Prof Stewart receives Barbara McManus Award for Outstanding Scholarship, and named National Lecturer by the AIA

Professor Roberta Stewart has been awarded The Barbara McManus Award for Outstanding Scholarship by the Women's Classical Caucus for her article, "Seeing Fotis: Slavery and Gender in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," Classical Antiquity (2023) 42.1: 195-228.

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Commenting on the meaning of the award, Professor Stewart states:

"The award gives validation to a way to read closely and interpret texts (e.g. literary, legal) to write history, particularly of persons at the margins. It will help with outreach to students and affirms the value of interdisciplinary study for Humanities-based inquiry."

Recently, Professor Stewart has also been named a National Lecturer by the Archaeological Institute of America for 2024-2025. She has been selected to give the William E. Metcalf Lectures in Numismatics.

Through its signature Lecture Program, the AIA invites top scholars from North America and abroad to present their research on a wide range of current archaeological topics to AIA societies throughout the U.S. and Canada. Speaking to mixed audiences that include members of the public, fellow archaeologists, and other professionals, AIA lecturers demonstrate their commitment to public outreach. 

The Metcalf Lectures are on the subject of numismatics (coins) and their role in archaeological research as well as in art and historical research. For further information on the lecture series and a list of previous lecturers, see: https://www.archaeological.org/endowment/william-e-metcalf-lectures-in-numismatics/

Her first lecture, "Julius Caesar, the End of the Republic, and Dueling Messages on Coins," will take place on Sept. 9 at the University of Iowa.