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In 1977 she joined the British Museum.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/event/origins-of-painting-from-cave-to-cleopatra|title=Origins of painting: from cave to Cleopatra {{!}} Event {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk|access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref> In the 1990s she was Senior Curator of Mediterranean Roman Antiquities at the [[British Museum]].<ref name=":1" /> |
In 1977 she joined the British Museum.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/event/origins-of-painting-from-cave-to-cleopatra|title=Origins of painting: from cave to Cleopatra {{!}} Event {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk|access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref> In the 1990s she was Senior Curator of Mediterranean Roman Antiquities at the [[British Museum]].<ref name=":1" /> |
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She has curated a number of major exhibitions, including ''Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt'' in 1997''.'' |
She has curated a number of major exhibitions, including ''Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt'' at the [[British Museum]] in 1997''.'' |
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In 2004 she became the Sackler Keeper of Antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum.<ref name=":2" /> She had a key role in the redevelopment of the [[Ashmolean Museum]], Oxford.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/content/1499-three-prestigious-appointments-awarded-dr-susan-walker|title=Wolfson College, Oxford|website=www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk|access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref> |
In 2004 she became the Sackler Keeper of Antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum.<ref name=":2" /> She had a key role in the redevelopment of the [[Ashmolean Museum]], Oxford.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/content/1499-three-prestigious-appointments-awarded-dr-susan-walker|title=Wolfson College, Oxford|website=www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk|access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref> |
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Susan Walker is a specialist in Roman art. She was previously the Keeper of Antiquities and is currently an Honorary Curator of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Early Life and Education
As an undergraduate, Walker excavated at Gravina di Puglia and Melfi.[1]
She 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 at the British Museum.[1]
She has 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] She had a key role in the redevelopment of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.[3]
She served as President of the Society for the Promotion of Libyan Studies.[4]
She 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'.[4] She was the Balsdon Fellow 2006-7.[1]
Honours and Awards
Walker was elected as as Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1984.[5]
Selected Publications
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 Musuem.
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.
S. Walker 2005. The Portland Vase. London: British Museum.
S. Walker 2017. Saints and Salvation. Oxford: Ashmolean Museum.
References
Category:Fellows of Wolfson College, Oxford - Wikipedia Category:Ashmolean Museum - Wikipedia
- ^ a b c d britishschoolatrome. "Susan Walker | Life at the BSR". Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ a b "Origins of painting: from cave to Cleopatra | Event | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
- ^ "Wolfson College, Oxford". www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ a b "Wolfson College, Oxford". www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ "Fellows Directory - Society of Antiquaries". www.sal.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-06.