John North Hopkins     john.hopkins@mail.utexas.edu  |  2904 Hampton Rd., apt. B, Austin, TX 78703 | 803.799.1091
     
  EDUCATION
PhD, Art History
  The University of Texas at Austin
Dissertation: "The Topographical Transformation of Archaic Rome: A New Interpretation of Architecture and Geography in the Early City" UT Outstanding Dissertation Award
MA, Art History
  The University of Texas at Austin
Thesis: "Reflections of Expansion: The Cloaca Maxima and Urban Image in Tarquin Rome"
BS, Theatre
  Northwestern University
Thesis: "Medea, Hecate and Euripides: Aspects of History, Myth and Drama in The Medea"
     
    TEACHING POSITIONS
Assistant Director
  Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome
Instructor of Roman art, architecture, archaeology and history
Teaching Assistant
  The University of Texas at Austin
Survey of Ancient through Medieval Art
Grader
  The University of Texas at Austin
Survey of Ancient through Medieval Art, The Taj Mahal and the Diversity of Indian Culture
     
    SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS  (full list of awards)
    Getty Post Doctoral Residential Fellowship
Getty Research Institute
    Mellon/ACLS Recent Doctoral Recipients Fellowship.
Awarded, could not accept. American Council of Learned Societies
    University of Texas Outstanding Dissertation Award
Awarded by the University of Texas for the best dissertation presented in the Humanities and Fine Arts
    Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship
American Council of Learned Societies
    Rome Prize (Frances Barker Tracy/Samuel H. Kress Foundation/ Helen M. Woodruff Fellowship of the Archaeological Institute of America two-year Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize)
American Academy in Rome
    Scott Opler Endowment for New Scholars Fellowship
The Scoiety of Architectural Historians
    Cullen Trust Endowment Fund Fellowship
The University of Texas at Austin
    M. K. Hage Endowed Scholarship in Fine Arts
The University of Texas at Austin
    Etruscan Foundation Fieldwork Fellowship
Etruscan Foundation
    Dr. Ralph and Marie B. Hanna Centennial Endowed Scholarship in Art
The University of Texas at Austin
    Annie Laurie Howard Regents Research and Travel Grant
The University of Texas at Austin

    SYMPOSIA, CONFERENCES, LECTURES
    “An Art Historian and an Archaeologist: working on both sides of the ever-shifting gap in ancient scholarship”
Emerging Themes and Methods of Humanities Research, ACLS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia
    “Excavations in the Theater of Pompey, 2009” with Jim Packer
The Archaeological Institute of America, Annual Meeting, Anaheim
    “Not Quite Etruscan, Not Quite Greek: The Roman Origins of Roman Temple Design”
The American Academy in Rome
    “The Colossal Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus and Roman Temple Architecture”
The Archaeological Institute of America, Annual Meeting, Philadelphia
    “The Colossal Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus in Archaic Rome”
Università di Siena, “I cantieri edili dell'Italia e delle province romane, 2: Italia e province occidentali. Workshop di Siena, Certosa di Pontignano”
    “The Creation of the Forum in Archaic Rome”
Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica, Incontri a Roma
    “Building a Culturally Diverse City: Identity and Architecture in Archaic Rome”
Society of Architectural Historians, Annual Meeting, Cincinnati
    “The Topography of Early Rome: New Ideas and Interpretations”
The British School at Rome, “The City of Rome”
    “Evolution and Revolution in the use of Roman Concrete, 204 BCE-312 CE”
American Academy in Rome, Fellows talks and day-long walks of the city
    “The Sacred Sewer: Tradition and Religion in the Cloaca Maxima”
The British School at Rome, “Pollution and Propriety: Dirt, Disease, and Hygiene in Rome from Antiquity to Modernity”
    “Canalis Maximus: A Reexamination of the Monumental Design and Impact of the Cloaca Maxima in Sixth Century B.C. Rome”
The Archaeological Institute of America, Annual Meeting, Montréal
    “Adaptation or Innovation?: The Distinct Hydraulic Architecture of Rome’s Cloaca Maxima”
International Water History Association/UNESCO, Annual Conference, Paris
    “Plautus’ Curculio and the staging of Roman Comedy”
Conceptions of Humor in Ancient Visual Culture, The University of Texas, Austin
     
    PEER-REVIEW PUBLICATIONS
    “The Colossal Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus in Archaic Rome” in Papi, Emanuele, et al., eds. I cantieri edili dell'Italia e delle province romane, 2: Italia e province occidentali. Workshop di Siena, Certosa di Pontignano. Mérida: Instituto de Arqueología de Mérida. Accepted by peer review, awaiting publication in 2010
    “The Capitoline Temple and the Effects of Monumentality on Roman Temple Design” in Michael Thomas and Gretchen Meyers, eds. The Ideology and Innovation of Monumental Architecture in Etruria and Early Rome. University of Texas Press. 6,500-word article submitted for peer review.
    “The Creation of the Forum and the Making of Monumental Rome” in Jeffrey Becker and Elizabeth Robinson, eds. Studies in Italian urbanism: the first millennium BCE. 7,000-word article submitted for peer review.
    “Excavations in the Theater of Pompey, 2009” with James Packer in Bullettino della Commissione archeologica comunale di Roma.
    “The Sacred Sewer: Tradition and Religion in Rome's Cloaca Maxima” in Bradley, Mark, et al. eds., Pollution and propriety: dirt, disease and hygiene in Rome from antiquity to modernity. Rome and Nottingham: BSR series. Conference proceedings submitted for peer review
    “The Cloaca Maxima and the Monumental Manipulation of Water in Archaic Rome” in K.W. Rinne, ed. The Waters of Rome. Charlottesville, Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia
     
    WORKS IN PROGRESS
    “Rebuilding the Imperial Image: Flavian Architecture in Rome and Abroad” in Zissos, Andrew, ed. A Companion to the Flavian Age. Wiley-Blackwell. 11,000-word manuscript in progress
    The Cultural and Artistic Legacy of Early Roman Architecture. Book-length manuscript on archaic Roman architecture in progress
     
    ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
    “Forum, Forum Romanum” in Roger Bagnall, et al., eds. The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Entry accepted by peer review, awaiting publication in 2010
    “Forum, Forum Boarium” in Roger Bagnall, et al., eds. The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Entry accepted by peer review, awaiting publication in 2010
    “Comitium” in Roger Bagnall, et al., eds. The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Entry accepted by peer review, awaiting publication in 2010
    “Curia” in Roger Bagnall, et al., eds. The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Entry accepted by peer review, awaiting publication in 2010
     
    FIELDWORK
Supervisor, Researcher
  Rome - Theater of Pompey
James Packer, Director
Field Archaeologist
  Classe, Ravenna - Basillica di San Severo
Andrea Augenti, Director
     
    OTHER POSITIONS HELD
AAR Liaison
  Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica
Liaison between the American Academy In Rome and AIAC for affairs and events
Research Assistant
  John R. Clarke, Annie Laurie Howard Regents Professor of Art History
Topics: humor in art, Pompeian art and culture, Roman domestic architecture, Roman painting
Resource Specialist
  Visual Resource Collection, The University of Texas at Austin
Consulted on and compiled image acquisitions
     
    LANGUAGES
    Read/Speak: Italian, Spanish; Read: French, German, Latin