Dr Janette McWilliam
Dr

Janette McWilliam

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Dr Janette McWilliam is:
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Fields of research

Religious studies

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, Australian National University
  • Masters (Research), Australian National University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge

Research interests

  • 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.

Search Professor Janette McWilliam’s works on UQ eSpace

54 works between 2001 and 2024
All (54) Journal Article (5) Book Chapter (12) Conference Publication (2) Book (2) Other Outputs (33)

41 - 54 of 54 works

2014

Book Chapter

Columbarium

McWilliam, Janette (2014). Columbarium. A Study in Stone. (pp. 28-31) edited by Janette McWilliam. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

Columbarium

2014

Book Chapter

In focus: Via Appia

McWilliam, Janette (2014). In focus: Via Appia. A Study in Stone. (pp. 43-43) edited by Janette McWilliam. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

In focus: Via Appia

2013

Other Outputs

Lemuria: A Festival of Death

McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2013). Lemuria: A Festival of Death. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

Lemuria: A Festival of Death

2013

Other Outputs

Then and Now: 50 Years of Antiquities, 1963-2013

McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Press, Daniel (2013). Then and Now: 50 Years of Antiquities, 1963-2013. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

Then and Now: 50 Years of Antiquities, 1963-2013

2013

Book Chapter

The socialization of Roman children

McWilliam, Janette (2013). The socialization of Roman children. The Oxford Handbook of Childhood and Education in the Classical World. (pp. 264-285) edited by Judith Evans Grubbs, Tim Parkin and Roslynne Bell. New York , United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199781546.013.013

The socialization of Roman children

2012

Other Outputs

Saturnalia: Museum Night 2012

McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2012). Saturnalia: Museum Night 2012. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

Saturnalia: Museum Night 2012

2012

Other Outputs

Vertumnalia

McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2012). Vertumnalia. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

Vertumnalia

2012

Other Outputs

Lemuria: Ghosts, Death and Funerary Practices

McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2012). Lemuria: Ghosts, Death and Funerary Practices. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

Lemuria: Ghosts, Death and Funerary Practices

2011

Book Chapter

Introduction

McWilliam, Janette, Puttock, Sonia, Stevenson, Tom and Taraporewalla, Rashna (2011). Introduction. The statue of Zeus at Olympia: New approaches. (pp. 1-8) Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Introduction

2011

Book

The statue of Zeus at Olympia: New approaches

Janette McWilliam, Sonia Puttock, Tom Stevenson and Rashna Taraporewalla eds. (2011). The statue of Zeus at Olympia: New approaches. Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

The statue of Zeus at Olympia: New approaches

2011

Other Outputs

UQ Latin website

McWilliam, Janette (2011). UQ Latin website. UQ website: University of Queensland.

UQ Latin website

2011

Book Chapter

The statue of Zeus at Olympia in western imagination via the internet

McWilliam, Janette (2011). The statue of Zeus at Olympia in western imagination via the internet. The statue of Zeus at Olympia: New approaches. (pp. 209-222) edited by Janette McWilliam, Sonia Puttock, Tom Stevenson and Rashna Taraporewalla. Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

The statue of Zeus at Olympia in western imagination via the internet

2010

Journal Article

The family as strategy: Image-making and the children of Germanicus

McWilliam, Janette (2010). The family as strategy: Image-making and the children of Germanicus. Acta Patristica et Byzantina, 21 (2), 121-140. doi: 10.1080/10226486.2010.11879122

The family as strategy: Image-making and the children of Germanicus

2001

Book Chapter

Children among the dead: The Influence of urban life on the commemoration of children on tombstone inscriptions

McWilliam, Janette (2001). Children among the dead: The Influence of urban life on the commemoration of children on tombstone inscriptions. Childhood, class, and kin in the Roman world. (pp. 74-98) edited by Suzanne Dixon. New York, NY, United States: Routledge.

Children among the dead: The Influence of urban life on the commemoration of children on tombstone inscriptions

Past funding

  • 2019 - 2020
    First World War Antiquities - Queensland
    Saluting Their Service Commemorations Program Community Commemorative Grants
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Zooming In, Zooming Out: High-Definition Multi-Scalar Technologies in Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and Environment
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Operationalising research collections in archaeological science and museum studies
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    Case Study of Students in LATN1110 Gateway Course at UQ employing Action Research Methodologies.
    UQ New Staff Start-up Grants (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2010
    Children in the Visual Landscape of Rome and her Empire
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2009
    Teaching Latin in the New Millennium: A Blended Learning Programme for Classical Languages
    UQ Teaching & Learning Strategic Grants
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Janette McWilliam is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • 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.

  • Greco-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, religion, magic, 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

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Role of Wood in Shaping Social and Cultural Experiences in Roman Domestic Spaces

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kit Morrell

  • Master Philosophy

    History and Archaeology of Hellenistic Female Merchants

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Annabel Florence

  • 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

  • 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

  • Master Philosophy

    Monotheism and Military Strength on the Borders of the Later Roman Empire

    Associate Advisor

  • Master Philosophy

    Isis Beyond Egypt: Representations of Isis from Classical Greece to Imperial Rome

    Associate Advisor

Completed supervision

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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