Marianne Bergeron
m.e.bergeron@reading.ac.uk
EDUCATION
2010 University of Reading, UK
PhD Classics
Thesis Topic: Contextualising Greek Pottery in Archaic Carthage
External Examiner: Prof. Dr. Roald F. Docter (Ghent University)
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Amy Smith
2004 University of Toronto, Canada
MA History of Art (Ancient Art Collaborative Programme)
2000 University of Ottawa, Canada
BA Classical Studies
1999 University of Ottawa, Canada
BA Theatre Studies
Awards and Grants
Classical Association: Conference Funding for ‘The gods of Small Things’, 2009 (£800)
Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies: Conference Funding for ‘The gods of Small Things’, 2009
(£350)
University of Reading Postgraduate Studentship, 2006-2008 (£5000 per annum)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Papers Presented at Conferences and Seminars
Institute of Classical Studies, Classical Archaeology Seminar, University of London, 28 January 2009
‘Contextualising Protocorinthian Pottery in Archaic Carthage’
University of Reading Classics Department Seminar, 26 November 2008
‘Luxury Trinket? A Look at Protocorinthian Pottery in Archaic Carthaginian Burials’
‘Identifying the Punic Mediterranean’, British School at Rome, 6-7 November 2008
Graduate Student Research Presentations (Workshop)
St. Andrews, Glasgow, and Edinburgh Postgraduate Association (STAGE) Scottish Classical Postgraduate
Conference, Edinburgh, 2 June 2008
‘Luxury Trinket or Funerary Observance? A Look at Archaic Greek Pottery in Carthaginian Burials’
Conferences Organised
‘The gods of Small Things’. Reading, 21-22 September 2009 (academic co-organiser with Dr. Amy Smith and
Katerina Volioti)
‘Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Ancient History’ (AMPAH 2009). Reading, 28 March 2009 (co-organiser
with Virginia Campbell and Joanna Brown)
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Select Publications
Bergeron, M., S. Pickup, A. Smith, Cypriote Antiquities at the Ure Museum, Corpus of Cypriote Antiquities,
Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, Aström (Under Review)
Bergeron, M., A. Smith, The gods of Small Things, Proceedings from the conference held in Reading, 21-22
September 2009, Pallas: Revue d’études antiques, Comité académique des Publications Universitaires,
Toulouse (Forthcoming, December 2011). Co-Editor.
Bergeron, M., J. Brown and V. Campbell, (2009) “Conference Report: Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in
Ancient History 2009. University of Reading”. Rosetta 6, http://www.rosetta.bham.ac.uk/issue6/ampah-2009/
Archaeological Fieldwork Experience
Laboratory Assistant, Wadi Ziqlab Project (Jordan), University of Toronto, 2002-2003
Student, Cortona Archaeological Field School (Italy), University of Alberta, Summer 2000
Student, Leptiminus Archaeological Project (Tunisia), University of Manitoba, Summer 1999
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer and Convenor, ‘Carthage and Greece’, University of Reading (2010-2011)
Sessional Lecturer, ‘Fifth Century Athens’, University of Reading (2005-2010)
Sessional Lecturer, ‘Greek Mythology’, University of Reading (2005-2009)
Sessional Lecturer, ‘Greek and Roman Painting’, University of Reading (2007-2009)
Sessional Lecturer, ‘Augustan Rome’, University of Reading (2005-2007)
Teaching Assistant, ‘Introduction to Greek Art and Architecture’ and
‘Introduction to Roman Art and Architecture’, University of Toronto (2003-2004)
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
Volunteer, Ure Museum, University of Reading (2005-2009)
Assistant, Part 1 Mapping Project, University of Reading (2005-2008)
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