Susan Walker (archaeologist)
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Susan Walker
Early life and education
As an undergraduate, Walker excavated at Gravina di Puglia and Melfi.[1] Walker undertook doctoral work at the British School at Athens.[1]
Career
In 1977, she joined the British Museum.[2] In the 1990s she was Senior Curator of Mediterranean Roman Antiquities.[1] At the British Museum Walker curated a number of major exhibitions, including Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt at the British Museum in 1997.
In 2004 she became the Sackler Keeper of Antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum,[2] and she had a key role in the redevelopment of the museum's displays.[3]
She has served as President of the Society for the Promotion of Libyan Studies.[3] Walker was the Hugh Last Fellow and the Chair of Publications at the British School at Rome in 2013, undertaking a project on 'Gold-glass, inscriptions and sarcophagi from the catacombs of Rome'.[3] She was the Balsdon Fellow 2006-7.[1]
Honours and awards
Walker was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1984.[4]
Selected publications
Books
- S. Walker and A. Burnett 1981. The Image of Augustus. London: British Museum Publications.
- S. Walker 1985. Memorials to the Roman Dead. London: British Museum.
- S. Walker 1990. Catalogue of Roman Sarcophagi in the British Museum.
- S. Walker 1991. Roman Art. London: British Museum.
- S. Walker 1995. Greek and Roman Portraits. London: British Museum.
- S. Walker and M. Bierbrier 1997. Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt (A catalogue of Roman portraits in the British Museum). London: British Museum.
- S. Walker and P. Higgs 2002. Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth. London: British Museum Press.
- S. Walker 2005. The Portland Vase. London: British Museum.
- S. Walker 2017. Saints and Salvation. Oxford: Ashmolean Museum.
Journal articles
- S. Walker 1979. A Sanctuary of Isis on the South Slope of the Athenian Acropolis. The Annual of the British School at Athens 74: 243-258.
- S. Walker; Bearded Men. Journal of the History of Collections 3(2): 265–277, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhc/3.2.265
References
- ^ a b c d britishschoolatrome (17 April 2015). "Susan Walker | Life at the BSR". Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Origins of painting: from cave to Cleopatra | Event | Royal Academy of Arts". Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "Wolfson College, Oxford". www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Fellows Directory - Society of Antiquaries". www.sal.org.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
