In and Out of Context

About the Editor

Kleopatra Kathariou is an Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Ioannina, specializing in ancient Greek ceramics. Her research explores what ancient Greek vases can tell us about their production, use and users, as well as their reception in the 19th century.

Christina Marini is a post-doctoral researcher for the Aigeira Archaeological Survey Project of the Austrian Archaeological Institute and a pottery specialist for the German Archaeological Institute in Athens. Her work focuses on pottery studies, continuity and change in material culture, and the intersection of materiality and social practice.

Cécile Colonna is director of the coins, medals and antiquities department at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. She is a specialist in the history of Greek and Roman art, and the reception of antiquity in the 19th century.

Susanna Sarti is an archaeologist at the Direzione regionale musei nazionali della Toscana, where she works on the safeguarding, study, and public dissemination of cultural heritage. She has contributed to numerous projects on classical antiquity, material culture, the history of collections, and the reception of antiquity.

List of Contributors: Emily S. K. Anderson, Swati Chandra, Cécile Colonna, Christina DiFabio, Styliana Galiniki, Mark Hall, Nikolaos Kantiranis, Kleopatra Kathariou, Christos Katsifas, Athanasia Kyriakou, Anna Lekka, Kerstin Lind, Christina Marini, Lambrini Papadopoulou, Stella Papadopoulou, Kostas Paschalidis, Koumudi Patil, Susanna Sarti, Andrea Schmölder-Veit, Amy C. Smith, Annareta Touloumtzidou, Evangelia Tsangaraki, Katerina Volioti, Katharina Zinn.

Reviews

‘The volume makes a substantial contribution by foregrounding the cultural biographies of objects as a research framework. It shows how this approach reveals hidden or marginalised histories and enriches our understanding of archaeological and museum artefacts.’ Professor Dimitris Plantzos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

‘This volume makes an outstanding and significant contribution to several fields: archaeology, history of art, reception studies, and museum studies. The ways the individual authors and contributions engage with object biography, history of collections and museum ethics is bound to be of interest to many readers.’ Professor Tyler Jo Smith, University of Virginia

‘The book will be a very significant contribution in the field. The various chapters present hitherto unknown stories or aspects of the lives of the objects presented, while the analysis of each object (or group of objects) using the framework of object biography is sensitive and timely.’ Assistant Professor Olympia Bobou, Aarhus University