alexis q.castor

ALEXIS Q. CASTOR
CurriculumVitae
DepartmentofClassics
Franklin&MarshallCollege
Lancaster,PA17604-3003
[email protected]
717.380.9590
Academic Positions
Associate Professor, Franklin & Marshall College
Assistant Professor, Franklin & Marshall College
Visiting Assistant Professor, Franklin & Marshall College
Research Associate, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Adjunct Assistant Professor, The George Washington University
Department of History
2010-present
2004-2010
2000-2004
1999-2000
1999
Education
Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology.
• Dissertation: “Enotia: The Contexts of Greek Earrings, 10th-3rd c. B.C.”
Director: Stella Miller-Collett
American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Associate Member.
American Academy in Rome. Summer Program in Archaeology.
American Numismatic Society Graduate Seminar.
M.A., Bryn Mawr College, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology.
M.A. coursework, The George Washington University, Department of History.
Specialization: Ancient Near Eastern, Greek and Roman History
B.A., George Mason University, Department of History.
1999
1995-1997
1997
1996
1994
1989-1991
1989
Work in Progress
“Bejeweled Vases: An Intriguing Trend in Fourth-Century Attic Black-Glaze”
“Male Ornaments East and West,” Proceedings of Etruria-Anatolia Material Connections
Workshop
More than Glitter: Jewelry in Greece and Italy (1st millennium B.C.E.)
in prep
under review
Book-length mss.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
“Macedonian Lionesses: A New Paradigm for Female Jewelry Use (c. 325-275 BC)” Journal of
Greek Archaeology, vol. 2
“Surface Tensions on Etruscan and Greek Gold Jewelry,” in M. Cifarelli and L. Gawlinski, eds.
“What Shall I Say of Clothes?” Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Study
of Dress in Antiquity, pp. 83-100 (AIA Publications)
“Etruscan Jewelry and Identity” in S. Bell and A. Carpino, eds., The Blackwell Companion to the
Etruscans. pp. 275-292. (Wiley-Blackwell)
“Etruscan Horseshoe Earrings: Exploring a Native Jewelry Type,” Mitteilungen des
Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Römische Abteilung, vol. 116, 159-204.
“Late Classical Representations of Jewelry: Identifying Costume Trends in Etrusco-Italic Art”
Etruscan Studies, vol. 13, 31-48.
“An Early Hellenistic Jewelry Hoard from Poggio Colla,” Memoirs of the American
Academy in Rome 54, 245-262.
“Archaic Greek Earrings: An Interim Survey,” Archäologischer Anzeiger 2008: 1-34
“Grave Garb: Archaic and Classical Macedonian Funerary Costume,” in
C. Colburn and M. Heyn, eds., Reading a Dynamic Canvas: Adornment in the
Ancient Mediterranean World, pp. 115-145 (Cambridge Scholars Press)
“Protecting Athena’s Children: Amulets in Classical Athens.” C. C. Mattusch, A.A. Donohue
and A. Brauer, eds. Common Ground: Archaeology, Art, Science, and Humanities.
2017
2017
2016
2010
2010
2009
2008
2008
2006
Acta of the XVIth International Congress of Classical Archaeology 2003, pp. 625-626
“A Bejeweled Siren from Memphis,” Abstract AJA 106, pp. 268-269
“Trappings of Gold: Thracian Equine Ornaments of the Fourth and Third Centuries B.C.”
Abstract AJA 104, pp. 341-342
2002
2000
Reference Works and Solicited Articles
“Children’s Jewelry in the Ancient World” Jewellery History Today 19 (Winter) pp. 3-4
“Jewelry,” M. Gagarin and E. Fantham, eds. Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome.
vol. 4 pp. 120-122 (Oxford University Press)
2014
2010
Book Reviews
E. D. Carney, King and Court in Ancient Macedonia: Rivalry, Treason and Conspiracy
Reviewed in BMCR 2016.08.32
C. Prêtre. Kosmos et kosmema: les offrandes de parure dans les inventaires déliens.
Kernos. Supplément, 27. Reviewed in BMCR 2013.08.
E. Bollen, ed., Beauty & Betrayal: Ancient and Neo-Classical Jewellery. Nicholson Museum
University of Sydney. Reviewed in BMCR 2011.07.43
B. Barr-Sharrar, The Derveni Krater: Masterpiece of Greek Metalware
Reviewed in BMCR 2009.02.44
2016
2013
2011
2009
PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATION
Consulting Scholar, Art of Ancient World (jewelry installation), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2012
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES
Male Ornaments In East and West, Material Connections and Cultural Exchange – The Case
of Etruria and Anatolia, International Workshop, Rome
Surface Tensions on Greek and Etruscan Jewelry, Archaeological Institute of America Annual
Meeting, San Francisco
The Agency of Gold: Women’s Use of Jewelry in Greece, Arachne VII: Women, Power and Agency
in Antiquity, Tampere, Finland
Court Jewelry in Fourth-century B.C. Macedonia, Rethinking Ancient Jewellery
Leiden, Netherlands
Etruscan Jewelry and Identity, Invited colloquium participant: “New Approaches and
Insights on Etruscan Art and Culture,” Archaeological Institute of America Annual
Meeting, Seattle
Reconsidering Girls’ Jewelry: The Archaeological Evidence from Late Classical and
Hellenistic Greece, Mädchen im Altertum/Girls in Antiquity, Berlin DAI
Gilding the Lily: Animals and Gold in Persian and Hellenistic Jewelry
Invited colloquium participant: “Facture Speaks: Material, Technique, and
Meaning in Ancient Art,” Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, Anaheim
Grave Garb: Jewelry in Macedonian Burial Rituals
Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, Montreal
Contexts of Luxury: Etruscan Gold at Poggio Colla
European Archaeological Association Annual Meeting, Cork
Co-organizer, Joint AIA/APA Panel, Didaskalos: Representations of the Teacher
in the Ancient World. APA/AIA Annual Meeting, San Francisco
Babies’ Baubles: Children’s Jewelry in Ancient Greece
XVIth International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Boston, MA.
A Bejeweled Siren from Memphis
Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia
Trappings of Gold: Thracian Equine Ornaments of the Fourth and Third Centuries B.C.
Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, Dallas
Jewelry in Sixth-century Greece: Reality and Image
College Art Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles
2016
2015
2014
2014
2013
2010
2010
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
1999
1999
INVITED TALKS
More than Glitter: Jewelry in Ancient Greece and Italy, Archaeological Institute of America National
Lecturer (Philadelphia, Kansas City)
The Princess Bride: Wedding and Jewelry in Classical Greece, Virginia Tech University
Jewelry in the Ancient Mediterranean
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
All that Glitters: Jewelry and Identity in the Mediterranean
University of Pennsylvania, Classics Colloquium
Gertrude Bell and the Iraq Museum
Houston Chapter, Archaeological Institute of America
Palaces, Priests, and Potters: The History of Ancient Mesopotamia
Camden County Community College
New Perspectives on Alexander the Great
Army War College, Carlisle, PA
Macedonia before Alexander the Great: History and Archaeology at Vergina
Rutgers University, Classics Department Colloquium
Recovering Wealth in Ancient Greece
Classics Colloquium, Bryn Mawr College
2017
2016
2012
2011
2007
2007
2007
2003
2001
Awards
Most Influential Professor (Humanities), Franklin & Marshall College
Hackman Student Research Award
Franklin & Marshall College
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jane and Morgan Whitney Art History Fellowship.
Travel Fellowship. Franklin & Marshall College. (Bulgaria, Spain, Greece, Britain)
Whiting Doctoral Fellowship. Bryn Mawr College.
Summer Study Fellowship. American Academy in Rome.
Samuel H. Kress Fellow. American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
2003, 2005, 2007
2002, 2004
2002 (Declined)
2001-2003, 2007
1997-1998
1997
1996-1997
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Posse Mentor, NYC
Secretary of the Faculty (elected position)
Booth Ferris Faculty Mentor
Strategic Positioning Steering Committee
Budget Priorities Committee (elected position)
Faculty/Professional Staff Dining Room Task Force
Faculty Campaign Advisory Committee
Department Chair
Education Policy Committee (elected position)
Director, Clemente Course in the Humanities
Hackman Student Summer Research Advisor
Organizer, Lunch on the Lam, weekly lecture series of faculty work-in-progress
Hackman Student Summer Research Adviser, two students
2017-2019
2013-2016
2014-2016
2011
2010-2011
2010-2011
2009-2010
2009-2010
2008-2009
2005-2007
2004
2002-2004
2002