith Morley Building

Professor Smith is a classical archaeologist, with a primary interest in iconography and its many manifestations, especially in politics and religion. She is also a curator with research interests in the history of collections, digital museology and pedagogy.

Areas of Interest:

Greek and Roman art and archaeology, especially iconography and vase painting; gender, religion, and politics in ancient Greece; antiquities museums, online or offline.

Research groups / Centres:

As a member of the Winckelmann-Gesellschaft's International Committee, Professor Smith is collaborating with Dr. Katherine Harloe, Dr. Sadie Pickup, and others to celebrate the work of J.J. Winckelmann through a series of lectures, workshops and other activities in 2017-2018. She is also a founding member of the Pottery in Context Research Network (ICS, London), the International Network of Classical Archaeology University Collections, a research associate of the Beazley Archive, University of Oxford (see more.
She created (with Brian Fuchs) VLMA (Virtual Lightbox for Museums and Archives) (sponsored by JISC in 2004-2005).

Professor Smith is also a member of the following research groups:

• Ancient Religions
• The Ancient Material World

Key Facts:

Professor Smith has just returned from a term as Visiting Fellow at the Humanities Research Centre at Australian National University (Canberra).
In 2016 She served as Gertrude Smith Visiting Professor at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, where she led ASCSA's Summer Session. She has also taken UoR students on study tours of Athens (2017 and 2014) and Rome (2009).
Before her appointment at Reading she lectured at Tufts University, Boston College, and the Massachusetts College of Art. She has also worked as an editor (Perseus Project; American Journal of Archaeology) and as curatorial assistant at the Yale University Art Gallery. She has excavated at the American School of Classical Studies' excavations in Greece (Athens' Agora and Corinth) and Spain (Pollentia, Alcudia, Majorca). Professor Smith received her degrees from Yale (PhD, MPhil, MA) and Dartmouth (BA), and was also educated at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, the American Academy in Rome, and the American Numismatic Society.

Publications:

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Number of items: 42.

2021

• Smith, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0224-428X (2021) Herakles in classical art. In: Ogden, D. (ed.) Oxford Handbook of Heracles. Oxford University Press, Oxford. (In Press)
• Smith, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0224-428X (2021) The Pan Painter at Gela. In: Shepherd, G. (ed.) South Italy, Sicily and the Mediterranean: Cultural Interactions. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology. Astrom Editions, Lund. (In Press)
• Smith, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0224-428X (2021) Textiles in Alkestis' thalamos. In: Between words and walls: material and textual approaches to housing in the Graeco-Roman world. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. (In Press)

2019

• Smith, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0224-428X (2019) Drawing and Winckelmann's taste for elegant simplicity. In: Meyer, H. C. and Petsalis-Diomidis, A. (eds.) Drawing the Greek Vase. Oxford University Press, Oxford. (In Press)
• Smith, A. and Volioti, K. (2019) Lesser pots go places: the attic 'brand' in Macedonia and Thrace. In: Classical Pottery of the Northern Aegean and its Periphery (480-323/300 BC). Proceedings of the International Archaeological Conference. Thessaloniki, May 17-20, 2017, 17-20 May 2017, Thessaloniki, pp. 175-187.

2018

• Smith, A. (2018) The left foot aryballos wearing a network sandal. In: Pickup, S. and Waite, S. (eds.) Shoes, slippers and sandals. Feet and footwear in Classical antiquity. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, pp. 195-215. ISBN 9781472488763
• Harloe, K., Neagu, C. and Smith, A. C., eds. (2018) Winckelmann and curiosity in the 18th-century gentleman's library. Christ Church Library Exhibitions. Christ Church Publications, Oxford, pp134. ISBN 9781872333663

2017

• Smith, A. C. (2017) Winckelmann, Greek masterpieces, and architectural sculpture. Prolegomena to a history of classical archaeology in museums. In: Lichtenberger, A. and Raja, R. (eds.) The Diversity of Classical Archaeology. Studies in Classical Archaeology, 1. Brepols. ISBN 9782503574936

2016

• Smith, A. C. (2016) Looking inside on the outside of a pot. In: Glazebrook, A. and Tsakirgis, B. (eds.) Houses of Ill-Repute: The Archaeology of Houses, Taverns and Brothels. University of Pennsylvania Press, Pennsylvania, USA, pp. 143-168. ISBN 9780812247565

2015

• Smith, A. (2015) Introduction. In: Pickup, S., Bergeron, M. and Webb, J. (eds.) Cypriote Antiquities in Reading. The Ure Museum at the University of Reading and the Reading Museum (Reading Borough Council). Corpus of Cypriote Antiquities, 30. Astrom, Uppsala, vii. ISBN 9789170812019

2014

• Smith, A. and Nevin, S. (2014) Using animation for successful engagement, promotion and learning. In: Jandl, S. .S. and Gold, M. S. (eds.) Advancing Engagement: A Handbook for Academic Museums. Advancing Engagement, 3. Museumsetc, pp. 346-375. ISBN 9781910144411
• Smith, A. C. (2014) Variation among Attic fine wares: the case of the Pan Painter's pelikai. In: Kotsonas, A. (ed.) Understanding Standardization and Variation in Mediterranean Ceramics: Mid 2nd to Late 1st Millenium BC. BABESCH Supplement (25). Peeters Publishers, pp. 99-113. ISBN 9789042930919

2012

• Smith, A. C. (2012) Aidos. In: Bagnall, R., Brodersen, K., Champion, C., Erskine, A. and Huebner, S. (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Wiley, London. ISBN 9781405179355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17020
• Smith, A. C. (2012) Aletheia. In: Bagnall, R., Brodersen , K., Champion, C., Erskine, A. and Huebner, S. (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Wiley, London. ISBN 9781405179355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17023
• Smith, A. C. (2012) Ananke. In: Bagnall, R., Brodersen, K., Champion , C., Erskine , A. and Huebner, S. (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. WIley, London. ISBN 9781405179355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17034
• Smith, A. C. (2012) Eros/Cupid. In: Bagnall, R., Brodersen , K., Champion , C., Erskine, A. and Huebner, S. (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Wiley, London. ISBN 9781405179355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17145
• Smith, A. C. (2012) Personification: not just a symbolic mode. In: Smith, T. J. and Plantzos, D. (eds.) A Companion to Greek Art. Companions to the Ancient World. Wiley, London. ISBN 9781405186049
• Smith, A. C. (2012) Graces. In: Bagnall, R., Brodersen, K., Champion , C., Erskine, A. and Huebner, S. (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Wiley, London. ISBN 9781405179355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17178
• Smith, A. C. (2012) Homonoia. In: Bagnall, R., Brodersen , K., Champion , C., Erskine, A. and Huebner, S. (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Wiley, London. ISBN 9781405179355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17203
• Smith, A. C. (2012) Marriage in the Greek world. In: Hermary, A. and Jaeger, B. (eds.) Stages and Circumstances of Life: Work, Hunting, Travel. Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum (6). Getty, Los Angeles, pp. 83-94. ISBN 9781606060735
• Smith, A. C. (2012) Muses. In: Bagnall, R., Brodersen, K., Champion , C., Erskine , A. and Huebner, S. (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Wiley, London. ISBN 9781405179355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17281
• Smith, A. C. (2012) Personifications. In: Bagnall, R., Brodersen , K., Champion, C., Erskine, A. and Huebner, S. (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. WIley, London. ISBN 9781405179355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17331
• Smith, A. C. (2012) Tyche. In: Bagnall, R., Brodersen, K., Champion , C., Erskine, A. and Huebner, S. (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Wiley, London. ISBN 9781405179355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17462

2011

• Smith, A. C. (2011) Polis and personification in Classical Athenian art. Monumenta Graeca et Romana, 19. Brill, Leiden. ISBN 9789004194175
• Smith, A. (2011) Introduction. In: Smith, A. and Bergeron, M. (eds.) The gods of small things. Pallas Revue d'Etudes Antiques (86). Presses Universitaires du Mirail, Toulouse, pp. 11-14. ISBN 9782810701810
• Smith, A. and Bergeron, M., eds. (2011) The gods of small things. Pallas Revue d'Etudes Antiques, 86. Presses Universitaires du Mirail, Toulouse, pp344. ISBN 9782810701810

2010

• Smith, A. C. and Pickup, S., eds. (2010) Brill's Companion to Aphrodite. Brill's Companions in Classical Studies. Brill, Leiden. ISBN 9789004180031
• Smith, A. C. and Pickup, S. (2010) Budding Aphrodite: into the future. In: Smith, A. C. and Pickup, S. (eds.) Brill's companion to Aphrodite. Brill, Leiden, pp. 17-26.

2009

• Smith, A. C. (2009) Personifications in art. In: Gagarin, M. (ed.) The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 225-230. ISBN 9780195170726
• Smith, A. C. (2009) Theoria. Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae, 1. pp. 475-476.

2008

• Smith, A. and Harris, A.L. (2008) Recent acquisitions and conservation of antiquities at the Ure museum, University of Reading 2004–2008. Archaeological Reports, 54. pp. 175-185. ISSN 2041-4102 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0570608400001009
• Smith, A. C., Fuchs, B. and Isaksen, L. (2008) VLMA: a tool for creating, annotating and sharing virtual museum collections. Digital Medievalist, 4. ISSN 1715-0736

2007

• Smith, A. C. (2007) Komos growing up among satyrs and humans. In: Cohen, A. and Rutter, J. B. (eds.) Constructions of childhood in Greek and Roman antiquity. American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, pp. 153-171. ISBN 9780876615416
• Bradley, R. and Smith, A. (2007) Questions of context: a Greek cup from the River Thames. In: Gosden, C., Hamerow, H., De Jersey, P. and Lock, G. (eds.) Communities and Connections. Essays in Honour of Barry Cunliffe. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 30-42. ISBN 9780199230341
• Smith, A. C. (2007) Corpus vasorum antiquorum, Great Britiain fascicule 23. Reading Museum Service. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp104. ISBN 9780197263891

2006

• Smith, A. C. (2006) The evolution of the Pan Painter's artistic style. Hesperia, 75 (4). pp. 435-451. ISSN 0018-098X

2005

• Smith, A. C. (2005) From drunkenness to a hangover. In: Herrin, J. and Stafford, E. (eds.) Personification in the Greek world. Ashgate, pp. 211-230. ISBN 9780754650317
• Smith, A. C. (2005) The politics of weddings at Athens: an iconographic assessment. Leeds International Classical Studies, 4 (1). pp. 1-32. ISSN 1477-3643
• Smith, A. C. (2005) 'Homeric' art in ancient Greece: the case of Polyphemos. In: Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, 27 June 2005. (Proceedings of the BRLSI 9)
• Smith, A. C. (2005) The virtual lightbox for museums and archives: a portlet solution for structured data reuse across distributed visual resources. In: Museums and the Web 2005, 14-16 April 2005, Toronto.

2004

• Smith, A. C. (2004) Olympia by the time of Alexander the Great. In: Kaila, M. (ed.) The Olympic Games in antiquity. Bring forth rain and bear fruit. Atropos, Athens, pp. 137-171. ISBN 9789608325739
• Smith, A. C. (2004) The strife of cups: Greek vases at the symposium. Omnibus, 48. pp. 23-25.

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