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1 Ambra Spinelli ( ) University of Southern California Department of Art History 3501 Trousdale Parkway, THH 355 Los Angeles, CA EDUCATION 2011 present May 2016 May 2014 University of Southern California, Los Angeles (USA) Ph.D. Candidate in Art History Major in Roman Art and Archaeology Dissertation Title: The Tablinum: A Space and Stage for Private and Public Rituals in the Houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum Committee: John Pollini (Major Advisor), Ann Marie Yasin, Thomas Habinek, Steven Ellis University of Southern California, Los Angeles (USA) Graduate Certificate in Digital Media and Culture Advanced to Candidacy (with High Pass ) for Ph.D. in Art History. Major Field: Roman Art and Archaeology; Minor Field: History and Theory of Collecting and Display; Outside Field: Classics 2013 University of Southern California, Los Angeles (USA) M.A. in Art History 2008 Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna (Italy) Laurea Specialistica in Archeologia e Culture del Mondo Antico 110/110 summa cum laude (M.A. degree) Master s thesis: Preparation of the First Museum of Antiquities at the Department of Archaeology, Bologna. Advisor: Maria Teresa Guaitoli 2005 Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna (Italy) Laurea Triennale in Lettere Classiche 110/110 (B.A. degree) BA s thesis: Underwater Archaeology in Italy. Contribution to the Status Quaestionis. Advisor: Daniela Scagliarini Corlàita AWARDS / GRANTS Jan Society for Classical Studies Graduate Student Travel Award USC Research Enhancement Fellowship, Office of the Provost USC Andrew W. Mellon Digital Humanities PhD Fellowship Summer 2016 Jan Jan Spring 2013 Spring 2012 American Friends of Herculaneum Graduate Student Award Archaeological Institute of America Graduate Student Travel Award Best Poster Award, 114th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Seattle USC Graduate Student Government Travel Grant Hovel Summer Travel Fellowship Award

2 Spring 2012 USC Graduate Student Government Travel Grant USC Merit Fellowship Award PUBLICATIONS Books 2017 edited volume: Artistry in Bronze: The Greeks and Their Legacy. XIXth International Congress on Ancient Bronzes. Daehner J., K. Lapatin, and A. Spinelli (eds.). Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum (2017). Articles and Chapters 2017 The Getty Cybele : A Roman Portrait of Feminine Virtues. American Journal of Archaeology, Vol (July 2017), Spinario Castellani and Hermes from Saponara catalogue entries in J. Daehner and K. Lapatin (eds.), Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum (2015), 216, 306; and in the Italian catalogue Potere e Pathos. Bronzi del Mondo Ellenistico. Florence: Giunti Editore (2015), 216, Comic Figurine of a Slave Seated on an Altar and Red-Figured Bell Krater with Phlyax Scene catalogue entries in M.L. Hart (ed.), The Art of Ancient Greek Theater. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum (2010), 119, Underwater Archaeology in Italy: The Park of Baia (Naples) in Aygün C. O. (ed.), SOMA 2007: Proceedings of the XI Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Istanbul Technical University, April Oxford: Oxford Archaeopress (2009), In progress The History of Excavations in I.1 and VIII.7: Finds, Decoration, and Architecture, (co-authored with A. Scorziello), in S. Ellis (ed.), Excavations at Pompeii (I.1, VIII.7, and Porta Stabia), Vol. 1, Structure, Stratigraphy, and Space. Expected submission: Dec TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor, University of Southern California 2017 When Private Becomes Public : Domestic and Funerary Art in the Ancient Roman World Teaching Assistant, University of Southern California 2015 Art and Society: From Renaissance to Modern 2014 Foundation of Western Art: From the Age of the Cave to Renaissance 2014 Art and Society: From Renaissance to Modern 2013 Digging into the Past: Material Culture and Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean 2013 Art and Society: From Renaissance to Modern 2012 Foundation of Western Art: From the Age of the Cave to Renaissance Ambra Spinelli 2

3 RELATED PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2016 present 2011 present May June 2013 June July 2011 Guest Researcher, Getty Research Institute Head of Archival Research and Assistant to the Director Prof. Steven Ellis, Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia (PARP:PS); University of Cincinnati Research Assistant to John Pollini, USC Project Archivist, Pompeii Quadriporticus Project (PQP), co-directed by Steven Ellis and Prof. Eric Poehler; University of Cincinnati Research Collaborator, in the archaeological project: DHER: Domus Herculanensis Rationes, Herculaneum, directed by Daniela Scagliarini Corlàita and Antonella Coralini 2005 Research Collaborator, in the archaeological project: POMPEI Insula del Centenario, directed by Daniela Scagliarini Corlàita MUSEUM/COLLECTION EXPERIENCE Jan Aug Jan. April 2013 July 2011 June 2010 Graduate Student Intern/Research Assistant, Antiquities Department, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, for the exhibition Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World (July 28 Nov. 1, 2015) and the XIXth International Congress on Ancient Bronzes, Los Angeles (October 13 17, 2015), co-directed by Kenneth Lapatin and Jens Daehner Research Collaborator and Co-Organizer, USC Fisher Museum, for the exhibition Denouncing Violence Against Women (April 2013), directed by Selma Holo Research Collaborator, Antiquities Department, The J. Paul Getty Museum (Villa), Los Angeles, for the exhibition The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection (Sept. 12, 2012 Jan. 7, 2013), directed by Kenneth Lapatin Assistant to Mountmaker, Mackanzie Lowry, translating Italian-English during business trip at various Italian museums; The J. Paul Getty Museum (Villa) Graduate Intern, Antiquities Department, The J. Paul Getty Museum (Villa), Los Angeles, helping with various curatorial tasks and the exhibition The Art of Ancient Greek Theater (Aug. 26, 2010 Jan. 3, 2011), directed by Mary Louise Hart 2008 Graduate Intern, Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell Emilia Romagna, Bologna ORGANIZED EVENTS Jan Aug Co-organizer (together with K. Lapatin and J. Daehner), XIXth International Congress on Ancient Bronzes, The J. Paul Getty Museum (Center and Villa), Los Angeles (October 13 17, 2015) Ambra Spinelli 3

4 Sept Feb Co-organizer, USC Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, Art History and Classics Departments, The Edges of the Body: Extremities and Knowledge in Antiquity and Beyond (Jan.31 Feb.1, 2014) LECTURES, TALKS, PRESENTATIONS: ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC Jan Nov Oct Sept April 2017 March 2017 Jan Jan Oct July Oct Dec Nov Oct. & May 2014 Beyond the Salutatio: Looking at the Archaeological and Literary Evidence for the Tablinum in the Houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Society for Classical Studies, Boston Invited Gallery Talk at the Getty Villa for the Department of History, Claremont McKenna College The Tablinum: A Space and Stage for Private and Public Rituals in the Houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Symposium Campanum, Villa Vergiliana, Cuma Beyond the Salutatio: Looking at the Archaeological and Literary Evidence for the Tablinum in the Houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Invited Lecture for the SAXO Institute, Department of Archaeology, University of Copenhagen Visibility, Movement, and Accessibility of Domestic Spaces: Understanding the Uses of the Tablinum in the Houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum. USC Art History Department, Works-in-Progress series Identity, Presence, and Impression in the Houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Invited Lecture for Ann Marie Yasin s course on ancient Roman Art; USC Art History and Classics Departments Invited recorded interview by The J. Paul Getty Museum on a Roman sculpture ( Getty Cybele ) in the Getty Villa Museum The Tablinum: A Space for Private and Public Rituals in the Roman House. Archaeological Institute of America, Lightning Session, San Francisco Reading Pompeii in the Modern Era: The History of its Excavations and the Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia. Invited Public Lecture for the Patrons of Italian Culture, University of Pepperdine, Los Angeles Public Gallery Talks on the exhibition Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World at The J. Paul Getty Center, Los Angeles (July 28 Nov. 1, 2015) Pompeii: Art and Architecture in Context Invited Public Lecture for the USC Alumni Association, USC, Los Angeles Gallery Talks at The J. Paul Getty Villa College Night, Los Angeles Invited Gallery Talks on Pompeii: The Exhibition at the California Science Center, Los Angeles (May 20, 2014 Jan. 4, 2015) for the LA Local Society of the: Archaeological Institute of America California Classical Association Patrons of Italian Culture Ambra Spinelli 4

5 March 2014 Jan Dec April 2013 Jan April 2008 April 2007 The Getty Cybele : A Portrait of Feminine Virtues. Invited Lecture for Docents, Educators, and Curators, The J. Paul Getty Museum (Villa), Los Angeles The Getty Cybele : A Portrait of Feminine Virtues. Archaeological Institute of America, Chicago The Getty Cybele : A Portrait of Feminine Virtues. USC Classics Department Disinterring a Pompeian Middle-Class Neighborhood. USC Graduate Research Symposium Disinterring a Pompeian Middle-Class Neighborhood. Poster. Archaeological Institute of America, Seattle. Winner, 2013 AIA Best Poster Award Master s Thesis: Preparation of the First Museum of Antiquities at the Department of Archaeology, Bologna. Invited Public Lecture for a Press Conference at the Underwater Archaeology in Italy: The Park of Baia (Naples), (published by Oxford Archaeopress, 2009). SOMA 2007: XI International Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Istanbul ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia (PARP:PS) University of Cincinnati 2006 Medieval fortress of Acquaviva Picena (AP), Italy 2005 Bologna (BO): emergency excavations at the Nuova Stazione Centrale, via Carracci TECNE s.r.l Medieval fortress of Acquaviva Picena (AP), Italy 2004 Roman town Albinia (GR), Italy 2003 Etruscan town Marzabotto (BO), Italy LANGUAGES Ancient: Etruscan, Greek, and Latin Modern: Italian (native), English (fluent reading, writing, and speaking), French and German (fluent reading), Spanish (fluent reading and speaking) COMPUTER SKILLS Ambra Spinelli 5

6 Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, File Maker, Scalar MEMBERSHIPS 2017 Society for Classical Studies 2016 present 2016 present 2014 present 2011 present American Friends of Herculaneum Italian Art Society Patrons of Italian Culture Archaeological Institute of America REFERENCES John Pollini Department of Art History, University of Southern California Professor of Art History, Archaeology and History Phone: Ann Marie Yasin Department of Art History, University of Southern California Associate Professor of Art History and Classics Phone: Thomas Habinek Department of Classics, University of Southern California Professor of Classics Phone: Steven Ellis Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati Associate Professor; Director of PARP:PS Phone: Ambra Spinelli 6

Dissertation: Audience and Architecture in Donatello s Florentine Reliefs Committee: Sherry Roush, Elizabeth Smith, Robin Thomas, Daniel Zolli

ELIZABETH PETERSEN 205 Borland Building University Park, PA 16802 eap204@psu.edu EDUCATION Doctoral Candidate, University Park, PA PhD, History of Art Dissertation: Audience and Architecture in Donatello