Biography:
I am a PhD student at Pembroke college, where I also completed my BA and MPhil degrees. My research focuses on artistic practice in the Bronze Age Aegean, examining the role of visual culture in early Mycenaean burials. I am funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and have previously received awards from Pembroke College and the Faculty of Classics, Cambridge.
Research:
- Aegean art and archaeology
- Mortuary archaeology
- Ancient aesthetics, particularly questions of materiality and style
- The archaeology of colour
Publications:
Phillips, R. 2021. From Story to Memory: Some Combat Images from the early Late Bronze Age Greek Mainland. Archaeological Review from Cambridge 36.2: 17-30
Teaching and Supervisions:
I currently supervise students at various colleges on a range of topics related to Classical Art and Archaeology. I teach preliminary, Part I and Part II papers.
Other Professional Activities:
I have undertaken archaeological fieldwork in Greece and Italy, most recently at the Palace of Nestor project in Pylos.
I am the Postgraduate Representative for the Museum of Classical Art and Archaeology, where I also work as an invigilator. I volunteer for the Mycenae Archive in the Faculty of Classics, where I have helped to digitise the records of Alan Wace’s excavations at Mycenae from 1920 to 1957.
