Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., New York University 1994
  • M.A., New York University 1989
  • B.A., Rutgers University New Brunswick 1987
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Chair of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2018 - 2021
  • Professor in the Department of Classical Studies, Classical Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2015 - 2020
  • Chair of the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2014 - 2017
  • Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Classical Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2007 - 2015
  • Associate Professor of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2007 - 2013
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2010 - 2013
  • Assistant Professor of Art and Art History, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2000 - 2007
  • Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Classical Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2000 - 2007
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • JUN 28, 2021

    Duke Awards 22 Distinguished Professorships

  • SEP 16, 2014

    The Many Tentacles of Humanities Writ Large
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  Awards & Honors

  • James R. Wiseman Book Award for Ancient Greek Portrait Sculpture. Archaeological Institute of America. January 2008
  • Fellowships for University Teachers. National Endowment for the Humanities. 2005
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Portrait sculpture, Greco-Roman
  • Sculpture, Classical, in art
  • Women in art
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  Global Scholarship

  • Research

    • Greece (Country) 
    • Turkey (Country) 
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Books

    • Dillon, S., and S. L. James, eds. Women in the Classical World: Critical Concepts in Classical Studies. Routledge, 2017.
    • Dillon, S., and S. L. James, eds. Women in the Classical World: Critical Concepts in Classical Studies. Routledge, 2017.
    • James, S. L., and S. Dillon. A Companion to Women in the Ancient World, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444355024.
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    • Dillon, S. Ancient Greek Portrait Sculpture: Contexts, Subjects, Styles (paperback). Cambridge University Press, 2012.
    • Antonaccio, C. M., and S. Dillon, eds. The Past is Present: The Kempner Collection of Classical Antiquities at the Nasher Museum. Duke University Press Books, 2011.
    • Dillon, S. The Female Portrait Statue in the Greek World (paperback), 2011.
    • Dillon, S. The Female Portrait Statue in the Greek World. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
    • Dillon, S., and K. Welch. Representations of War in Ancient Rome (paperback). Cambridge University Press, 2009.
    • Dillon, S., R. R. R. Smith, C. H. Hallett, J. Lenaghan, and J Van Voorhis. Roman Portrait Statuary from Aphrodisias. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz Germany, 2006.
    • Dillon, S. Ancient Greek Portrait Sculpture: Contexts, Subjects, and Styles. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
    • Dillon, S., and K. Welch. Representations of War in Ancient Rome. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

  • Academic Articles

    • Dillon, Sheila. “C. MURER, STADTRAUM UND BÜRGERIN: AUFSTELLUNGSORTE KAISERZEITLICHER EHRENSTATUEN IN ITALIEN UND NORDAFRIKA (Urban Spaces 5). Berlin: De Gruyter, 2017. Pp. viii + 302, illus. isbn9783110407563. £109.00/€119.95/US$137.99.” Journal of Roman Studies 109 (November 2019): 332–33. https://doi.org/10.1017/s007543581900008x.
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    • Dillon, Sheila. “A new catalogue series on the sculptures of Berlin's Staatliche Museen: vol. 1. Portraits - ANDREAS SCHOLL (für die Antikensammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin herausgegeben von), bearbeitet von A. Alexandridis, M. Bergmann, J. Beutler, C. Blume, R. Bol, A. Fendt, H. R. Goette, V. Goldbeck, S.-G. Gröschel, R. Grüßinger, K. Hallof, H. Heres, M. R. Hofter, T. Kleinschmidt, R. Krummeich, I. Laube, A. Ludwig, S. Mägele, J. Mätzchker, M. Maisch-berger, U. Papadopoulos. D. Piekarski, G. Platz-Horster, B. Rabe, L. Sack, M. Schmidt, C. Schreiter, T. Schröder, K. Stemmer, M. Tabaczek, R. von den Hoff, L. Winkler-Horaček, KATALOG DER SKULPTUREN IN DER ANTIKENSAMMLUNG DER STAATLICHEN MUSEEN ZU BERLIN. BAND I – GRIECHISCHE UND RÖMISCHE BILDNISSE (Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg2016). S. xii + 435, 943 ills. mostly in colour. ISBN 978-3-7319-0387-1. EUR 79.” Journal of Roman Archaeology 31 (2018): 665–68. https://doi.org/10.1017/s104775941800171x.
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    • Dillon, S., and E. Baltes. “Honorific Practices and the Politics of Space on Hellenistic Delos: Portrait Statue Monuments Along the Dromos.” American Journal of Archaeology 117, no. 2 (April 1, 2013): 207–46.
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    • Sheila Dillon, J. L. “Subject selection and viewer reception of Greek portraits from Herculaneum and Tivoli.” Journal of Roman Archaeology 13 (October 2000): 21–40.
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    • Sheila Dillon, E. “Figured Pilaster Capitals from Aphrodisias in Caria.” American Journal of Archaeology 1997, no. 101 (October 1997): 731–69.
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    • Sheila Dillon, M. D. “The portraits of a civic benefactor of 2nd-c. Ephesos.” Journal of Roman Archaeology 9 (October 1996): 261–74.
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  • Book Sections

    • Dillon, S. “Approaches to the Study of Greek Sculpture.” In The Diversity of Classical Archaeology, edited by R. Raja and A. Lichtenberger, 1:223–34. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, 2017.
    • Dillon, S. “Approaches to the Study of Greek Sculpture.” In The Diversity of Classical Archaeology, edited by R. Raja and A. Lichtenberger, 1:223–34. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, 2017.
    • Dillon, S., and T. D. Shea. “Statues as Artifacts: Towards an Archaeology of Greek Sculpture.” In Greek Art in Context, edited by D. R. Perez, 19–29. Routledge, 2017.
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    • Dillon, S. “Portrait Statues of Women on the Island of Delos.” In Women and the Roman City in the Latin West, edited by E. Hemelrijk and G. Woolf, 201–23. Brill, 2013.
    • Dillon, S. “Female Portraiture in the Hellenistic Period.” In A Companion to Women in the Ancient World, 263–77, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444355024.ch19.
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    • Dillon, S. “Hellenistic Tanagra Figurines.” In A Companion to Women in the Ancient World, edited by S. L. James and S. Dillon, 231–34. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
    • Dillon, S. “Hellenistic Tanagra Figurines.” In A Companion to Women in the Ancient World, edited by S. L. James and S. Dillon, 231–34. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
    • Dillon, S. “Marble Votive Statuettes of Women from the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace.” In Samothracian Connections: Essays in Honor of James R. McCredie, edited by B. Wescoat and O. Palagia, 165–72. Oxbow, 2010.
    • Dillon, S. “Portraits of Women in the early Hellenistic Period.” In Early Hellenistic Portraiture: Image, Style, Context, edited by Ralf von den Hoff and Peter Schultz, 63–83. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
    • Dillon, S. “Women on the Columns of Trajan and Marcus and the Visual Language of Roman Victory.” In Representations of War in Ancient Rome, edited by S. Dillon and K. Welch, 244–71. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
    • Dillon, S. “Honorific Portraiture (Accepted).” In Handbook of Greek Sculpture, edited by O. Palagia. DeGruyter, n.d.
    • Dillon, S. “Terracotta Figurines (Accepted).” In Samothrace; Excavations Conducted by the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University: Vol. 9, The Monuments of the Eastern Hill, edited by B. D. Wescot, Vol. 9. American School of Classical Studies at Athens, n.d.
    • Dillon, S. “Portrait Statuary in Roman Athens: reconsidering the material from the Athenian Agora (In preparation).” In What’s New in Roman Greece, n.d.
    • Dillon, S. “Portrait Statuary in Roman Athens: reconsidering the material from the Athenian Agora (In preparation).” In What’s New in Roman Greece, n.d.

  • Other Articles

    • Dillon, S. “Portraits and Portraiture.” Edited by Michael Gagarin. Oxford University Press, 2010.
    • Dillon, S. “Portraiture, Greece and Rome.” Edited by R. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C. Champion, and S. H. Andrew Erskine. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. Oxford University Press, 2009.
    • Dillon, S. “’Nike of Samothrace,’ ’Pergamum Altar,’ and ’Polyeuktos: Portrait of Demosthenes’.” Edited by A. Bostrom. Encyclopedia of Sculpture. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004.

  • Book Reviews

    • Dillon, S. “Review of 'Depicting the Dead: Self-Representation and Commemoration on Roman Sarcophagi with Portraits' by S. Birk (Aarhus University Press, 2013).” Latomus: Revue D’Études Latines. Brussels, 2016.
    • Dillon, S. “Review of 'The Oxford Handbook of Roman Sculpture', E.A. Friedland, M. Grunow Sobocinski, and E.K. Gazda, eds. (Oxford University Press, 2015).” Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Bryn Mawr Commentaries, 2015.
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    • Dillon, Sheila, Julian Gardner, Gerhard Wolf, and Marc Fumaroli. “Reviews.” The Art Bulletin. Informa UK Limited, March 2012. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043079.2012.10786032.
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    • Dillon, S. “Review of 'Roman Portraits in Context' by J. Fefjer.” Caa on Line Reviews, December 13, 2011.
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    • Dillon, S. “Review of 'Art in the Era of Alexander the Great' by A. Cohen.” American Journal of Archaeology on Line Reviews, October 2011.
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    • Dillon, S. “Review of 'Marmorskulpturen der römischen Kaiserzeit aus Milet: Aufstellungskontext und programmatische Aussage. Funde aus Milet, 5,2'.by R. Bol (Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011).” Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2011.
    • Dillon, S. “Review of 'Role Models in Roman Art' by I.S. Hansen and S. Bell.” Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2010.
    • Dillon, S. “Review of 'Die griechischen Porträts. Antike Repräsentation – Moderne Projection' by O. Jaeggi.” Bonner Jahrbuecher, 2009.
    • Dillon, S. “Review of 'Anonyme griechische Porträts des 4.Jhs v.Chr' by D. Piekarski (Rahden/Westf. 2004).” Gnomon, 2008.
    • Dillon S, S. “Review of 'The Invention of Art History in Ancient Greece: Religion, Society, and Artistic Rationalisation' by J. Tanner (Cambridge, 2006).” Sehepunkte, 2007.
    • Dillon, S. “Review of 'Antichi Volti della Repubblica. La Ritrattistica in Italia Centrale Tra IV E II Secolo' by M. Papini.” Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2007.
    • Dillon, S. “Review of 'Greek Sculpture: Function, Materials and Techniques in the Archaic and Classical Periods' edited by O. Palagia (Cambridge, 2006).” Classical Review. Cambridge University Press, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009840X07001242.
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    • Dillon, S. “Review of 'Greek Sculpture and the Problem of Description' by A.A. Donohue (Cambridge, 2005).” Art Bulletin, 2007.
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    • Dillon, S. “Review of 'The Roman Nude. Heroic Portrait Statuary 200 BC-AD 300' by CH Hallett (Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture and Representation, Oxford University Press, 2005).” Sehepunkte, 2006.
    • Dillon, S. “Review of 'Relief Sculpture of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus' by BF Cook (Oxford 2005).” Classical Review, 2006.
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    • Dillon, S. “Review of 'Aphrodite's Tortoise: The Veiled Woman of Ancient Greece' by L. Llewellyn-Jones (Swansca, 2003).” Classical Review. Cambridge University Press, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1093/clrevj/bni371.
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    • Dillon, S. “Review of 'Bildnisse griechischer Herrscher und Staatsmänner im 5. Jahrhundert v.Chr.' by Ralf Krumeich (Munich, 1997).” Bryn Mawr Classical Review, October 10, 2001.
    • Dillon, S. “'Imaging Julio-Claudian Women' review of 'Imperial Women: A Study in Public Images 40 B.C.-A.D. 46' by Susan Wood (Mnemosyne no. 194, Brill, 1999).” Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2001.
    • Dillon, Sheila, and Elizabeth Bartman. “Portraits of Livia: Imagining the Imperial Woman of Augustan Rome.” The Classical World. JSTOR, 1999. https://doi.org/10.2307/4352381.
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    • Dillon, S. “'Repetition and variation in ancient art’ review of 'Classical Bronzes: The Art and Craft of Greek and Roman Statuary' by Carol Mattusch.” Journal of Roman Archaeology, 1997.
    • Dillon, S. “Review of 'The Fire of Hephaistos" by Carol C. Mattusch (Cambridge, MA 1996).” American Journal of Archaeology, 1997.
    • Dillon, S. “Review of J. Griesbach, ed., Polis und Porträt. Standbilder als Medien der öffentlichen Repräsentation im hellenistischer Osten.” Sehepunkte : Rezensionsjournal Für Geschichtswissenschaften. Herder-Institut, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, n.d.
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    • Dillon, S. “Review of V. Jeammet (ed.), Tanagras: Figurines for Life and Eternity.” Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Bryn Mawr College, n.d.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • ARTHIST 495S: Honors Thesis Workshop 2021
  • ARTHIST 502S: Greek Art: Hellenistic to Roman 2021
  • ARTHIST 723S: Grant Writing and Prospectus 2021
  • ARTSVIS 495S: Honors Thesis Workshop 2021
  • CLST 542S: Greek Art: Hellenistic to Roman 2021
  • VMS 495S: Honors Thesis Workshop 2021
  • ARTHIST 495S: Honors Thesis Workshop 2020
  • ARTHIST 723S: Grant Writing and Prospectus 2020
  • ARTSVIS 495S: Honors Thesis Workshop 2020
  • VMS 495S: Honors Thesis Workshop 2020
  • ARTHIST 215S: Representations of Women in the Classical World 2019
  • ARTHIST 727S: Greek Sculpture in Athens, Archaic to Roman 2019
  • CLST 243S: Representations of Women in the Classical World 2019
  • CLST 754S: Greek Sculpture in Athens, Archaic to Roman 2019
  • VMS 209S: Representations of Women in the Classical World 2019
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Presentations & Appearances

  • Crossing the Corrupting Sea: Women on the Move in the Ancient Mediterranean. Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World Lecture Series 2015-2016, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. Sponsored by the Kentucky Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the University of Louisville Liberal Studies Project . November 12, 2015  2015
  • Portrait Statuary in Roman Athens: reconsidering the material from the Athenian Agora. What’s New in Roman Greece conference, Roman Seminar and Institute of Historical Research, Athens Greece. October 8, 2015 - October 10, 2015  2015
  • Roman Portrait Statuary in Athens. Symposium in Memory of Professor Evelyn B. Harrison, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. May 10, 2014  2014
  • Statues as Artifacts: Towards an Archaeology of Greek Sculpture . Greek Art in Context conference, University of Edinburgh. April 7, 2014  2014
  • Face Veils, Fine Fabrics & Female Visibility: Reading Female Fashion in Hellenistic Art, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. October 25, 2012  2012
  • Female Clothing on Greek and Roman Statuary, Centre for Textile Research, University of Copenhagen. May 1, 2012  2012
  • Portraits of Women on the Island of Delos, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. December 14, 2011  2011
  • Votive Sculpture from Samothrace: Moving Beyond the Winged Victory, Archaeological Institute of America, Richmond Virginia Society. March 11, 2011  2011
  • Elite Women as a status-defined group in the portrait monuments of Delos, Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, England. March 3, 2011  2011
  • Portrait Statue Monuments along the Delian Dromos, Oxford University, Department of Classics. March 2, 2011  2011
  • Portrait Statue Monuments along the Dromos at Delos: Sculptors, Patrons, Subjects, and Space, Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, San Antonio TX. January 7, 2011  2011
  • Wired! New Representational Technologies for Historical Materials, CHAT Festival, UNC-Chapel Hill. February 17, 2010  2010
  • The Samothracian "Green Girls" and the chronology of Tanagra figurines, Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia PA. December 31, 2009  2009
  • Portraits and Politics: Honoring Generals in the Athenian Agora, Archaeological Institute of American Annual Meeting, Chicago. December 14, 2008  2008
  • Finding the Female Portrait in Greek Art, Wofford College, Spartanburg SC. November 13, 2008  2008
  • The “flâneuse” and the face-veil: out and about in the Hellenistic city, Fifth Feminism and Classics Conference, University of Michigan Ann Arbor. May 10, 2008  2008
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • Bass Connections Team Leader. Building Duke: The Architectural History of Duke Campus from 1924 to the Present. 2019 - 2020  2019 - 2020
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  Service to the Profession

  • Editor in Chief : American Journal of Archaeology. 2013 - 2016  2013 - 2016
  • Reviewer of Proposal “La vie des portraits grecs/Das Leben griechischer Porträts,” a three-year collaborative French and German research project : L'Agence nationale de la recherché/French National Research Agency/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. July 2011 - July 2012  2011 - 2012
  • Fellowship Committee, Art History : Kress Foundation. 2010  2010
  • Admissions and Fellowships Committee, American School of Classical Studies. 2009 - 2013  2009 - 2013
  • Board of Directors, The American Research Institute in Turkey. 2009 - 2011  2009 - 2011
  • Committee on Admissions and Fellowships : American School of Classical Studies at Athens. 2009 - 2012  2009 - 2012
  • Fulbright National Screening Committee, Turkey/Cyprus/Greece. 2009 - 2012  2009 - 2012
  • Fellowships Committee on Archaeology : American Research Insitute in Turkey. December 6, 2008  2008
  • Cambridge University Press, external reviewer. 2008  2008
  • Program Committee for the Annual Meeting, Archaeological Institute of America. 2008 - 2010  2008 - 2010
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  Service to Duke

  • Imagining Duke Curriculum. 2014 - 2017  2014 - 2017
  • Wired! Lab for Visualizing the Past Executive Committee. January 8, 2012  2012
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies. December 20, 2010 - July 1, 2013  2010 - 2013
  • Executive Committee of the Graduate Faculty. November 19, 2010 - July 1, 2012  2010 - 2012
  • Director of Graduate Studies. December 31, 2009 - July 1, 2010  2009 - 2010

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