Rebecca Sweetman Explained

Rebecca Sweetman
Nationality:Irish
Alma Mater:University College Dublin, University of Nottingham
Discipline:Classics
Workplaces:University of St Andrews

Rebecca Jane Sweetman (born 1973) is an Irish classical scholar. She is Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology and the former Head of the School of Classics at the University of St Andrews. Sweetman is known in particular for her work on the archaeology of Roman and Late Antique Greece.[1] [2] Since September 2022, she has been Director of the British School at Athens.[3]

Career

Sweetman studied archaeology and classics at University College Dublin. She spent a year working on excavations and then completed her PhD at the University of Nottingham on the Roman and Early Christian Mosaics of Crete.[4]

She was the assistant director of the British School at Athens from 2000 to 2003 and then moved to the University of St Andrews as a lecturer in Ancient History and Archaeology in 2003. She has been Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology since 1 August 2016.[5] [6] She gave her inaugural lecture as professor on 25 September 2019 with a talk entitled 'Resilience in the Wine Dark Sea: the archaeology of Roman Crete and the Cyclades'.[7]

From 2015 to 2016, Sweetman worked on the Christianization of the Cyclades in the late antique period with her Carnegie Trust funded project 'The Late Antique Cyclades: Landscapes, Networks and Christianization'.[8] [9]

In 2015, Sweetman was awarded a Leverhulme Trust Major Fellowship for the project ‘The Roman and Late Antique Cyclades: Networks, Economy and Religion’.[10] [11] [12] [13] The project ran from 2016 to 2018 and included the conference 'Landscapes of Movement: Religious space and topography of the Cyclades, 8th century BCE to 8th century CE' at the University of St Andrews (25-26 May 2017).[14]

Between January and February 2019 she swam in the North Sea 28 times in order to raise money for refugees in Athens.[15]

Selected publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prof. Rebecca Sweetman School of Classics University of St Andrews. www.st-andrews.ac.uk. en-GB. 2018-10-14.
  2. Web site: Rebecca J. Sweetman American Journal of Archaeology. www.ajaonline.org. en. 2018-10-14.
  3. Web site: British School at Athens : Back to the BSA. 2021-12-21. en-US.
  4. Web site: Sweetman . Rebecca J. . The mosaics of Roman and early Christian Crete. . E-Thesis Online Service . The British Library Board . 17 July 2023 . 1999.
  5. News: Congratulations to Rebecca Sweetman. 2016-06-09. St Andrews Classics. 2018-10-14. en-US.
  6. News: live . Oct 15, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181015002925/https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-courier-advertiser-perth-and-perthshire-edition/20161202/282037621778788 . New principal wields birretum for first time . 2016-12-02 . Aileen . Robertson . . en . 19 August 2023 . PressReader.
  7. Web site: Inaugural lectures Current Staff University of St Andrews. www.st-andrews.ac.uk. en-GB. 2019-10-09.
  8. Web site: The Late Antique Cyclades: Landscapes, Networks and Christianization - University of St Andrews. risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk. en. 2018-10-14.
  9. Web site: Carnegie Trust Research Incentive Grants 2015. 2015. Carnegie Trust. 14 October 2018.
  10. News: St Andrews University academics receive top research grants - The Courier. 2015-12-23. The Courier. 2018-10-14. en-GB.
  11. Web site: The Leverhulme Trust Awards Made 2015. 2015. The Leverhulme Trust. 14 October 2018.
  12. News: Grant winners – 14 April 2016. 2016-04-14. Times Higher Education (THE). 2018-10-14. en.
  13. Web site: The Roman and Late Antique Cyclades: Networks, Economy and Religion - University of St Andrews. risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk. en. 2018-10-14.
  14. Web site: Landscapes of Movement - University of St Andrews. risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk. en. 2018-10-14.
  15. Web site: University professor's 28 swims for 28 refugee families. Peebles. Cheryl. The Courier. en-GB. 2019-10-09.
  16. Web site: Mosaics roman crete art archaeology and social change Classical art and architecture. Cambridge University Press. en. 2018-10-14.
  17. Kouremenos. Anna. 2014. ROMAN AND LATE-ANTIQUE CRETAN MOSAICS - (R.J.) Sweetman The Mosaics of Roman Crete. Art, Archaeology and Social Change. Pp. xxii + 378, figs, ills, maps, colour pls. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Cased, £70, US$110. . 978-1-107-01840-2 . The Classical Review. en. 64. 2. 586–588. 10.1017/S0009840X13004101. 163794538 . 0009-840X.
  18. Dart. Christopher J.. 2011. Review of: Roman Colonies in the First Century of their Foundation. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 1055-7660.

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