Overview
Availability
- Dr Janette McWilliam is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, Australian National University
- Masters (Research), Australian National University
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Research interests
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Research Interests
My research interests include Ancient Material Culture, Greek and Roman Social, Cultural and Political History, Roman Children and Women, Roman Art, Roman Law, Ancient Medicine, Latin Epigraphy, Cultural Identities in the Ancient world, Pedagogical Approaches to teaching Classical Latin and Greek and Museum Studies. I am currently working on projects on Roman Children, the pedagogical approaches to the teaching of Classical Languages, particularly through the use of colour, and First World War Antiquities Collections. I run an International Museum Internship Program and Field School in Italy, and a curatorial internship Program in the R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Collecting antiquities in wartime: The First World War Antiquities (Queensland) Project
Donaldson, James, Asmussen, Brit, McWilliam, Janette and Parkhill, David (2024). Collecting antiquities in wartime: The First World War Antiquities (Queensland) Project. Journal of the History of Collections, 36 (1), 149-166. doi: 10.1093/jhc/fhad034
2022
Other Outputs
Wondrous Machines: Hero of Alexandria's Ancient Automata
McWilliam, Janette, Keenan-Jones, Duncan, Pounds, Pauline, Donaldson, James, Mann, Charlotte and Boden, Marie (2022). Wondrous Machines: Hero of Alexandria's Ancient Automata. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.
2022
Other Outputs
Wondrous Machines: VIP Preview and Curator Talk
McWilliam, Janette and Keenan-Jones, Duncan (2022). Wondrous Machines: VIP Preview and Curator Talk. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.
2022
Other Outputs
Wondrous Machines Opening Event
McWilliam, Janette, Keenan-Jones, Duncan, Gerolemou, Maria, Galluzzo, Gabriele, Boden, Marie, Pounds, Pauline and Mann, Charlotte (2022). Wondrous Machines Opening Event. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.
2021
Journal Article
Megarian Cup
McWilliam, Janette (2021). Megarian Cup. NOVA: The Friends of Antiquity Magazine, 11-11.
2021
Conference Publication
UQ's RD Milns Antiquities Museum: Current and Future Directions
Donaldson, James, Fairbairn, Andrew and McWilliam, Janette (2021). UQ's RD Milns Antiquities Museum: Current and Future Directions. Mediterranean Archaeology Australasian Research Community Conference 2021, Online, 28-30 January 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Antiquities from the First World War in Queensland Collections
Donaldson, James, Asmussen, Brit and McWilliam, Janette (2021). Antiquities from the First World War in Queensland Collections. Mediterranean Archaeology Australasian Research Community Conference 2021, Online, 28-30 January 2021.
2021
Book Chapter
Children in Roman religion and ritual
McWilliam, Janette (2021). Children in Roman religion and ritual. Children in antiquity: perspectives and experiences of childhood in the ancient Mediterranean. (pp. 370-384) edited by Lesley A. Beaumont, Matthew Dillon and Nicola Harrington. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315542812-30
2019
Other Outputs
Contested histories: photographs from Mandate Palestine in the JH Iliffe Collection
McWilliam, Janette and Donaldson, James (2019). Contested histories: photographs from Mandate Palestine in the JH Iliffe Collection. R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum, University of Queensland: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.
2019
Other Outputs
Contested histories VIP preview and curator talks
McWilliam, Janette and Donaldson, James (2019). Contested histories VIP preview and curator talks. R.D Milns Antiquties Museum, University of Queensland: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.
2018
Journal Article
Vitalis or Vitalinis? A Roman grave-marker for an eight-year-old girl
McWilliam, Janette (2018). Vitalis or Vitalinis? A Roman grave-marker for an eight-year-old girl. Antichthon, 52, 117-131. doi: 10.1017/ann.2018.7
2018
Other Outputs
Dionysos: Portrait of a god
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2018). Dionysos: Portrait of a god. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.
2018
Other Outputs
Dionysos: Portrait of a god. VIP Preview and Curator's Talk
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2018). Dionysos: Portrait of a god. VIP Preview and Curator's Talk. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.
2018
Other Outputs
Dionysos: Portrait of a god. Exhibition Opening Curator Talk
McWilliam, Janette (2018). Dionysos: Portrait of a god. Exhibition Opening Curator Talk. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.
2018
Other Outputs
Exhibition Opening Event, Curators
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2018). Exhibition Opening Event, Curators. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.
2016
Other Outputs
Useless Beauty Up Late: Jewellery in the Ancient and Modern World
McWilliam, Janette, Malik, Shushma, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2016). Useless Beauty Up Late: Jewellery in the Ancient and Modern World. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
2016
Other Outputs
Useless Beauty: Luxury and Rome
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Malik, Shushma and Andersen, David (2016). Useless Beauty: Luxury and Rome. Brisbane, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
2016
Other Outputs
Cyprus an Island and a People Public Programs: Cyprus Up Late
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2016). Cyprus an Island and a People Public Programs: Cyprus Up Late. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
2016
Other Outputs
New Minor Exhibition Preview: Egypt, Land of the Pharoahs and the Owen Powell OAM Medical Collection
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2016). New Minor Exhibition Preview: Egypt, Land of the Pharoahs and the Owen Powell OAM Medical Collection. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
2016
Book Chapter
The University of Queensland. The R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum
McWilliam, Janette (2016). The University of Queensland. The R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum. Fifty Treasures: Classical Antiquities in Australian and New Zealand Universities. (pp. 85-85) edited by Ridley, Ronald T., Marshall, Bruce and Morrell, Kit. Melbourne: The Australasian Society for Classical Studies.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Janette McWilliam is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Roman Social/Cultural/Political History
I am available to supervise in the broad area of Greco-Roman social and cultural history ( you can't extract politics!), pedagogical appraches to teaching Latin, Greek and Ancient History, and Museology. I am particularly interested in gender, women, children, slavery, medicine, food, law, epigraphy, spectacle, sensory perception) and I work with a range of different ancient sources, including texts, material culture, inscriptions, art & architecture, archaeology.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
The Role of Wood in Shaping Social and Cultural Experiences in Roman Domestic Spaces
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kit Morrell
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Doctor Philosophy
The Traditional and the Unconventional: Unique Expressions of Maternal Power by the Empresses Julia Soaemias and Julia Mamaea
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kit Morrell
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Master Philosophy
Families of the Frontier: The Role of Women and Children in Roman Military Communities on Hadrian¿s Wall
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kit Morrell
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Master Philosophy
Monotheism and Military Strength on the Borders of the Later Roman Empire
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Amelia Brown
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Master Philosophy
History and Archaeology of Hellenistic Female Merchants
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Amelia Brown
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Master Philosophy
Isis Beyond Egypt: Representations of Isis from Classical Greece to Imperial Rome
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Amelia Brown
Completed supervision
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2023
Master Philosophy
Cosmetics, Status, and Personal Identity: Examining Appearance in the Roman Imperial Period
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kit Morrell
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2023
Master Philosophy
Blinding Honour: Light, Honour, and Power in Cicero's Philosophical Texts of 44 BCE
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Amelia Brown
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2023
Master Philosophy
Civil Violence and Rome's Urban Space in the Late Republic and Early Imperial Period
Principal Advisor
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2021
Master Philosophy
Work in Life and Death: The Role of Workers and their Representations in Hispanic Ports and Production Centres
Principal Advisor
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2021
Master Philosophy
The Socio-Cultural Contexts for the Provision and Acquisition of Medical Care in Late Republican and Imperial Rome
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
BEYOND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES: IDENTITY AND SELF-REPRESENTATION ON THE ATLANTIC FAÇADE OF HISPANIA IN THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Landscape and Geographic Space in T. Livius ab urbe condita libri
Principal Advisor
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2016
Master Philosophy
The Triumph of Luxury: Aspects of Literary Portrayals of Convivia in the Second Century BCE
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2015
Master Philosophy
Accessories to Power: Imperial Women's Dress, Adornments, and Attributes in Art and Text
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2014
Master Philosophy
The Careers of Roman Merchants and Trading Businessmen: Identities, Roles, and Outside Influences
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
The De Medicina, Cornelius Celsus and Surgery in the First Century CE
Principal Advisor
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2013
Master Philosophy
Amphitheatres and Cities in the Roman Empire
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Amelia Brown
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
The Cultural Value and Function of Bird and Snake Symbolism in Archaic and Classical Greece
Principal Advisor
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2012
Master Philosophy
Bodily Integrity and Disability in Roman Literature and rhetoric: The Case of Emperors, Children and Military Leaders
Principal Advisor
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2011
Master Philosophy
Popular Participation and the Power of the Assemblies in the Middle Republic
Principal Advisor
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2024
Master Philosophy
Transgressing the Norm: Intersex Sculpture in Eighteenth-Century British Collections
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Alastair Blanshard
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2023
Master Philosophy
The Leisure Pursuits of Elite Young Men (Neoi) in Classical Athens
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Alastair Blanshard
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2021
Master Philosophy
The Presentation of Scipio Africanus: Hellenization and Roman Elite Display in the 3rd and 2nd Centuries BC
Associate Advisor
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2021
Master Philosophy
Voluntary Deaths in Greek and Latin Literature from the Second to Fourth Centuries AD
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Amelia Brown
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2019
Master Philosophy
Representations of Semiramis from Antiquity to the Medieval Period
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Alastair Blanshard
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2017
Master Philosophy
The Military Significance of Venus in Late Republican and Augustan Rome
Associate Advisor
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2016
Master Philosophy
Boys will be Boys: The Portrayal of Youthful Emperors in Roman Imperial Histories and Biographies
Associate Advisor
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2014
Master Philosophy
The Portrayal of the Generals and the Armies in Tacitus' Annals
Associate Advisor
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2014
Master Philosophy
Historical, Geographical and Literary Aspects of Book 37 of Pliny the Elder's Historia Naturalis, and Changing Attitudes to his Work in the 21st Century
Associate Advisor
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2013
Master Philosophy
The Rainbow Reflection: The Role and Status of Isis in Greece in the Imperial Period
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Amelia Brown
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2012
Master Philosophy
Bellum Piraticum: Pompey, Piracy, and the Lex Gabinia of 67 BC
Associate Advisor
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2011
Master Philosophy
The Continuators of Caesar: Aims, Motives, Methods and Audience
Associate Advisor
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2010
Master Philosophy
Pontifex Optimus Maximus: The Office of Pontifex Maximus from the Middle Republic to Caesar
Associate Advisor
Media
Enquiries
Contact Dr Janette McWilliam directly for media enquiries about:
- Ancient Inscriptions
- Antiquties Museum
- Greco Roman Domestic Violence
- Latin
- Latin Epigraphy
- Pedagogical appraches to teaching Latin and Greek
- Roman Art and Architecture
- Roman Children
- Roman Gender
- Roman History
- Roman Material Culture
- Roman Social History
- Roman Women
- WIL for Ancient History
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