Joanna Kemp

Postgraduate Researcher

Email: J dot Kemp at warwick dot ac dot uk

Humanities Building, University Road
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL

About

My thesis explores perceptions of the world in the first two centuries AD and how Rome interacted with the peoples on the north-eastern fringes of that world, namely around the Danube and northern Black Sea regions. This region cannot clearly be pushed into an east v. west dichotomy so lends itself to the study of comparisons between how Romans viewed and presented different peoples, and how the Roman state in turn interacted with them. For instance, the Romans waged war against and eventually annexed the Dacian people, while the Bosporans remained independent, albeit with a brief interlude of annexation under Nero, for much of their history. Therefore, my thesis also contrasts how diplomacy and the military were used in dealing with these neighbours of the Empire, and how this affected Rome’s presentation of them, and these people’s reactions to Rome.

Publications

Amicitia, Gift-Exchange and Subsidies in Imperial Roman Diplomacy, in Janković, M. and Mihajlović, V., (eds.) Reflections of Roman Imperialism, (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing) 2018, 85-105
Movement, the Senses and Representations of the Roman World: Experiencing the Sebasteion in Aphrodisias, in Exchanges: the Warwick Research Journal, 3.2, 2016, 157-184

Papers Delivered

'Triumphal' Arches in a Provincial Setting. April 2018: Theoretical Roman Archaeological Conference XXVIII/Roman Archaeological Conference XIII, The University of Edinburgh, UK.
Tracing Roman Amicitia in Bosporan Royal Titulature. March 2018: Annual Meeting of Post Graduates of Ancient History, Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
Differing Displays of Dacian Identity [Poster]. December 2017: Theorizing Contacts in the Roman Empire, The University of Edinburgh, UK.
Reactions to Rome in Bosporan Royal Titulature. November 2017: Warwick University, UK.
Barbarian Weapons as Markers of Identity and their Transformation over time: The Dacians and Rome. November 2016, Warwick University, UK.
'Triumphal' Arches in a Provincial Setting. September 2016: "Imperialism and Identities at the Edges of the Roman World 3" conference, Petnica Science Centre, Serbia.
Empire without Limits? Cultural and Geographical Boundaries in Two Hadrianic Texts. June 2016: “Boundaries and Borders” interdisciplinary conference, Leeds University, UK.
Two Triumphal Arches in Mainz, Germany. May 2016: Warwick Classics Colloquium, Warwick University, UK.
Beyond Roman Control in the Black Sea. March 2016, Warwick University, UK.
Ideas of Empire in the Hadrianeum and Parthian Monuments of Antoninus Pius. May 2015: Warwick Classics Colloquium, Warwick University, UK.
Movement, the Senses and Representations of the Roman World: Experiencing a Roman Triumph and the Sebasteion in Aphrodisias. April 2015: Classical Association Conference, Bristol, UK.
Representations of the World in Rome and Aphrodisias. February 2015, Warwick University, UK.
Rome: Protector or Buyer of Friendly Kings? The Use of Subsidies and Gift-Exchange in Roman Diplomacy from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius. September 2014: "Imperialism and Identities at the Edges of the Roman World 2" conference, Petnica Science Centre, Serbia.
The World of Pomponius Mela. May 2014: Warwick Classics Post Graduate Colloquium, Warwick University, UK.
Amicitia in Imperial Roman Diplomacy. May 2014, Warwick University, UK.
Peoples and the Orbis Terrarum in Pomponius Mela. May 2014: "Geographies of Man: environmental influence from antiquity to the enlightenment" interdisciplinary conference, Warwick University, UK.

Conferences Attended

"Re-Thinking Globalisation in the Ancient World", UWTSD, Lampeter, UK. Mary 2018.
Theoretical Roman Archaeological Conference XXVIII/Roman Archaeological Conference XIII, Edinburgh, UK. April 2018.
Annual Meeting of Post Graduates of Ancient History, Birkbeck, University of London, UK. March 2018.
"Remarkable Things: The Agency of Objecthood & The Power of Materiality", Warwick University, UK. March 2018.
"Theorizing Contacts in the Roman Empire", Edinburgh, UK. December 2017.
Classical Association Conference, Kent, UK. April 2017.
"Married to the Military: Soldiers’ Families in the Ancient World and Beyond", Open University, UK. November 2016.
"Imperialism and Identities at the Edges of the Roman World 3", Petnica Science Centre, Serbia. September 2016.
“Boundaries and Borders”, Leeds University, UK. June 2016.
"The Materiality of Mourning", Warwick University, UK. May 2016.
Classical Association Conference, Edinburgh, UK. April 2016.
Classical Association Conference, Bristol, UK. April 2015.
"Imperialism and Identities at the Edges of the Roman World 2", Petnica Science Centre, Serbia. September 2014.
"Geographies of Man: environmental influence from antiquity to the enlightenment", Warwick University, UK. May 2014.

Courses and Workshops Attended

APP PGR: Teaching in Higher Education. University of Warwick, 2016/2017
Women's Classical Committee Early Career Workshop. University of Birmingham, 2017
Introduction to TEI for Researchers in the Humanities. University of Warwick, 2016
Digital Storytelling. University of Warwick, 2016
(De)coding Texts – Using the Text Encoding Initiative as a New Way to Teach the Reading of Texts. University of Warwick, 2016
From Manuscript to Printed Book: Early Greek and Latin Writings. University of Warwick, 2016
Practical Epigraphy Workshop. British Epigraphy Society, 2012.
Postgraduate Course in Roman Epigraphy. British School at Rome, 2012.

Teaching Experience

Sessional Teacher for the Department of Classics and Ancient History, The University of Warwick in the academic years 2016/2017 and 2017/2018.
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Authority.
I lead seminars and deliver lectures for the undergraduate modules of:
- Roman Culture and Society
- Introduction to Greek and Roman History

Outreach and Public Engagement Activities

Sutton Trust Summer School, August 2017
Sutton Scholars Programme Museum in collaboration with the Ashmolean Latin Inscriptions Project, January – March 2017
Sutton Trust Summer School, July 2016
PhD Tutor with The Brilliant Club Scholars Programme, 2015 - present

Qualifications

M.A. by Research, (University of Warwick, 2013)
B.A. (Hons), (University of Warwick, 2011)