Amy Smith

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Professor
- Co-Head of Department
- Curator, Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology
- Outreach Officer
Office
Room G37 Edith Morley BuildingAreas of interest
Professor Smith is a classical archaeologist, with primary interests in Greek iconography and its many manifestations, especially in politics and religion, as well as ceramics. She is also a curator, with research interests the history of collections, digital museology and pedagogy.
Postgraduate supervision
Professor Smith is currently supervising Summer Courts and Seongmee Yoon in their PhD research on The Archaeology of Hidden Identity: The Case of a Female Burial from Lowbury Hill, in collaboration with Cranfield University & Oxfordshire Museums Service, funded by theSouth West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership.
She has supervised a wide range of postdoctoral and postgraduate students working on the material culture of Greek and Roman antiquity and their reception. Recent PhD theses she saw through to completion include Allan Hiscutt's The Miniature Reliefs of John Henning and Nathalie Choubineh's Female Solo Dance Images on Red-Figure Vases. She welcomes potential PhD students with interests in ancient material culture and its reception to contact her about supervision.
Research projects
Professor Smith collaborates with a wide range of scholars on topics ranging from Greek vases and their reception, e.g. as a contributor to C. Meyer and A. Petsalis-Diomidis' forthcomingPicturing the Greek Vase. She is now coauthoring a volume on women and festivals in Classical Athens, with Dr Katerina Volioti (University of Roehampton).
As a member of the Winckelmann-Gesellschaft's International Committee, Professor Smith collaborated with Katherine Harloe and others to celebrate the work of J.J. Winckelmann through a series of lectures, workshops and other activities from 2017–2018 and published, in 2021, an edited volume,Under the Greek sky: New approaches to Winckelmann's reception and historiography, in Journal of Art Historiography 25 (https://arthistoriography.wordpress.com/25-dec21/)
She is also a founding member of the Pottery in Context Research Network (ICS, London), the Classical Collections UK (specialist subject network), the International Network of Classical Archaeology University Collections, and a research associate of the Beazley Archive, University of Oxford.
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 (ASCSA), the American Academy in Rome, and the American Numismatic Society.
She served as R.D. Milns Professor at the University of Queensland in August 2022. She has also taken University of Reading students on study tours of Athens (2019, 2017 and 2014) and Rome (2022, 2009) and served as the Gertrude Smith Professor at ASCSA and thus Director of one of its Summer Sessions in 2016. Professor Smith has excavated in Greece and in Spain. She also worked as an editor (Perseus Project; American Journal of Archaeology) and as curatorial assistant at the Yale University Art Gallery.
Background
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 (ASCSA), the American Academy in Rome, and the American Numismatic Society.
She was a Visiting Fellow at the Humanities Research Centre at Australian National University in 2017 and served ASCSA in 2016 as Gertrude Smith Visiting Professor, when she led ASCSA's Summer Session.
She has also taken University of Reading students on study tours of Athens (2019, 2017 and 2014) and Rome (2009). Professor Smith excavated in Greece – at the American School of Classical Studies' excavations in Athens' Agora and Corinth – and in Spain (Pollentia, Alcudia, Majorca).
She also worked as an editor (Perseus Project; American Journal of Archaeology) and as curatorial assistant at the Yale University Art Gallery.
Publications
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Smith, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0224-428X (2023) Heracles, sea monsters and other snaky characters: a story of good versus evil?”. In: Aston, E. and Mangham, A. , (eds.) In the Company of Monsters. New Visions, Ancient Myths. Department of Typography and Graphic Communication, University of Reading , Reading. pp. 22-25. ISBN: 9780704915879
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Smith, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0224-428X and Volioti, K. (2023) Lekythoi in Thessaly: any colour so long as it is black?. Petasos , 3 pp. 41-60. ISSN: 2654-0355
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Smith, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0224-428X (2023) Winckelmann's Elegant Simplicity: From Three to Two Dimensions and Back Again. In: Meyer, H. and Petsalis-Diomidis, A. , (eds.) Drawing the Greek Vase. Oxford University Press , Oxford. ISBN: 9780192856128
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Smith, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0224-428X , eds. (2022) Under the Greek sky: new approaches to Winckelmann’s reception and historiography. Journal of Art Historiography Department of History of Art University of Birmingham
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Smith, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0224-428X and Romero Mayorga, C. (2022) 3D printed Cypriot figurines: 'playing' with musicians at the Ure Museum. Replicating Art. Cahiers de Mariemont The Royal Museum of Mariemont (43). , Morlanwelz (Belgium). pp. 135-138. ISBN: 9782930469942
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Smith, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0224-428X (2022) Textiles in Alkestis' thalamos. In: Baird, J. and Pudsey, A. , (eds.) Housing in the ancient Mediterranean world: material and textual approaches. Cambridge University Press , Cambridge. pp. 181-211. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108954983.006
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Smith, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0224-428X (2021) Winckelmann’s influence on the Neoclassical reception of Greek vases. Journal of Art Historiography , 25 ISSN: 2042-4752
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Smith, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0224-428X (2021) Classical Art. In: Ogden, D. , (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Heracles. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 346-368. ISBN: 9780190650988 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190650988.013.24
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Smith, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0224-428X (2021) The Pan Painter’s lekythoi at Gela. In: Shepherd, G. , (eds.) Interaction and Identity. Sicily and South Italy from the Iron Age to Late Antiquity. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology Astrom Editions (190). , Lund. pp. 147-162. ISBN: 9789925745586
- Smith, A. and Volioti, K. (2019) Lesser pots go places: the attic 'brand' in Macedonia and Thrace. pp. 175-187.
- 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. , Smith, A. , eds. (2018) Winckelmann and curiosity in the 18th-century gentleman's library. Christ Church Library Exhibitions Christ Church Publications , Oxford. pp 134. ISBN: 9781872333663
- Smith, A. (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. Studies in Classical Archaeology , 1 ISBN: 9782503574936
- Smith, A. (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
- Smith, A. (2015) Introduction. In: Pickup, S. , Bergeron, M. , 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. pp. vii. ISBN: 9789170812019
- Smith, A. and Nevin, S. (2014) Using animation for successful engagement, promotion and learning. In: Jandl, S. and Gold, M. , (eds.) Advancing Engagement: A Handbook for Academic Museums. Advancing Engagement , 3. Museumsetc pp. 346-375. ISBN: 9781910144411
- Smith, A. (2014) Variation among Attic fine wares: the case of the Pan Painter's pelikai. In: Kotsonas, A. , (eds.) Understanding Standardization and Variation in Mediterranean Ceramics: Mid 2nd to Late 1st Millenium BC. BABESCH Supplement Peeters Publishers (25). pp. 99-113. ISSN: 0165-9367 ISBN: 9789042930919
- Smith, A. (2012) Personification: not just a symbolic mode. In: Smith, T. and Plantzos, D. , (eds.) A Companion to Greek Art. Companions to the Ancient World Wiley , London. ISBN: 9781405186049
- Smith, A. (2012) Tyche. In: Bagnall, R. , Brodersen, K. , Champion , C. , Erskine, A. , Huebner, S. , (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Wiley , London. ISBN: 9781405179355 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17462
- Smith, A. (2012) Personifications. In: Bagnall, R. , Brodersen , K. , Champion, C. , Erskine, A. , Huebner, S. , (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. WIley , London. ISBN: 9781405179355 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17331
- Smith, A. (2012) Muses. In: Bagnall, R. , Brodersen, K. , Champion , C. , Erskine , A. , Huebner, S. , (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Wiley , London. ISBN: 9781405179355 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17281
- Smith, A. (2012) Homonoia. In: Bagnall, R. , Brodersen , K. , Champion , C. , Erskine, A. , Huebner, S. , (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Wiley , London. ISBN: 9781405179355 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17203
- Smith, A. (2012) Graces. In: Bagnall, R. , Brodersen, K. , Champion , C. , Erskine, A. , Huebner, S. , (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Wiley , London. ISBN: 9781405179355 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17178
- Smith, A. (2012) Eros/Cupid. In: Bagnall, R. , Brodersen , K. , Champion , C. , Erskine, A. , Huebner, S. , (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Wiley , London. ISBN: 9781405179355 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17145
- Smith, A. (2012) Ananke. In: Bagnall, R. , Brodersen, K. , Champion , C. , Erskine , A. , Huebner, S. , (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. WIley , London. ISBN: 9781405179355 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17034
- Smith, A. (2012) Aletheia. In: Bagnall, R. , Brodersen , K. , Champion, C. , Erskine, A. , Huebner, S. , (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Wiley , London. ISBN: 9781405179355 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17023
- Smith, A. (2012) Aidos. In: Bagnall, R. , Brodersen, K. , Champion, C. , Erskine, A. , Huebner, S. , (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Wiley , London. ISBN: 9781405179355 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17020
- Smith, A. (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 Getty (6). , Los Angeles. pp. 83-94. ISBN: 9781606060735
- Smith, A. (2011) Introduction. In: Smith, A. and Bergeron, M. , (eds.) The gods of small things. Pallas Revue d'Etudes Antiques Presses Universitaires du Mirail (86). , 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. pp 344. ISBN: 9782810701810
- Smith, A. (2011) Polis and personification in Classical Athenian art. Monumenta Graeca et Romana , 19. Brill , Leiden. ISBN: 9789004194175
- Smith, A. and Pickup, S. , eds. (2010) Brill's Companion to Aphrodite. Brill's Companions in Classical Studies Brill , Leiden. ISBN: 9789004180031
- Smith, A. and Pickup, S. (2010) Budding Aphrodite: into the future. In: Smith, A. and Pickup, S. , (eds.) Brill's companion to Aphrodite. Brill , Leiden. pp. 17-26.
- Smith, A. (2009) Theoria. Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae , 1 pp. 475-476.
- Smith, A. (2009) Personifications in art. In: Gagarin, . , (eds.) The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. , 5. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 225-230. ISBN: 9780195170726
- Smith, A. , Fuchs, B. , Isaksen, L. (2008) VLMA: a tool for creating, annotating and sharing virtual museum collections. Digital Medievalist , 4 ISSN: 1715-0736
- Smith, A. and Harris, A. (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://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0570608400001009
- Bradley, R. and Smith, A. (2007) Questions of context: a Greek cup from the River Thames . In: Gosden, . , Hamerow, . , De Jersey, . , Lock, G. , (eds.) Communities and Connections. Essays in Honour of Barry Cunliffe. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp. 30-42. ISBN: 9780199230341
- Smith, A. (2007) Komos growing up among satyrs and humans. In: Cohen, . and Rutter, . , (eds.) Constructions of childhood in Greek and Roman antiquity. , Hesperia S. American School of Classical Studies at Athens , Princeton. pp. 153-171. ISBN: 9780876615416
- Smith, A. (2007) Corpus vasorum antiquorum, Great Britiain fascicule 23. Reading Museum Service. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp 104. ISBN: 9780197263891
- Smith, A. (2006) The evolution of the Pan Painter's artistic style. Hesperia , 75 (4). pp. 435-451. ISSN: 0018-098X
- Smith, A. (2005) 'Homeric' art in ancient Greece: the case of Polyphemos. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (Proceedings of the BRLSI 9)
- Smith, A. (2005) The politics of weddings at Athens: an iconographic assessment. Leeds International Classical Studies , 4 (1). pp. 1-32. ISSN: 1477-3643
- Smith, A. (2005) The virtual lightbox for museums and archives: a portlet solution for structured data reuse across distributed visual resources. Archives and Museum Informatics 2005
- Smith, A. (2005) From drunkenness to a hangover. In: Herrin, . and Stafford, . , (eds.) Personification in the Greek world. Ashgate pp. 211-230. ISBN: 9780754650317
- Smith, A. (2004) The strife of cups: Greek vases at the symposium. Omnibus , 48 pp. 23-25.
- Smith, A. (2004) Olympia by the time of Alexander the Great. In: Kaila, M. , (eds.) The Olympic Games in antiquity. Bring forth rain and bear fruit. Atropos , Athens. pp. 137-171. ISBN: 9789608325739