Faculty Member, Art History
Assistant Professor of Art History
About
Sinclair Bell is a specialist in the archaeology of ancient Italy and the history of ancient art. He studied Classical Art & Archaeology at the universities of Oxford, Edinburgh and Cologne, receiving his Ph.D. in Classics in 2004.
He is a recipient of fellowships from the American Academy in Rome (the "Rome Prize"), the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), the Canada Research Chair in Roman Archaeology, and the Archaeological Institute of America/German Archaeological Institute (for study in Berlin). He has received research grants from the Fondation Hardt pour l’étude de l’Antiquité classique, the Loeb Classical Library Foundation, and the Max-Planck Award "Memoria Romana" Project. He has been made a "Research Ambassador" to the DAAD for 2010-2012.
His research is broadly concerned with Etruscan and Roman material culture and art, especially its social history and contemporary theorization. He has co-edited six books and is currently completing a monograph on the role of circus spectacles in Roman culture.
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