Prof Rebecca Sweetman
Professor
Research areas
Greek and Roman Archaeology. Roman and Late Antique Crete and the Peloponnese (especially Sparta). Art and Architecture including; Roman and Late Antique mosaics and architecture of Crete and Greece. Religious architecture. Currently working on a new project on the Cycladic islands in the Roman and Late Antique periods which is funding thanks to a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship. This project involves a study of religion and economy by focusing on network analysis.
PhD supervision
- Rebecca Ravenhall
- Mikel Wein
- Rowan Munnery
- Zofia Guertin
- Alison Hadfield
- Arend Bronkhorst
Selected publications
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Networking christians? the spread of christianity in the Eastern Mediterranean
Sweetman, R., 31 May 2022, Networks and the spread of ideas in the past: strong ties, innovation and knowledge exchange. Collar, A. (ed.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 229-249 21 p. (Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Material culture, museums, and memory: experiments in visitor recall and memory
Sweetman, R., Hadfield, A. & O'Connor, A., 17 Mar 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Visitor Studies. p. 1-28 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Community, church, and conversion in the prefecture of Illyricum and the Cyclades
Sweetman, R. J., 21 Feb 2019, The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology. Caraher, W. R., Davis, T. W. & Pettegrew, D. K. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Islands and resilience: Christianization processes in the Cyclades
Sweetman, R. J., 2019, Change and Resilience: The Occupation of Mediterranean Islands in Late Antiquity. Ontiveros, M. Á. C. & Florit, C. M. (eds.). Philadelphia: Oxbow, p. 193-216 (Joukowsky Institute Publication; vol. 9).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Artefact or art? Perceiving objects via object-viewing, object-handling, and virtual reality
Sweetman, R. J. & Hadfield, A. L., 17 Dec 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: University Museums and Collections Journal. 10, p. 46-66Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
The Cyclades in the late antique period: churches, networks and Christianization
Sweetman, R. J., Devlin, A. & Iliou, N. P., 1 May 2018, Cycladic Archaeology and Research: New Approaches and Discoveries. Morais Angliker, E. & Tully, J. (eds.). Oxford: Archeopress, p. 215-238Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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A survey of the Aegean Islands in Late Antiquity: review of Deligiannakis, The Dodecanese and the Eastern Aegean Islands in Late Antiquity, AD 300 – 700. Pp. xxii+ 232, ills, maps.Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.
Sweetman, R., Apr 2017, In: Classical Review. 67, 1, p. 1710–1711Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
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Open access
Networks and church building in the Aegean: Crete, Cyprus, Lycia and the Peloponnese
Sweetman, R., Nov 2017, In: Annual of the British School at Athens. 112, p. 207-266Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Review of Roman Crete: new perspectives
Sweetman, R. J., Jul 2017, In: American Journal of Archaeology. 121, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
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St Andrews Cathedral Priory - 1318: Fly through of St Andrews Cathedral Priory at St Andrews Cathedral Museum
Kennedy, S. E., Fawcett, R., Oliver, I. A., Rhodes, E., Sweetman, R. J. & Miller, A. H. D., 1 May 2017Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition