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CURRICULUM VITAE

Steven J.R. Ellis
steven.ellis@uc.edu
Department of Classics
University of Cincinnati
P.O. Box 210226
Cincinnati OH 45221
Tel. (513) 556-4422, fax (513) 556-4366

Academic Record

2005             
Ph.D. in the Department of Classical Archaeology, School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, The University of Sydney

Thesis title: The Pompeian bar and the city: defining food and drink outlets and identifying their place in the urban environment
Supervisors: Dr Penelope Allison (Australian National University) and Dr Edward Robinson (University of Sydney)
Examiners: Professor David Mattingly (University of Leicester), Professor John Dobbins (University of Virginia), and Dr Margaret O’Hea (University of Adeleide)

1999          
BA (Hons) in Classical Archaeology – First Class Honours, The University of Sydney

1996 - 1998        
BA, majoring in Classical Archaeology, The University of Sydney

Teaching and Research Interests

Roman urbanism and social history; ancient architecture; Greek and Roman art and archaeology; iconography of daily life; GIS and other technological applications for the study of the ancient world; and the excavation of complex urban sites.

Publications

Peer Reviewed Articles

‘The Fourth Season of Excavations at VIII.7.1-15 and the Porta Stabia at Pompeii: Preliminary Report’ (with Devore, G.) in: The Journal of Fasti Online 146, Roma 2009, 1-19, http://fastionline.org/docs/FOLDER-it-2009-146.pdf.

‘The Third Season of Excavations at VIII.7.1-15 and the Porta Stabia at Pompeii: Preliminary Report’ (with Devore, G.) in: The Journal of Fasti Online 112, Roma 2008, 1-15, http://fastionline.org/docs/FOLDER-it-2008-112.pdf.

‘Integrating Legacy Data into a New Method for Studying Architecture: A case study from Isthmia, Greece’ (with Gregory, T.E., Poehler, E.E., Cole, K.R.) in: Internet Archaeology 24, 2008, http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue24/ellisetal_index.html.

‘Procedures for Measuring Women’s Influence: Data translation and manipulation and related problems’ (with Allison, P.M., Faulkner, P., Fairbairn, A.) in: Internet Archaeology 24, 2008, http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue24/allisonetal_index.html.

‘The use and misuse of ‘legacy data’ in identifying a typology of retail outlets at Pompeii’ in: Internet Archaeology 24, 2008, http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue24/ellis_index.html.

‘Uncovering Plebeian Pompeii: Broader implications from excavating a forgotten working-class neighbourhood’ (with Devore, G.) in: Nuove ricerche archeologiche nell’area Vesuviana (scavi 2003-2006), Roma 2008, 309-320.

‘Two Seasons of Excavations at VIII.7.1-15 and the Porta Stabia at Pompeii, 2005-2006’ (with Devore, G.) in: Rivista di Studi Pompeiani 18, Roma 2007, 119-128.

‘Towards an understanding of the shape of space at VIII.7.1-15, Pompeii: preliminary results from the 2006 season’ (with Devore, G.) in: The Journal of Fasti Online 71, Roma 2006, 1-15, http://fastionline.org/docs/FOLDER-it-2006-71.pdf.

‘New Excavations at VIII.7.1-15, Pompeii: A brief synthesis of results from the 2005 season’ (with Devore, G.) in: The Journal of Fasti Online 48, Roma 2005, 1-10, http://fastionline.org/docs/FOLDER-it-2005-48.pdf.

‘Extracting the social relevance of artefact distribution in Roman military forts’ (with Allison, P.M., Fairbairn, A., and Blackall, C.W.) in: Internet Archaeology 17, 2005, http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue17/allison_index.html.

‘The distribution of bars at Pompeii: archaeological, spatial and viewshed analyses’ in: Journal of Roman Archaeology 17, 2004, 371-384.

‘The Pompeian Bar: archaeology and the role of food and drink outlets in an ancient community’ in: Food and History 2, 2004, 41-58.

Non-Peer Reviewed Articles

‘Finding a bar in Pompeii: a new approach to an old problem’ in: Mattusch, C. Donohue, A., and Brauer, A. (Eds), Common Ground: Archaeology, Art, Science, and Humanities: Proceedings of the XVI International Congress of Classical Archaeology (2006) 377-381.

Book reviews

‘A new Pompeian textbook’, a review of Dobbins, J.J. and Foss, P.W. (eds) The World of Pompeii (London 2007) in: Journal of Roman Archaeology 21, 2008, 450-457.

Forthcoming and in preparation

Books

The Making of Pompeii: studies in the history and urban development of an ancient city (Editor: Portsmouth, R.I, Journal of Roman Archaeology Suppl. Series; in preparation for expected publishing date in late 2009).

Excavations at VIII.7.1-15 and the Porta Stabia, Vols 1-4. Four-volume excavation report for the University of Cincinnati excavations at Pompeii. Principal author/editor with several co-authors. Volume1: The Stratigraphy and Architecture (Expected submission 2012) Volume 2: The Environmental Record (Expected submission 2012; Principal authors: Andrew Fairbairn and Emily Holt) Volume 3: The material record (Expected submission 2013; Principal authors: Myles McCallum and Ettore Manfredi) Volume 4: The Coins (Expected submission 2013; Principal author: Giacomo Pardini)

Retailing in the Roman World. Manuscript in preparation. Expected 2010-2011.

Articles/chapters

‘Non-elite Economies in the Shaping of Pompeii, in: Steven J.R. Ellis (Ed), The Making of Pompeii: Studies in the history and urban development of an ancient city (JRA suppl., forthcoming late 2009). Principal author with G. Devore.

‘Italy,’ in: Michael Gagarin (Ed), The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Ancient Greece and Rome, Oxford (forthcoming, late 2009).

‘Pompeii,’ in: Lea Stirling (Ed), Blackwells Encyclopaedia of Ancient History, Malden Mass. (forthcoming, late 2009).

‘Samnites’ in: The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Ancient Greece and Rome (Edited by Michael Gagarin; section Editor, David Potter), Oxford (forthcoming, 2009).

‘Sardinia’ in: The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Ancient Greece and Rome (Edited by Michael Gagarin; section Editor, David Potter), Oxford (forthcoming, 2009).

‘Vesuvius’ in: The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Ancient Greece and Rome (Edited by Michael Gagarin; section Editor, David Potter), Oxford (forthcoming, 2009).

‘Pes dexter: Superstition in the shaping of shop-fronts and street activity in the Roman world,” in: David Newsome and Ray Laurence (Eds), The Roman City: Movement and Space (in preparation for expected publishing date in early 2010).

‘Eating Out,’ in: Paul Erdkamp (Ed), A Cultural History of Food, Vol. 1: Classical Antiquity (in preparation for expected publishing date in early 2010).

Translations

Pietro Giovani Guzzo, ‘The origins and development of Pompeii: the state of our understanding and some working hypotheses’ in: S.J.R. Ellis (ed) The Making of Pompeii: studies in the history and urban development of an ancient city (Portsmouth, R.I, Journal of Roman Archaeology Suppl. Series, forthcoming 2009).

Conference Papers and Invited Lectures

'Pes Dexter: Superstition in the shaping of shop-fronts and street activity in the Roman world' (Conference paper at the 8th Roman Archaeology Conference, Ann Arbor, 4 April 2009).

‘The Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia’ (Conference poster at the XVIIth International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Rome, 25 September 2008 – with G. Devore, M. McCallum, and E. Manfredi).

‘Pompeian archaeology in the 21st century’ (Invited lecture at the University of Sydney (Nicholson Museum), 4 September 2008).

‘Social Patterns in the Pompeian Urban Fabric: Discovering bars, restaurants, and houses in a new excavation project at Pompeii’ (Invited Lecture at Oberlin College, 15 April 2008).

‘Archaeology in Pompeii: Major Discoveries and New Directions’ (Invited Lecture at exhibit ‘A Day in Pompeii’, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, 31 March 2008).

‘Plebs versus the city: the competition for space between public and private interests at Pompeii’ (109th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Chicago, 7 January 2008 – with G. Devore).

‘Vernacular architecture at panhellenic sanctuaries: a case study from Isthmia’ (Half a Century on the Isthmus, The American School of Classical Studies in Athens, 17 June 2007).    

‘Archaeology in Pompeii: A ‘behind-the-scenes’ account of the major discoveries and new directions in the rediscovery of an ancient Roman city’ (Invited Lecture at exhibit ‘A Day in Pompeii’, Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center, Mobile, Alabama, 6 March 2007). 

‘The Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia’ (Invited Lecture at St Andrews University, UK, 27 February 2007). 

‘The role of non-elites in the shaping of urban space: mapping patterns of social activity and habit in the Roman city’ (Invited Lecture at the University of Texas at Austin, 16 February 2007). 

‘Social Patterns in the Pompeian Urban Fabric: Discovering bars, restaurants, and houses in a new excavation project at Pompeii’ (Invited Lecture at Wellesley College, 11 February 2007). 

‘The role of non-elites in the shaping of urban space: mapping patterns of social activity and habit in the Roman city’ (Invited Lecture at the University of California – Los Angeles, 6 February 2007). 

‘New excavations near the Porta Stabia at Pompeii, VIII.7.1-15’ (Nuovo ricerche archeologiche nell’area vesuviana, Convegno Internazionale, Palazzo Venezia, Rome, 2 February 2007 – with G. Devore). 

‘The role of non-elites in the shaping of urban space: mapping patterns of social activity and habit in the Roman city’ (Invited Lecture at Michigan State University, 29 January 2007). 

‘The Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia’ (Invited Lecture at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo ON, Canada, 26 January 2007). 

‘The role of non-elites in the shaping of urban space: mapping patterns of social activity and habit in the Roman city’ (Invited Lecture at the University of Cincinnati, 24 January 2007). 

‘Social Patterns in the Pompeian Urban Fabric: Discovering bars, restaurants, and houses in a new excavation project at Pompeii’ (Invited Lecture at the University of Western Ontario, London ON, Canada, 23 January 2007). 

‘Recent trends and new directions in Roman archaeology’ (Invited Lecture at the University of Windsor, ON Canada, 4 December 2006).  

‘The Emperors and their people in 2nd century Rome’ (Invited Lecture at John Cabot University, Rome, 28 March 2006). 

‘Social Patterns in the Pompeian Urban Fabric: Discovering bars, restaurants, and houses in a new excavation project at Pompeii’ (Invited Lecture at John Cabot University, Rome, 27 March 2006). 

‘New excavations at Roman Pompeii: The discovery of a 'lost' Pompeian neighborhood’ (Invited Lecture at the University of Georgia, Athens GA, 24 March 2006). 

‘Social Patterns in the Pompeian Urban Fabric: Discovering bars, restaurants, and houses in a new excavation project at Pompeii’ (Invited Lecture at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA, 17 February 2006). 

‘The Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia’ (Public Lecture at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, 25 January 2006). 

‘Building a new excavation project at Pompeii’ (107th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Montreal, 7 January 2006).

‘Reading Roman Retail: toward the first archaeological typology of bars at Pompeii’ (106th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, 9 January 2005).

‘The origins of Pompeian domestic architecture: new evidence from the House of the Surgeon’ (with Jones, R.F.J., Robinson D.J.) (106th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, 9 January 2005).

‘Visualising complex data sets: the mapping of cities using GIS’ (Integrating the Database and the Map, Australian National University, Canberra, 8 October 2004).

‘In search of the urban masses: the role of retail food and drink outlets in the archaeology of Roman lower class housing’ (Ancient Houses – New Methodologies, Nederlands Instituut te Rome, Roma, 26 June 2004).

‘Reconsidering Roman Bars: an archaeological typology of Roman food and drink outlets’ (105th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, San Francisco, 4 January 2004).

‘The Pompeian bar and the city: Defining food and drink outlets and identifying their place in the urban environment’ (Centre for Archaeological Research, Australian National University, Canberra, 10 October 2003).  

‘Finding a bar in Pompeii: a new approach to an old problem’ (XVI Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica, Boston, 25 August 2003).

‘Life in the bars: the emergence of commercial properties’ (Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Philadelphia 2000).

Teaching and Professional Experience

Teaching Appointments

09/2007 Assistant Professor of Classics (Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati)

Courses include: Pompeii (graduate seminar); Roman Archaeology I – Early Rome; Roman Archaeology II – Republic; Art and Archaeology III; Topography of Rome. 

09/2005 – 08/2007 Lecturer in Classical Archaeology (Department of Classical Studies, University of Michigan)

Courses included: Understanding Roman Cities; Death in the Ancient World; Archaeology of the Roman Provinces; Introduction to Roman Archaeology; Roman Campania; Interpreting Archaeology; Pompeii: Its Life and Art; Introduction to Field Archaeology, and Art and Archaeology of Rome. 

2004 Tutor in Classical Archaeology (Department of Classical Archaeology, School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, University of Sydney)

2003 Lecturer in Classical Archaeology (Department of Classical Archaeology, School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, University of Sydney)     

2000 – 2003 Lecturer and Course Coordinator in Roman Archaeology (Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sydney)

2000 – 2001 Lecturer in Roman Archaeology (Latin Summer School, University of Sydney)

1999 – 2005 Senior Education Officer (The Nicholson Museum, The University of Sydney)
                                   

Directorships and fieldwork

2004 – Present Project Director – The Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia (PARP:PS) (The University of Cincinnati)
http://classics.uc.edu/pompeii/   

2004 – Present Project Director – The East Isthmia Archaeology Project (The University of Cincinnati and Ohio State University)

2003 – 2004 Field Director – Anglo-American Project in Pompeii (University of Bradford)

2002 Field Director – Pompei Extra Muros Project (Université de Genève)

2001 Archaeologist – Alezio Field Project in Puglia (The University of Sydney)

1997 – 2002 Area Supervisor – Anglo-American Project in Pompeii (Bradford University)

Research appointments

2005 – 2007 Research Affiliate (Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, The University of Michigan)

2005 Honorary Research Associate (Department of Archaeology, The University of Sydney)

2003 – 2005 Research Assistant – for Dr Penelope M. Allison (Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University)

2000 – 2002 Research Assistant – for Professor J. Richard Green (Department of Classical Archaeology, The University of Sydney)

Graduate Advising

University of Cincinnati

Christian Cloke, 2009 – present.
Allison Emmerson, 2009 – present.
Jody Gordon, 2007 – present.
Marcie Handler, 2009 - present.
David Hernandez, 2007 – present.
Christina Kolb, 2009 – present.
Ryan Ricciardi, 2007 (completed)
Allison Sterrett-Krause, 2007 – present.
Peter Stone, 2007 – present.
Jed Thorn, 2007 – present.

External

Lydia Herring (University of Michigan), 2006 – present.
Duncan Keenan-Jones (Maquarie University), 2005 – present.
Lorraine Knop (University of Michigan), 2007 – present.
Karen Laurence (University of Michigan), 2007 – present.

University and Academic Service

University of Cincinnati

John Miller Burnam Classical Library Committee, 2008 – 2009.
IRIS Collections Committee, 2008 – 2009.
Departmental Outreach Committee, 2007 – present.
Tytus Visting Scholars Committee, 2007 – 2008.
Departmental Lectures Committee, 2007 – 2008.

University of Michigan

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, 2005 – 2008.

American Academy in Rome

Advisory Council member for the American Academy in Rome, 2008 – present.

Journal of Fasti

Member of the Editorial Board, 2009 – present.

Select Academic Honours and Funding Awards

Research and Exploration Grant, National Geographic Society - $20000 (part-funding for the 2009 season of the Pompeii Archaeological research (Project: Porta Stabia)

2008 Semple Fund of the Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati (Full funding for the Pompeii Archaeological Research Project; amount undisclosed)

2008 Semple Fund of the Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati (Full funding for the East Isthmia Archaeology Project; amount undisclosed

2007 Department of Information Technology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan - $5000 (contribution toward the East Isthmia Archaeology Project 2007)

2007 Department of Classical Studies Research Award, University of Michigan - $650 (contribution toward the East Isthmia Archaeology Project 2007)

2006 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP), University of Michigan - $1740 (to fund the participation of six Michigan undergraduate students in my research activities)

2006 Ubiquity International – private donation (specific amount withheld as requested by donor; to fund the East Isthmia Archaeology Project 2006)

2005 Dorot Foundation Travel Award (Archaeological Institute of America) - $455 (to present paper at the 106th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 9 January 2005, Boston MA, USA)

2004 Dorot Foundation Travel Award (Archaeological Institute of America) - $386 (to present paper at the 105th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 4 January 2004, San Francisco CA, USA)

2003 Hellenic Club Research Scholarship in Classical Archaeology - AUD$2315 (for research in Italy)

2003 Kath O’Neill Scholarship - AUD$1400 (for research in Italy)

2003 Postgraduate Research Support Scholarship - AUD$2000 (for paper presented at 16th Associazione   Internazionale di Archeologia Classica / Harvard University, 25 August 2003,   Boston/Cambridge MA, USA)

2003 Italian Government Scholarship - $4500 (for research in Italy)

2003 Ph.D. Student’s Research Support Scheme - AUD$873 (for research in Italy)

2002 Australasian Centre for Italian Studies Research Grant - AUD$5000 (to finance excavation project Pompeii Extra Muros Project)

2002 Carlyle Greenwell Research Scholarship - AUD$3000 (for research in Italy)

2001 Carlyle Greenwell Research Scholarship - AUD$7000 (for research in Italy)

2001 Postgraduate Research Support Scholarship - AUD$700 (for research in Italy)

2000 James Kentley Memorial Scholarship - AUD$1500 (for research in Italy)

2000 W.C. Wentworth Travelling Fellowship - AUD$1750 (for research in Italy)

2000 Postgraduate Researcher’s Conference Travel Expense Grant - AUD$750 (for paper presented at annual Meeting of the SAA, 7 April 2001, Philadelphia PA, USA)

Languages

I have a reading knowledge of Latin and Ancient Greek.  Of the modern languages, I have a very good command of Italian, and reading knowledge of German and French.