1990, Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology, Classics Dept., Yale University
1989, M.Phil., Classics Dept., Yale University
1986, M.A., Classics Dept., Yale University
1981, B.A., George Washington University. Major: Art History. Minor: English Literature
Honors and Awards
2007 Gertrude Smith Professor, American School of Classical Studies at Athens
2006 Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland Grant
2006-2009 British Academy Larger Research Grant
2006-2007 Loeb Classical Library Foundation Award
2006-2007 NEH Fellow, American School of Classical Studies at Athens
2001 Guest Professor at the invitation of Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
1998-1999 Blegen Research Fellowship, Vassar College
1993-1994 Richardson and Goldsmith Fellowship, Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University
Past Positions
I have taught at SUNY, New Paltz, Yale University, Vassar College, Trinity College, Bard College, and Middlebury College.
Areas of Specialization:
Greek art and archaeology
Greek myth and religion
Greek history
Main Publications
Books
Art, Myth, and Ritual in Classical Greece. Cambridge 2008.
Co-editor with Jeffrey M. Hurwit, Periklean Athens and its Legacy: Problems and Perspectives. Austin 2005.
The Hunt in Ancient Greece. Baltimore and London 2001.
Divine Escorts: Nereids in Archaic and Classical Greek Art. Ann Arbor 1995.
Recent Articles
“Zeus in Olympia.” Forthcoming in The Gods of Ancient Greece: Identities and Transformations, edited by A. Erskine and J. Bremmer, Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
"Making Heroes in the Athenian Agora: A New Interpretation of the Hephaisteion," Forthcoming in Structure, Image, Ornament: Architectural Sculpture of the Greek World, edited by P. Schultz and R. von den Hoff, Oxbow Press, 2009.
"Hunters and Hunting on the François Vase." Forthcoming in The François Vase: New Perspectives, edited by H.A. Shapiro and M. Iozzo, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
"The Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Heroes, and Athletes." Hesperia 74 (2005) 211-241.
"Alkamenes’ Prokne and Itys in Context." In Periklean Athens and its Legacy: Problems and Perspectives, edited by J.M. Barringer and J.M. Hurwit, 163-176, University of Texas Press, 2005.
"Skythian Hunters on Attic Vases." In Greek Vases, Images, and Controversies, Proceedings of the Conference Sponsored by the Center for the Ancient Mediterranean at Columbia University, 23-24 March 2002, Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition 25, edited by C. Marconi, 13-25. Brill 2004.
“Panathenaic Games and Panathenaic Amphorae Under Macedonian Rule.” In The Macedonians in Athens, 323-229 B.C., edited by O. Palagia and S. Tracy, 243-56. Oxford 2003.
Susan Wood
Professor of Art History
Oakland University
2200 North Squirrel Road
Department of Art and Art History
307 Wilson Hall
Rochester, MI 48309-4401.
PhD Columbia University, 1979, in Archaeology and Art History
AB Bryn Mawr College, 1973, in Latin and Greek
Honors and Awards
Research Excellence Award, Oakland University, 1995
Oakland University Alumni Association Outstanding Advising Award, May 1993
Classical Fellowship of the American Academy in Rome, 1977-78
Whiting Fellowship for travel in Europe, 1976-77
American Numismatic Society grant-in-aid for summer seminar, 1976
President's Fellowships, Columbia University, 1974-75 and 1975-76
Columbia University summer travel grant for work at Cosa, archaeological excavation conducted by the American Academy in Rome. My work consisted primarily of making drawings of pottery.
Katherine Stains Prize for excellence in Greek, Bryn Mawr College, 1973
Past Positions
Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Harvard University, 1981-1987
Mellon Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow, Case-Western Reserve University, Department of Classics, 1979-1981
Areas of Specialization
Roman art and archaeology
Numismatics
French Neoclassical painting
Main Publications
Imperial Women: A Study in Public Images. Leiden: Brill, 2000, rev. ed. 2001.
Roman Portrait Sculpture, A.D. 218-260: the Transoformation of an Artistic Tradition. Leiden: Brill, 1986.
Articles in American Journal of Archaeology, Journal of Roman Archaeology, Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome.
1983 Parker Visiting Scholar, Center for Old World Archaeology and Art, Brown University
Areas of Specialization
Prehistoric Greece, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Cultural property issues
Fieldwork
Grevena Project Director, 1985-1991
Lumbini, Nepal 1991, 1989
Naukratis Project 1980-1984
Minnesota Messenia Expedition 1968-1975, 1985
Phokis-Doris Expedition 1977-1980
Main Publications
“Governmental Agencies and the Protection of Cultural Property in Times of War.” In Lawrence Rothfield (ed.), Antiquities Under Siege. Cultural Heritage Protection After the Iraq War (Lanham 2008) pp. 237-247.
Excavations at Nichoria in Southwest Greece, Vol. II. The Bronze Age Occupation. (Minneapolis, 1992). With William A. McDonald (eds.).
"Text-Aided Archaeology," in Archaeology, from Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), 2005. Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK, [http://www.eolss.net].
“The Earliest Farmers in Macedonia,” Antiquity 71 (1997) 201-7. With Mary E. Savina.
