{"id":95,"date":"2022-01-21T16:54:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T21:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2025-04-17T10:33:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T14:33:01","slug":"student-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/student-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2008, classics majors and minors have had opportunities to pursue independent research related to the Ancient World Gallery. This work has involved inventorying the collection, classifying items, writing catalog entries, searching campus archives for object histories, and preparing thematic essays published here.<\/p>\n<p>Students in the <strong>Fall 2021 Ancient World Gallery Seminar<\/strong> (Julia Berutti, Maky Espinoza, Hunter Hagan, William Hunt, Madison Phillips, Michelle Rutledge, Daniel Saravia Romero, Lindsey Stevens, and Paige Walworth) conducted more detailed investigations of the history and significance of the ancient items in the collection, to write new labels and the new catalog entries presented <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/ancient\/\">here<\/a>. They also designed the new displays of ancient artifacts, replicas, and books for the new gallery space in the Humanities Building.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_325\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-325\" class=\"wp-image-325\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/files\/2022\/04\/Picture1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"270\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>CLSC 398: Ancient World Gallery students working in the Archaeology Lab, October 2021<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Independent Study Projects<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Ava Scott, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019<\/span>25<br \/>\n<\/strong>Summer 2024-Spring 2025<br \/>\nArts &amp; Sciences Summer Research Fellowship mentored by <a href=\"https:\/\/library.richmond.edu\/about\/bios\/mwheaton\/\">Mary Wheaton<\/a>, Boatwright Library:<br \/>\n\u201cMuseum to Media: Digitizing and Contextualizing the Ancient World Gallery\u2019s Book Collection\u201d and creation of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/urancient\/books\/\">book catalog<\/a> on this website<\/p>\n<p><strong>Madison Phillips, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019<\/span>23<\/strong><br \/>\nSpring 2022<br \/>\nProject: Updating Ancient World Gallery catalog and creating a new website<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colby Ferguson, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019<\/span>11<\/strong><br \/>\nFall 2008 &#8211; Spring 2009<br \/>\nProject: Inventorying and cataloging Ushabti figures and ostrich eggs in antiquity<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amy Nicholas, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019<\/span>11<\/strong><br \/>\nSpring 2009<br \/>\nProject: <a href=\"https:\/\/classics.richmond.edu\/gallery\/research-papers\/RomanLamps.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roman Lamps<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dayle Wood, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019<\/span>11<\/strong><br \/>\nSpring 2009<br \/>\nProject: <a href=\"https:\/\/classics.richmond.edu\/gallery\/research-papers\/CoffinFragments.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Egyptian Coffin Fragments<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zack Orefice, \u201909<\/strong><br \/>\nSpring 2009<br \/>\nProject: <a href=\"https:\/\/classics.richmond.edu\/gallery\/aegean-collection\/bronze-pottery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agean Bronze Age Pottery<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2008, classics majors and minors have had opportunities to pursue independent research related to the Ancient World Gallery. 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