Dr Virginia Campbell
Research Interests
Pompeii, prosopography and social network analysis, volcanoes and earth science in antiquity, Vitruvius and Roman architecture, funerary customs, regulation of urban space and land use, gardens, the city of Rome, and graffiti.
Current research projects
In addition to revising my PhD dissertation for publication and a number of articles on Pompeian graffiti, projects currently in development include developing a new prosopography for Pompeii in order to conduct social network analysis, an assessment of the text of Vitruvius' De Architectura in conjunction with the reality of Roman building, and a compilation of evidence for volcanoes in antiquity.
Publications
Menedemerumenus: tracing the routes of Pompeian graffiti writers
Campbell, V. L.
, Kruschwitz, P. & Nicholls, M.
2012
In :
Tyche
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27
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p. 93-111.
27 p.
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Article
The epitaph of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus (CIL X 1024): a reconsideration
Campbell, V. L.
2010
In :
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik
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174
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p. 229-236.
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Article
Lucius Caltilius Pamphilus and his wife Servilia reunited (CIL X 1021 + X 1046)
Campbell, V. L.
& Kruschwitz, P.
2010
In :
Tyche
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25
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p. 49-57.
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Article
What the Pompeians saw: representations of document types in Pompeian drawings and paintings (and their value for linguistic research)
Campbell, V. L.
& Kruschwitz, P.
2009
In :
Arctos
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43
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p. 57-84.
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Article
Stopping to smell the roses: garden tombs in Roman Italy
Campbell, V. L.
2008
In :
Arctos
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42
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p. 31-43.
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Article
Review: Apolline Project Vol. 1 Studies on Vesuvius’ North Slope and the Bay of Naples. Girolamo F. De Simone and Roger T. Macfarlane, eds. Napoli & Provo, UT: Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa, Brigham Young University (2009)
Campbell, V. L.
2012
In :
American Journal of Archaeology
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116
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4
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1 p.
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Book/Film/Article review
Review: Nuove ricerche archeologiche nell'area vesuviana (scavi 2003-2006): atti del convegno internazionale, Roma, 1-3 febbraio 2007, a cura di Pietro Giovanni Guzzo e Maria Paola Guidobaldi (2008)
Campbell, V. L.
2010
In :
Journal of Roman Studies
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100
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p. 332-333.
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Book/Film/Article review
Teaching
AN1001 Greek History to Alexander the Great
AN2002 The Roman Empire
AN3020 Principles and Techniques in Archaeology
AN1002 Roman History from Foundation to Empire
AN2003 Mediterranean Communities
CL4xx Pompeii
Academic Career
After completing a BA in Anthropology and History at The American University in Washington, D.C., I moved to the UK for post-graduate studies at the University of Reading, where I obtained a MA in the City of Rome, and my PhD in Classics. My doctoral dissertation was a comparative study of the monumental tombs of Pompeii which used the development of commemorative styles of the funerary structures as a means for assessing the social, economic, cultural, and historical evolution of a specific population. After a teaching fellowship in ancient history at the University of Reading in 2011-12, I came to St. Andrews for a teaching fellowship in Ancient History & Archaeology.