James C. Anderson, jr. Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Classics Director, and Professor-in-Charge, Classics Study Abroad Program in Rome 233 Park Hall Phone: 706 542-2170 FAX: 706 542-8503 E-Mail: janderso@uga.edu

Special Interests

• Roman Architecture and Topography
• Roman Art
• Rome's Western Provinces
• Latin Epigraphy

Academic History

• Ph.D. 1980 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• M.A. 1976 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• A.B. 1973 Colorado College

Current Research Project

• The Architecture of Roman Provence. Book under contract to Cambridge University Press.

Books

• Roman Architecture and Society (Baltimore & London: Johns Hopkins University Press 1997; 2nd edition [pb] 2002). 442 pages + 30 figures.
• Roman Brick Stamps: the Thomas Ashby Collection. Archaeological Monographs of the British School at Rome, vol. 3 (London 1991). 141 pages + 13 plates (82 figures).
• Historical Topography of the Imperial Fora. Collection Latomus, vol. 182 (Brussels 1984). 201 pages + 30 plates.

Major Articles

• "Emperor and Architect: Trajan and Apollodorus and their predecessors," in P. Defosse (ed.), Hommages Carl Deroux III. Collection Latomus, vol. 270 (Brussels, 2003) 3-10.
• "Anachronism in the Roman Architecture of Gaul: the Date of the Maison Carré at Nîmes," Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 60 (2001) 68-79.
• "The Ara Pacis Augustae: Legends, Facts and Flights of Fancy," in M. T. Boatwright & H. B. Evans (eds.), The Shapes of City Life in Rome and Pompeii (New York & Athens 1998 [2000]) 27-51.
• "The Date of the Arch at Orange," Bonner Jahrbücher 187 (1987) 159-192.
• "The Date of the thermae Traiani and the topography of the Oppius mons, " American Journal of Archaeology 89 (1985) 499-509.
• "A Topographical Tradition in Fourth Century Chronicles: Domitian's Building Program," Historia: Zeitschrift fur Alte Geschichte, vol. 32 (1983) pp. 93-105.
• "Domitian, the Argiletum, and the Temple of Peace," American Journal of Archaeology, vol., 86 (1982) pp. 101-110.
  

Other Professional Positions Held

• Director and Professor-in-Charge, Classics Study Abroad Program in Rome (Italy). The program consists of ca. six weeks in Rome, and offers advanced couses in Ancient Rome (Topography and Architecture), Ancient Art in Roman Italy, and Reading Rome (Roman Literature in Context); an entry-level course on Roman Culture may be offered if demand justifies it. The Program includes daily excursions to monuments, museums, archaeological sites, and collections in central Italy, as well as a three-day trip to the Bay of Naples (to visit Paestum, Pompeii, Oplontis and Naples), and full-day excursions in Etruria (Caere and Tarquinia) and Latium (Hadrian's Villa and Tivoli). For further information and application forms, please go directly to the Rome Program website: http://www.uga.edu/rome/.
• Editeur correspondant pour les USA, Latomus and Collection Latomus, from 2002
• Professor of Classics, UGA Studies Abroad Program in Cortona (Italy), 1999 & 2000
• A. W. Mellon Professor-in-Charge, Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome (Stanford University Overseas Programs), 1993-94
• Director, Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome, 1992- 94; Assistant Director, 1979
• Director, Vergilian Society of America Study Tours on the Bay of Naples, and in Rome & Etruria: 1982, 1985, 1988

Courses Taught

• Classical Archaeology: Ancient Cities
• Roman Provinces
• Roman Topography
• Roman Art and Architecture
• Etruscans and Early Rome
• Latin: Elementary & Intermediate; Livy, Tacitus, Cicero, Caesar, Suetonius
• Classical Culture: Classical Mythology; Roman Culture

Grants and Awards

• Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lecturer, Archaeological Institute of America, 2004-05
• Research Fellow, UGA Center for Humanities and Arts, 2004-05
• M. G. Michael Award for excellence in research, Franklin College of Arts & Sciences, 2003
• Josiah Meigs Award for excellence in teaching, University of Georgia, 1999
• General Sandy Beaver Teaching Professor, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia, 1996-99
• National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for College Teachers, 1994-95
• Lothar Tresp Outstanding Honors Professor Award, UGA Honors Program, 1990, 2004
• Rome Prize Fellow in Classics and Archaeology, American Academy in Rome, 1978-79

Dr. Anderson teaching on-site at Pompeii