Associate Professor
Contact Information
Email: cgregg@gmu.edu
Phone: 703.993.1250
Mail Stop: 1F4
Campus: Fairfax
Office: Horizon Hall 3204
Biography
Christopher Gregg received his BA and MA degrees in Latin from the University of Georgia; he earned his doctorate in Classical Archaeology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 2000 with the dissertation 鈥淭he Legacy of Ganymede: Homoerotic Images in Roman Art.鈥 Gregg鈥檚 research interests include urban development of Roman cities, the interpretation of mythological images in Roman homes, and the portraiture of Antinous. He has taught four times at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome, most recently as the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in Charge for the 2016-2017 academic year. He has also been a visiting lecturer at UNC-Chapel Hill and The George Washington University. He has been a frequent speaker for the Smithsonian鈥檚 Resident Associate Program. Gregg鈥檚 archaeological field work includes four seasons as Registrar for the Kalamazoo College/University of Colorado Excavations at the Villa of Maxentius (Rome), two seasons as Registrar for the NC State Roman Aqaba Project (Jordan), and seven seasons as Registrar on the University of Georgia鈥檚 Yasmina Excavations at Carthage (Tunisia).
Selected Publications
2021听Engines of Education: Essays on the 亚洲AV Plaster
听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 Cast Collection. Editor. Mason Publishing.
2021 "Art or Artifact? Reappraising the Sleeping Satyr Plaster Cast." In听
听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听Engines of Education: Essays on the 亚洲AV
听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听Plaster Cast Collection. Mason Publishing: 1-23.
2020 听 听"The memory of a favorite racehorse: a disc of the horse Alumnus
听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听from the Yasmina cemetery at 听Carthage in the context of other
听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听circus-related iconography," in听The Journal听of Roman听Archaeology,
听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听Supplement 109,听For the Love of Carthage.听Edited by J. H. Humphrey.
听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听Portsmouth, Rhode Island: 93-114.
2020 听 听鈥淧ompeii.鈥 In听Oxford Bibliographies Online: Classics. Ed. Ruth Scodel.
听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 New York:听Oxford University Press, Launch date: February/March
听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 2011.听Expanded and updated August 2020.
2018听听听 Review:听Reconstructing the Lansdowne Collection of Classical Sculpture, Volumes 1
听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听and 2, by E. Angelicoussis (Munich 2017). In听Collections: A Journal for Museum and
听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 Archives Professionals听14.1.
2015 听 Chapter 5: 鈥淔acilities on the Gianicolo.鈥澨The Centro at Fifty: The History
听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 of the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, 1965-2015.听听
听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 Edited by M. Boatwright, M. Maas,听and C.Smith:听76-98.
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Grants and Fellowships
Term Faculty Grant for the Development the study abroad program "Art and Memory in Rome and Florence." Co-authored by L. Bauman. Fall 2019.
GEO Global Studies Development Grant for the study abroad program "Art and Memory in Rome and Florence." Co-authored by L. Bauman. Fall 2019.
History and Art History Teaching Development Grant for proposed course on the Roman Army and Imperial Monuments. Spring 2019.
Courses Taught
Art History Seminars:
Curatorial Seminar on the Mason Plaster Cast Collection
Art in the Age of Augustus: Visualizing the Pax Augusta
Pompeii: the Living City
Roman Imperial Sculpture: Portraiture and Monuments
Topography and Monuments of Imperial Rome
300 Level Art History Courses:
Ancient Roman Art and Archaeology
Art of Ancient Greece
Hellenistic Greek Art: from Alexander to the Caesars
Pompeii: Window on the Roman Past
100 Level Art History Courses:
Stories and Symbols: Greek Myth in Ancient Art
For the Honors Program:
Pompeii: Window on the Roman Past
Education
Doctorate in Classical Archaeology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2000)
Master's degree in Latin from the University of Georgia (1991)
Bachelor of Arts degree in Latin and Classical Civilization from the University of Georgia (1989)