Dr. Robinson is a specialist in Roman archaeology, focusing on the cultural and physical landscapes of Italy in the first millennium BCE, Italian urbanism, and the nature of Roman interactions with the other inhabitants of the Italian peninsula in this period. She received her B.A. in Physics with a minor in Classical Archaeology from Bowdoin College before going on to receive her M.A. and Ph.D. in Classics (Roman Archaeology) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has received research awards from the Fulbright Commission, the Archaeological Institute of America, the American Academy in Rome, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She currently serves as a GIS specialist for the Gabii Project.
Dr. Robinson's first book, Urban Transformation in Ancient Molise: The Integration of Larinum into the Roman State, was published by Oxford University Press in 2021. Her other recent publications include the article on "Larinum" in the digital edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary (2017), a chapter on the Empress Livia for a general interest volume on the city of Rome (2019), and a contribution on the "Prosopography of the Leading Families of Larinum in the Roman period" in the conference proceedings of the "People of the Ancient World" conference (2018). In 2014, she published an edited volume for the Journal of Roman Archaeology (Supplement 97: Papers on Italian Urbanism in the First Millennium B.C.), for which she was also a contributor.
Ph.D., Classical Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2013).
Dissertation: "The Impact of Roman Expansion in Central-Southern Italy: The Case of
Larinum" (Director: N. Terrenato).
M.A., Classical Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2007).
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Classics, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, (2004).
B.A., Physics, with a minor in Archaeology cum laude, Bowdoin College, (2003).
Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, University of Dallas Rome Program, 2017-2021
Lecturer in Art History, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy, Fall 2016
Assistant Professor of Classics, Classical and Near Eastern Studies, Binghamton University, 2014-2015
Assistant Professor, Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, Rome, Italy, 2013-2014
Assistant Director, Summer Program in Archaeology, American Academy in Rome, 2011, 2012
Adjunct Professor, Department of Archaeology and Classics, Department of Art History, The American University of Rome, Fall 2011
Instructor, Department of Classics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Summer 2008
Assistant Dean for Academics, University of Dallas Rome Program, 2017-2020
Associate editor for the Pleiades Project (http://pleiades.stoa.org/home), 2015-Present.
Pleiades won the Archaeological Institute of America Award for Outstanding work in
Digital Archaeology in 2017.
On-site assistant, Harvard Sophomore Excursion Seminar to Rome, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University, Spring 2012.
Acting Director, Ancient World Mapping Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, 2007-2009.
Fieldwork:
The Gabii Project (Director: N. Terrenato): GIS Specialist (2018-present); Regional
Topography and Digital Data Coordinator (2016-2017); Part-time chief topographer (2010);
Staff member on Topography Team (2009-2013)
The "Gabii Goes Digital: 21st c. Data, 21st c. Publications. Rich Digital Data and 3D Model Publication" project (Directors: R. Opitz, N. Terrenato, F. Limp): Team member (2013-2016)
Re-Survey of Biferno Valley Survey and Forma Italiae Sites around Larinum: Director (2010-2011)
The Gabii Core-Sampling Project (Director: M. Mogetta): Staff member (2008)
The Upper Simeto Valley Project (Directors: A. Leone and R. Witcher): Staff member
in charge of GIS (2006-2007)
Bowdoin College/University of Michigan excavations at Santa Venera in Paestum (Director:
J. Higginbotham): Volunteer (2003)
Current Professional Memberships:
Classical Association of the Middle West and South
College Art Association
Archaeological Institute of America
Women's Classical Caucus
The Society of Fellows of the American Academy in Rome
ART 2311:
Art and Architecture in Rome
CLL3V50: Latin Readings
Ancient Rome and its Monuments (taught at John Cabot University)
Roman art and archaeology, specifically the cultural and physical landscapes of Italy in the first millennium BCE; Italian urbanism; Roman interactions with the other inhabitants of the Italian peninsula, particularly in central-southern Italy; GIS and digital mapping; integration of digital technologies in the field of Classics.
Books:E. C. Robinson, Urban Transformation in Ancient Molise: The Integration of Larinum into the Roman State. New York. (Oxford University Press). 2021.
Review: R. Scopasa, American Journal of Archaeology 126.2.
Edited Volume:
E.C. Robinson, ed. Supplement 97: Papers on Italian Urbanism in the First Millennium B.C. Portsmouth, R.I. (Journal of Roman Archaeology). "Introduction" and chapter "Non-Greek Urbanism in Southern Italy in the 4th and 3rd c. B.C." in the same volume. 2014.
Reviews: S. Roselaar, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2015.02.09; M. A. Anderson, American Journal of Archaeology 120.3
Articles and Book Chapters:
T. Sironen and E. C. Robinson, “L’iscrizione osca in alfabeto latino rinvenuta a Larino
(CB): il culto di Mamers documentato." (The State of the Samnites, Papers of the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome 69, T. Stek, ed. Rome (Edizioni Quasar): 213-215). 2021.
"Empress Livia (58 BCE-29 CE) on the Palatino." (People and Places of the Roman Past: The Educated Traveller's Guide, P. Hatlie, ed. Leeds (Arc Humanities Press): 57-67). 2019.
"Prosopography of the Leading Families of Larinum in the Roman period." (Social Interactions and Status Markers in the Roman World, G. Cupcea and R. Varga, ed. Oxford (Archaeopress): 57-78). 2018.
"Larinum" in the digital edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary, ed. S. Goldberg.
2017. http://classics.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-3592.
"Local Power Networks at Larinum Before and After its Integration into the Roman State." (SOMA 2012 Identity and Connectivity: Proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Florence, Italy, 1-3 March 2012, L. Bombardieri, A. D'Agostino, G. Guarducci, V. Orsi and S. Valentini, edd. Oxford (Archaeopress): 887-894). 2013.
E.C. Robinson and T. Sironen. "A New Inscription in Oscan from Larinum: Decisive Evidence in Favor of a Local Cult of Mars and Mater (Deum?)." (Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 185: 251-261). 2013.
"A Localized Approach to the Study of Integration and Identity in Southern Italy." (Processes of Integration and Identity Formation in the Roman Republic, S.T. Roselaar, ed. Leiden (Brill): 247-271). 2012.
"Rural Settlement Patterns and Sanctuaries in the Middle Volturno Valley." (Ostraka 18.1: 221-235). 2009.
Selected Recent Presentations and Posters:
"A New Republican Latin Inscription from Larinum, Molise," 123rd Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, virtual, 2022
"The Economy of the Via Jovine Sanctuary at Larinum," 'Producing for the Gods: The Economy of the Sacred in Pre-Roman Italy (7th-2nd century BC)' conference, Rome, Italy, 2021
"Urbanism at Larinum in the Era of Roman Conquest," 'Diverging Trajectories: Approaches to Italian Urbanism in the Era of Roman Conquest' conference, Rome, Italy, 2019
"Cicero's pro Cluentio and the domi nobiles of Larinum," Pacific Rim Roman Literature Seminar 32: Interiority in Roman Literature, Sydney, Australia, 2018
"The Terracotta Statuettes of Eros from Larinum," 119th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, MA, 2018
"Turning Spatial with Pleiades: Creating, Teaching, and Publishing Maps in Ancient Studies," 119th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, MA, 2018
"Urban Transformation in Ancient Molise: Larinum from 400 BCE to 100 CE," Institut fr Klassische Archologie at the Freie Universitt Berlin, 2016
"Digital Data Recording, Interpretation, and Publication: The Gabii Project Excavations," Institut fr Klassische Archologie at the Freie Universitt Berlin, 2016
"Prosopography of the Leading Families of Larinum, circa 100 BCE to 250 CE," 'People of the Ancient World' conference, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2016
"Archaeological and Epigraphic Evidence for the Cult of Mater Deum (Cybele) at the Site of Larinum (Molise)," 'Symposium Peregrinum 2016: The Mysteries of Mithras and other Mystic Cults in the Roman World,' Tarquinia, 2016
"The Site Biography as an Important Tool for Understanding the Archaeology of Hellenistic Italy," 26th Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Rome, 2016
T. Sironen and E. C. Robinson, "Recente evidenza epigrafica osca sul culto di Mamers nella res publica Larinatium," The state/State of the Samnites? / Lo stato/Stato dei Sanniti?, Rome, 2016
"From Independent Town to Roman Municipium: The Integration of Larinum into the Roman State," Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Materials Science, Ithaca, New York, 2015
"Epigraphic Evidence of the Erection of Monuments by and for Important Local Women in Larinum," 116th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, New Orleans, 2015
"Developments in Larinum and its surrounding territory in the aftermath of the Roman conquest of Italy," 11th Roman Archaeology Conference, Reading, England, 2014
"The Impact of Roman Expansion in Central-Southern Italy: The Case of Larinum," 'Processes of Integration in the Roman world (300 BC AD 200),' Nottingham, England, 2013
"Larinum Before the Roman Conquest: A Discussion of the Evidence," 'L'Italie " parts gales": crire l'histoire de l'Italie avant la conqute romaine' atelier doctoral, Naples, Italy, 2013
"A New Oscan Inscription from Molise: The First Epigraphic Evidence for the Worship of Mars in Larinum," 114th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Seattle, WA, 2013
"Epigraphic Evidence of the Integration of Larinum into the Roman State," 113th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia, PA, 2012
Book Reviews:
Yntema, D. The Archaeology of South-East Italy in the First millennium BC: Greek and Native Societies
of Apulia and Lucania Between the 10th and the 1st Century BC. Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam Press, 2013, American Journal of Archaeology 120.1, 2016.01.01. www.ajaonline.org/book-review/2562.
2017-2019 NEH Collaborative Research Grant (Co-Principal Investigator), Gabii Project, $250,000
2012-2014 NEH Collaborative Research Grant (Participant), Gabii Project, $250,000
Selected Fellowships and Academic Honors:
2016, 2018 Milligan Rome Faculty Development Fellowship, University of Dallas
2012-2013 Werner P. Friederich Off-Campus Dissertation Research Fellowship, UNC-Chapel
Hill
2010-2012 Irene Rosenzweig / Samuel H. Kress Foundation Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize, American
Academy in Rome
2009-2010 Olivia James Traveling Fellowship, Archaeological Institute of America
2009-2010 U.S. Fulbright Graduate Student Full Grant to Italy
2008 Elected to Frank Porter Graham Honor Society, UNC-Chapel Hill
2004-2013 William R. Kenan, Junior Fellowship, UNC-Chapel Hill
2003 Elected Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter of Maine, Bowdoin College