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Dr Janette McWilliam

Lecturer

School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
j.mcwilliam@uq.edu.au
+61 7 336 52650

Overview

Research Interests

  • Research Interests
    My research interests include Ancient Material Culture, Greek and Roman Social, Cultural and Political History, Roman Children and Women, Roman Art, Roman Law, Ancient Medicine, Latin Epigraphy, Cultural Identities in the Ancient world, Pedagogical Approaches to teaching Classical Latin and Greek and Museum Studies. I am currently working on projects on Roman Children, the pedagogical approaches to the teaching of Classical Languages, particularly through the use of colour, and First World War Antiquities Collections. I run an International Museum Internship Program and Field School in Italy, and a curatorial internship Program in the R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, Australian National University
  • Master of Arts, Australian National University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge

Publications

  • Other Outputs: Wondrous Machines Opening Event

    McWilliam, Janette, Keenan-Jones, Duncan, Gerolemou, Maria, Galluzzo, Gabriele, Boden, Marie, Pounds, Pauline and Mann, Charlotte (2022). Wondrous Machines Opening Event. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.

  • Other Outputs: Wondrous Machines: Hero of Alexandria's Ancient Automata

    McWilliam, Janette, Keenan-Jones, Duncan, Pounds, Pauline, Donaldson, James, Mann, Charlotte and Boden, Marie (2022). Wondrous Machines: Hero of Alexandria's Ancient Automata. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.

  • Other Outputs: Wondrous Machines: VIP Preview and Curator Talk

    McWilliam, Janette and Keenan-Jones, Duncan (2022). Wondrous Machines: VIP Preview and Curator Talk. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.

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Supervision

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Available Projects

  • Roman Social/Cultural/Political History

    I am available to supervise in the broad area of Greco-Roman social and cultural history ( you can't extract politics!), pedagogical appraches to teaching Latin, Greek and Ancient History, and Museology. I am particularly interested in gender, women, children, slavery, medicine, food, law, epigraphy, spectacle, sensory perception) and I work with a range of different ancient sources, including texts, material culture, inscriptions, art & architecture, archaeology.

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Publications

Book

  • The statue of Zeus at Olympia: New approaches

    Janette McWilliam, Sonia Puttock, Tom Stevenson and Rashna Taraporewalla eds. (2011). The statue of Zeus at Olympia: New approaches. Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Book Chapter

  • Children in Roman religion and ritual

    McWilliam, Janette (2021). Children in Roman religion and ritual. Children in antiquity: perspectives and experiences of childhood in the ancient Mediterranean. (pp. 370-384) edited by Lesley A. Beaumont, Matthew Dillon and Nicola Harrington. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315542812-30

  • African 'Sigillata Piriform Jug’

    McWilliam, Janette (2016). African 'Sigillata Piriform Jug’. Fifty Treasures: Classical Antiquities in Australian and New Zealand Universities. (pp. 92-93) edited by Ronald T. Ridley, Bruce Marshall and Kit Morrell. Melbourne, Australia: The Australasian Society for Classical Studies.

  • The University of Queensland. The R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum

    McWilliam, Janette (2016). The University of Queensland. The R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum. Fifty Treasures: Classical Antiquities in Australian and New Zealand Universities. (pp. 85-85) edited by Ridley, Ronald T., Marshall, Bruce and Morrell, Kit. Melbourne: The Australasian Society for Classical Studies.

  • Introduction

    McWilliam, Janette (2015). Introduction. Cyprus: an island and a people. (pp. 1-1) edited by Janette McWilliam. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • Columbarium

    McWilliam, Janette (2014). Columbarium. A Study in Stone. (pp. 28-31) edited by Janette McWilliam. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • In focus: Via Appia

    McWilliam, Janette (2014). In focus: Via Appia. A Study in Stone. (pp. 43-43) edited by Janette McWilliam. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • Introduction

    McWilliam, Janette (2014). Introduction. A Study in Stone. (pp. 7-8) edited by Janette McWilliam. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • The socialization of Roman children

    McWilliam, Janette (2013). The socialization of Roman children. The Oxford Handbook of Childhood and Education in the Classical World. (pp. 264-285) edited by Judith Evans Grubbs, Tim Parkin and Roslynne Bell. New York , United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199781546.013.013

  • Introduction

    McWilliam, Janette, Puttock, Sonia, Stevenson, Tom and Taraporewalla, Rashna (2011). Introduction. The statue of Zeus at Olympia: New approaches. (pp. 1-8) Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

  • The statue of Zeus at Olympia in western imagination via the internet

    McWilliam, Janette (2011). The statue of Zeus at Olympia in western imagination via the internet. The statue of Zeus at Olympia: New approaches. (pp. 209-222) edited by Janette McWilliam, Sonia Puttock, Tom Stevenson and Rashna Taraporewalla. Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

  • Children among the dead: The Influence of urban life on the commemoration of children on tombstone inscriptions

    McWilliam, Janette (2001). Children among the dead: The Influence of urban life on the commemoration of children on tombstone inscriptions. Childhood, class, and kin in the Roman world. (pp. 74-98) edited by Suzanne Dixon. New York, NY, United States: Routledge.

Journal Article

Conference Publication

Other Outputs

  • Wondrous Machines Opening Event

    McWilliam, Janette, Keenan-Jones, Duncan, Gerolemou, Maria, Galluzzo, Gabriele, Boden, Marie, Pounds, Pauline and Mann, Charlotte (2022). Wondrous Machines Opening Event. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.

  • Wondrous Machines: Hero of Alexandria's Ancient Automata

    McWilliam, Janette, Keenan-Jones, Duncan, Pounds, Pauline, Donaldson, James, Mann, Charlotte and Boden, Marie (2022). Wondrous Machines: Hero of Alexandria's Ancient Automata. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.

  • Wondrous Machines: VIP Preview and Curator Talk

    McWilliam, Janette and Keenan-Jones, Duncan (2022). Wondrous Machines: VIP Preview and Curator Talk. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.

  • Contested histories VIP preview and curator talks

    McWilliam, Janette and Donaldson, James (2019). Contested histories VIP preview and curator talks. R.D Milns Antiquties Museum, University of Queensland: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.

  • Contested histories: photographs from Mandate Palestine in the JH Iliffe Collection

    McWilliam, Janette and Donaldson, James (2019). Contested histories: photographs from Mandate Palestine in the JH Iliffe Collection. R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum, University of Queensland: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.

  • Dionysos: Portrait of a god

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2018). Dionysos: Portrait of a god. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.

  • Dionysos: Portrait of a god. Exhibition Opening Curator Talk

    McWilliam, Janette (2018). Dionysos: Portrait of a god. Exhibition Opening Curator Talk. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.

  • Dionysos: Portrait of a god. VIP Preview and Curator's Talk

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2018). Dionysos: Portrait of a god. VIP Preview and Curator's Talk. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.

  • Exhibition Opening Event, Curators

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2018). Exhibition Opening Event, Curators. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.

  • Useless Beauty Up Late: Jewellery in the Ancient and Modern World

    McWilliam, Janette, Malik, Shushma, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2016). Useless Beauty Up Late: Jewellery in the Ancient and Modern World. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • Useless Beauty: Luxury and Rome

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Malik, Shushma and Andersen, David (2016). Useless Beauty: Luxury and Rome. Brisbane, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • Cyprus an Island and a People Public Programs: Cyprus Up Late

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2016). Cyprus an Island and a People Public Programs: Cyprus Up Late. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • New Minor Exhibition Preview: Egypt, Land of the Pharoahs and the Owen Powell OAM Medical Collection

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2016). New Minor Exhibition Preview: Egypt, Land of the Pharoahs and the Owen Powell OAM Medical Collection. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • Marble Tombstone of Vitalis

    McWilliam, Janette (2016). Marble Tombstone of Vitalis. Fifty Treasures: Classical Antiquities in Australian and New Zealand Universities. (pp. 90-91) edited by Ronald T. Ridley, Bruce Marshall and Kit Morrell. Melbourne, Australia: The Australasian Society for Classical Studies.

  • Cyprus an Island and a People Public Programs: Doing Archaeology on Modern Cyprus

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2015). Cyprus an Island and a People Public Programs: Doing Archaeology on Modern Cyprus. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • Cyprus an Island and a People Public Programs: Curator Panel

    McWilliam, Janette, Powell, Judith and Donaldson, James (2015). Cyprus an Island and a People Public Programs: Curator Panel. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • Cyprus an Island and a People: Special Exhibition Opening

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2015). Cyprus an Island and a People: Special Exhibition Opening. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • Cyprus, an Island and a People [Curated Exhibition]

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Christou, Sandra and Powell, Judith (2015). Cyprus, an Island and a People [Curated Exhibition]. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • Lemuria: Festival of Mysteries

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Smith, Rebecca and Malone, Christopher (2015). Lemuria: Festival of Mysteries. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • Cyprus: An Island and a People

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Brown, Amelia, Christou, Sandra and Powell, Judith (2015). Cyprus: An Island and a People. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • The R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum Saturday Series Public Lecture 4: Australian Antiquities Collections

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Dowdell, Jessica (2014). The R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum Saturday Series Public Lecture 4: Australian Antiquities Collections. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • The R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum Saturday Series Public Lecture 3: The Grand Tour

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Dowdell, Jessica (2014). The R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum Saturday Series Public Lecture 3: The Grand Tour. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • The R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum Saturday Series Public Lecture 2: Roman Epigraphy and its Collection

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2014). The R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum Saturday Series Public Lecture 2: Roman Epigraphy and its Collection. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • A Study In Stone: Exhibition Preview 1, 2014

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2014). A Study In Stone: Exhibition Preview 1, 2014. RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • A Study in Stone: The History of Epigraphy

    McWilliam, Janette, Blanshard, Alastair, Donaldson, James and Press, Daniel (2014). A Study in Stone: The History of Epigraphy. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • A Study In Stone: Exhibition Previews 2, 2014

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2014). A Study In Stone: Exhibition Previews 2, 2014. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • The attitudes of Lady Emma Hamilton

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Dowdell, Jessica (2014). The attitudes of Lady Emma Hamilton. Brisbane, QLD, Australia:

  • Lemuria: A Festival of Witches

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2014). Lemuria: A Festival of Witches. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • The R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum Saturday Series Public Lecture 1: Ancient Medicine

    Ratcliffe, John, McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Dowdell, Jessica (2014). The R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum Saturday Series Public Lecture 1: Ancient Medicine. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • Lemuria: A Festival of Death

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2013). Lemuria: A Festival of Death. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • Then and Now: 50 Years of Antiquities, 1963-2013

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Press, Daniel (2013). Then and Now: 50 Years of Antiquities, 1963-2013. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • Saturnalia: Museum Night 2012

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2012). Saturnalia: Museum Night 2012. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • Vertumnalia

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2012). Vertumnalia. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • Lemuria: Ghosts, Death and Funerary Practices

    McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2012). Lemuria: Ghosts, Death and Funerary Practices. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

  • UQ Latin website

    McWilliam, Janette (2011). UQ Latin website. UQ website: University of Queensland.

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

  • Families of the Frontier: The Role of Households in Military Spaces in Roman North Britain

    Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Transgressing the Norm: Intersex Sculpture in Eighteenth-Century British Collections

    Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • History and Archaeology of Hellenistic Female Merchants

    Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Monotheism and Military Strength on the Borders of the Later Roman Empire

    Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Isis Beyond Egypt: Representations of Isis from Classical Greece to Imperial Rome

    Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

Completed Supervision

Possible Research Projects

Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.

  • Roman Social/Cultural/Political History

    I am available to supervise in the broad area of Greco-Roman social and cultural history ( you can't extract politics!), pedagogical appraches to teaching Latin, Greek and Ancient History, and Museology. I am particularly interested in gender, women, children, slavery, medicine, food, law, epigraphy, spectacle, sensory perception) and I work with a range of different ancient sources, including texts, material culture, inscriptions, art & architecture, archaeology.

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