This interview is with Lynn Roller, Professor Emerita of Art History and Faculty Affiliate in Classics and Religious Studies . She was appointed in 1977 and retired in 2017.
Lynn studies the art and archaeology of the ancient civilizations surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, from prehistory to the rise of Christianity in circa 400 CE. Her principal research area is the art of ancient Greece and adjacent cultures, especially the Phrygians in central Turkey and Thracians in southeastern Europe. She participated in archaeological excavations and surveys in Corinth, Greece, and Gordion, Turkey. She is currently the co-Director of a survey project at the site of Gluhite Kamani in southeastern Bulgaria. Her work investigates the interactions between the ancient Greeks and neighboring peoples with special emphasis on visual culture and religious practices and their role in identity formation. She has a strong secondary interest in the art of the eastern Roman Empire.
She is interviewed by her friend and colleague, Gail Finney, Professor and Chair Emerita of German and Comparative Literature.
