Past Member
Rebecca Benefiel
Friends of the Institute for Advanced Study Member
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
Classics, Roman Archaeology, Epigraphy
From
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Rebecca Benefiel is a cultural historian of the Roman Empire. While at IAS, she will be working on a book about the widespread popularity of writing in first century Pompeii. Her work highlights the relationship between written text and the spatial and social environments of the Roman world.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees
Harvard University
Ph.D.
2005
Honors
2011-2012
Kluge Fellow, Library of Congress
2011
State of Virginia (SCHEV) Outstanding Faculty Award
2003
Rome Prize
Appointments
Washington & Lee University, Dept. of Classics
2018
Urquhart Professor of Classics 2021-present; Professor of Classics 2018-present; Associate Professor 2011-2018; Assistant Professor 2005-2011
Archaeological Institute of America
2015–2016
National Lecturer