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ELIZABETH ANNE WUESTE
ewueste@berkeley.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS and CURRENT PROJECT
Classical art and archaeology, particularly Roman sculpture, honorific monuments, epigraphy,
history, painting, archaeological fieldwork, and museum studies.
Dissertation focuses on the honorific monuments (inscribed statue bases, body sculptures, and
portrait heads) to/of politicians in the 3rd-5th c. CE, using art historical, epigraphic, and material
evidence to draw conclusions about the construction of Late Antique political power, particularly
through the use (or omission) of religion (Christianity and otherwise). Also explores issues such
as the interplay between religion and art, Roman provincial administration, and the larger
evolution of Roman portrait sculpture. Under the advisement of Professor Christopher Hallett.
EDUCATION
PhD Classical Archaeology, University of California, Berkeley, expected May 2015
Dissertation: Politics and Religion in Late Antique Honorific Monuments
Advisor: C. Hallett. Committee: C. Noreña, N. Papazarkadas, A. Stewart
MA Classical Archaeology, University of California, Berkeley, 2009
Thesis: The Bearded Head from Sardis: New Stylistic, Historical, and Religious
Contexts for a Late Antique Portrait
Committee: C. Hallett, C. Greenewalt, S. Elm
BA
Classical Civilizations with a minor in Political Science, UCLA, 2007
Magna Cum Laude
PAPERS PRESENTED
“Proportion Distortion: The Human Form, Display Context, and Visual Refinements in Roman
Sculpture”
January 2014, AIA Annual Meeting, Lightening Session
“Revealing or Concealing Religion: Identifying ‘Christian’ versus ‘Non-Christian’ Material in
Late Roman Honorific Epigraphy, Monuments, and Portrait Sculpture”
January 2013, AIA Annual Meeting, Open “Epigraphy and Religion” Session
“Archaeological Reports from the Field: Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia”
September 2012, AIA San Francisco Society
“From Local to Imperial: Honorific Sculpture and the Construction of Imperial Power at
Aphrodisias”
April 2012, Graduate Colloquium in Classics, Ohio State University
“From Local to Imperial: Honorific Sculpture and the Construction of Imperial Power at
Aphrodisias”
January 2012, AIA Annual Meeting, Open “Aphrodisias” Session
“What a Picture is Worth: The Emergence of Pictorial Narrative and a Common Culture
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in Greek Geometric Vase Painting”
March 2010, CAMWS Annual Meeting, Open “Greek Art and Archaeology” Section
“Sharing the Wealth: Common Motifs in Third Style Wall Painting, Jewelry, and Metalware”
April 2009, CAMWS Annual Meeting, Open “Roman Art and Archaeology” Section
PUBLICATIONS
“Alberto Giacometti” and “Barbara Hepworth.” In J. Paul Getty Handbook of the Collections.
Malibu: Getty Publications, 2007. Pp. 276-277.
EXCAVATIONS
Alba Fucens, Italy
2013 Study Season
Team Member, Centre de Recherches en Archéologie et Patrimoine, U. libre de Bruxelles
Director: Dr. Cécile Evers, U. libre de Bruxelles, and Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire
Butrint, Albania
2012 Excavation Season
Trench Supervisor, The Butrint Archaeological Research Project: The Roman Forum
Director: Dr. David Hernandez, University of Notre Dame
Contexts: Roman Forum with paving and in-situ columns, Late Antique and Medieval
inhumation burials, lead pipe, Hellenistic ashlar masonry, opus mixtum building.
Pompeii, Italy
2011-12 Excavation Seasons
Excavation Team Member, Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia
Director: Dr. Steven Ellis, University of Cincinnati
Contexts: pre-79 AD furnaces, kiln, toilet, sanctuary, votive deposits, floors, drains,
walls, soak away drains, cistern. Personal emphasis in iPad documentation and database.
Nemea, Greece
2010-11 Excavation Seasons
Trench Supervisor, The Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology
Director: Dr. Kim Shelton, University of California Berkeley
Contexts: Hellenistic and earlier major earth works, votive deposits, sanctuary walls.
RELEVANT STUDY ABROAD
2013 Turkey
Individual dissertation research
2013 Greece
Individual dissertation research
2011 Rome, Italy
AAR Summer Program in Archaeology
2009 Munich, Germany
Goëthe Institut, Munich
2008 Greece
ASCSA Summer Session I
2006 Rome, Italy
UC “Rome Across the Ages” Program
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2006-2007
Publications Assistant , Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Los Angeles, CA
2005-2006
Administrative Assistant, Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Undergraduate Summer Intern, J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, CA
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND AWARDS
2007
UCLA Classics Department, Helen Caldwell Outstanding Major Award Recipient
2007-11
UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Fellowship Recipient
2008
ASCSA Lord Scholarship Recipient
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2008, 2011-13 Heller Fund Travel Grant Recipient
2009, 2011-13 Heller Fund Conference Travel Grant Recipient
2009
UC Berkeley Modern Language Study Grant Recipient
2010
Stahl Endowment Grant Recipient
2011-12
UC Berkeley Classics Department Fellowship Recipient
2011
Corinne S. Crawford Graduate Research Award Recipient
2011, 2013 Brittan Summer Travel Grant Recipient
2012-13
AIA Graduate Student Travel Award Recipient
2012
Berkeley Graduate Division Conference Travel Grant Recipient
2013
UC Berkeley Graduate Division “Outstanding GSI Award”
2013
UC Berkeley Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship Recipient
LANGUAGES
Ancient: Greek and Latin: excellent reading proficiency
Modern: French, German, and Italian: good reading proficiency, adequate speaking proficiency
DEPARTMENTAL AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS HELD
2013- onward ASCSA Alumni Association Class Agent
2012-2013
Outreach participant for Academic Student Workers Unit
2012-2013
Graduate Assembly Delegate
2011-2012
Graduate Student Liaison
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (UC Berkeley)
Classics 10B Intro to Roman Civilization
Classics 130P Origins of Rome
Classics 170D Archaeology of Houses and
Households in the Roman World
Classics 17B Elementary Roman Archaeology
Latin 2
Introductory Latin (2)
Latin 1
Introductory Latin (1)
Classics 10A Introduction to Greek Civilization
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Graduate Student Instructor
Graduate Student Reader
Graduate Student Reader
Spring 2012
Spring 2011
Spring 2010
Fall 2009
Graduate Student Instructor
Sole Instructor
Sole Instructor
Graduate Student Instructor
REFERENCES
Prof. Christopher Hallett, Departments of Classics and Art History, UC Berkeley
chrishallett@berkeley.edu
Prof. Carlos Noreña, Department of History, UC Berkeley
norena@berkeley.edu
Professor J. Theodore Peña, Department of Classics, UC Berkeley
tpena@berkeley.edu
Prof. Andrew Stewart, Departments of Classics and Art History, UC Berkeley
astewart@berkeley.edu