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Dr. Heather Sharpe
Department Chair and Professor of Art History
College of Arts & Humanities - Art + Design
Bio
Dr. Heather F. Sharpe specializes in ancient Greek art and has conducted extensive research on small bronze sculpture from Roman Greece. Most summers, Sharpe can be found working as a Senior Associate at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece and conducting museum lectures on Greek and Roman bronze sculpture to students participating in the ASCSA Summer Sessions and Seminars. She has published extensively on small Greek bronzes, including an extensive study on the bronze statuettes from the Athenian Agora published in the journal Hesperia. She is currently working on a project focusing on the ancient Greek game of kottabos and depictions of the game on Greek painted vases. She recently was appointed as lecturer for the 2018/2019 National Lecture Program of the Archaeological Institute of America.
Expertise
- Greek and Roman Art History and Archaeology
- Medieval Art History
- Greek Vase Painting
- Greek and Roman Bronze Casting and Sculpture
Education
- B.A., California State University, Long Beach, 1989
- M.A., Indiana University, Bloomington, 1993
- Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, 2006
Media
“West Chester University in Pennsylvania Recreates Ancient Greek Drinking Game,” The National Herald, 2015.
“The Wild Ancient Greek Drinking Game That Required Throwing Wine,” Atlas Obscura, 2018.
“How to Recreate a Sloppy Ancient Greek Drinking Game,” Live Science, 2015.
“How to Play an Ancient Greek Drinking Game,” Archaeology, 2015.