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Faculty of Classics

 

Biography: 

I am a PhD student at Pembroke college, where I also completed my BA and MPhil degrees. My research focuses on artistic practice in the Bronze Age Aegean, examining the role of visual culture in early Mycenaean burials. I am funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and have previously received awards from Pembroke College and the Faculty of Classics, Cambridge. 

Research:

  • Aegean art and archaeology
  • Mortuary archaeology
  • Ancient aesthetics, particularly questions of materiality and style 
  • The archaeology of colour

Publications: 

Phillips, R. 2021. From Story to Memory: Some Combat Images from the early Late Bronze Age Greek Mainland. Archaeological Review from Cambridge 36.2: 17-30 

Teaching and Supervisions: 

I currently supervise students at various colleges on a range of topics related to Classical Art and Archaeology. I teach preliminary, Part I and Part II papers. 

Other Professional Activities:

I have undertaken archaeological fieldwork in Greece and Italy, most recently at the Palace of Nestor project in Pylos. 

I am the Postgraduate Representative for the Museum of Classical Art and Archaeology, where I also work as an invigilator. I volunteer for the Mycenae Archive in the Faculty of Classics, where I have helped to digitise the records of Alan Wace’s excavations at Mycenae from 1920 to 1957. 

Supervisor: Dr Yannis Galanakis
College: Pembroke
Title of Thesis (preliminary): Death and Aesthetics: The Role of Visual Culture on the Late Bronze Age Greek Mainland, 1600-1400 BC
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