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BA Hons, MA (Classics) 肆客足球 of Natal, Durban
PhD (Classics), 肆客足球 of Exeter

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Email: masters@sun.ac.za

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I am a scholar of classical material culture and I��ve been intrigued with the ancient w?orld since my grandmother thrilled me with stories of visits to the Athenian Acropolis, the Colosseum of Rome and the caldera of Vesuvius. My research interests focus on classical art and visual/material culture. Alongside the study of the iconography and ��language�� of Attic painted pottery, and studies of art as a communicative medium, I also work on the reception of classical material culture in Southern Africa and collections of ancient artefacts in South African Museums. This includes the collection at Iziko Museums of South Africa in Cape Town, where I am a Research Associate, and several other collections.

First-hand experience with objects from antiquity presents an ideal teaching and learning opportunity and handling ancient artefacts is definitely one of the highlights of my job. The tactile nature of the objects brings the past into relief alongside the present, highlighting the thread of humanity that joins us to people who lived thousands of years ago.

I am passionate about connecting with other scholars of classics in Africa (and am building a directory), research, postgraduate development, supervision, mentorship and teaching and enjoy using creative projects and playful perspectives (like Lego Classicism) to engage students�� creative and critical thinking and approach issues of contemporary relevance.

I am also very pleased to have been initiated into the Lego Classicists F?amily in 2020.?

Areas of Specialisation???????

Greek and Roman material culture
Iconography and the language of images on Greek pottery
Antiquities collections in South Africa
Classical reception in South Africa
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Courses in 2023?

Anc?ient Cultures 221/321 Reading Greek Art
Ancient Cultures Honours Ancient Classical Sculpture
Postgraduate Research Skills and Methods

Current Research Projects

Database of Greek and Roman antiquities in South African Collections
Greek figurines in the Iziko Museums of South Africa
Reception of Classical art in contemporary South African Art
South Africa, Greece, Rome: a digital museum

Selected Publications - Books

Masters, S., Nzungu, I. & G.R. Parker (eds.). (u)Mzantsi Classics: Dialogues from Southern Africa. Cape Town: African Minds; Liverpool: Liverpool 肆客足球 Press. 2022.

Selected Publications - Articles and Essays

Masters, S. 2022. All Rhodes lead to Rome? Re-thinking the Commemorative Landscape in South Africa after The Fall. In S. Masters, I. Nzungu, and G.R. Parker (eds.), (u)Mzantsi Classics: Dialogues from Southern Africa.? Cape Town: African Minds and Liverpool, Liverpool 肆客足球 Press.
Masters, S. & F. Naether. 2021. 'South Africa and the Ancient World. Artefacts and their Use in Teaching and Outreach'. In van Dijk-Coombes, R., Swanepoel, L & G. Kotze. From Stone Age to Stellenbosch: Studies on the Ancient Near East in Honour of Izak (Sakkie) Cornelius. Munster: Zaphon.
Masters, S. 2021. A Woman in Danger or a Dangerous Woman? "Helen"on Archaic Attic Vases. In C. Lang-Auinger and E. Trinl (eds.), Greek Vases as a Medium of Communication. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum ?sterreich Beiheft 3. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press.
Masters, S. 2018. Museum Space and Displacement: Collecting Classical Antiquities in South Africa. In G. Parker (ed.), South Africa, Greece and Rome: Classical Confrontations, 283�C315. Cambridge: Cambridge Unviersity Press.
Masters, S & A. Andrason. 2017. (Un)Identifying Helen and Paris in Late Fifth Century BCE Athenian Vase-Painting: How Context is Crucial. In D. Rodr��guez Perez, Greek Art in Context. Current Approaches to Archaeological and Art Historical Research. London: Routledge..
Masters S. & T. Welman. 2015. Disrupting Context: Making a Case for the Digital Curation of Classical Antiquities in South Africa. Akroterion 60: 83�C99.??

Awards and Affiliations

Honorary Research Fellow, College of Humanities, Department of Classics and Ancient History, Exeter 肆客足球 (2022)
Honorary Research Associate, Iziko Museums of South Africa, Cape Town (2021)?
Mellon Academic Staff Development Programme Award (2014)
NRF Thuthuka Grant (2013-2015)
NRF Prestige Scholarship for PhD
Vogel Scholarship for travel abroad (2008)

Service/Committees?

??Vice-chair, Classical Association of South Africa, Western Cape (2021-2023)
External examiner, Rhodes 肆客足球, Grahamstown 2020-current School of Languages, Classics section
Member of the editorial board of the journal Akroterion?
Advisor, Living Antiquity Schools Project?
External examining for 肆客足球 of Cape Town School of Languages and Literatures, Classics section 2012-2017??
Stellenbosch 肆客足球 Academic Offering Committee Vice-chair 2016-2017, Member 2013-2017?

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