New Research Strategies and Recent Discoveries at Oplontis

Saturday, March 25, 2017 11 am

Weinstein Auditorium | Smith College No reservations necessary | reserved seating for museum members only

Complimentary lunch at the Smith College Conference Center immediately following the lecture for all program attendees

John R. ClarkeRegents Professor at the University of Texas at Austin and Co-Director of The Oplontis Project will present his work on the Project in connection with the current SCMA exhibition Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero: The Villas of Oplontis near Pompeii and the recent discovery of the long-lost sea façade of the structure known as Villa A.

27th Annual Phyllis Williams Lehmann Lecture Presented by the Archaeological Institute of America—Western Massachusetts SocietyCo-hosted by the Smith College Museum of Art

Related Afternoon Panel Discussion 1:45 pm Leisure & Luxury | A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Structuring the ExhibitionGraham Auditorium | Hillyer Hall | Smith College Free admission | No reservations necessary

Moderated by Barbara Kellum, Professor of Art, Smith College With Elaine Gazda, Regina Gee and Tim Liddell, members of the international team of scholars who created the exhibition, Leisure & Luxury in the Age of Nero: The Villas of Oplontis near Pompeii

Leisure & Luxury in the Age of Nero: The Villas of Oplontis Near Pompeii is presented at SCMA in memory of Isabel Brown Wilson ’53 and has been made possible by generous gifts from Jane Chace Carroll ’53, Louisa Stude Sarofim ’58, Jane M. Timken ’64, and Wallace S. Wilson.

The exhibition is organized and circulated by The University of Michigan Kelsey Museum of Archaeology in cooperation with the Ministero dei Beni delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo and the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Pompei, Ercolano e Stabia. smith.edu/artmuseumSee website for

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Funding provided by the Smith College Lecture Fund