Department of World Languages & Cultures

Rachel Meyers, Ph.D

Lecturer

Program/s

Classical Studies

Interests

I have diverse research interests in the material culture, language, and literature of Classical antiquity. In broad terms, I focus my research and teaching in the areas of sculpture and architecture, numismatics, women and gender, social history, imperial propaganda. More specifically, I have interests in the time periods of Augustus and the Antonines, the archaeology and history of the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, and portraits of women.

In my dissertation I examine different types of objects—coins, marble portraits, inscriptions, and architectural sculpture—in order to create an overall idea of how three Antonine empresses were represented publicly.

Selected Publications

"Representations of the Antonine Empresses on the Nymphaeum at Olympia," Acta ad archeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia (forthcoming)