Ursula Rothe is an Australian archaeologist specialising in Roman dress.[1]
Ursula Rothe | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Classicist |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Open University, University of Sheffield, University of Edinburgh, Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen |
Career
editUrsula Rothe gained her doctorate from the University of Manchester in 2007 and then worked at the University of Edinburgh, first as a teaching associate,[2] then as a Leverhulme postdoctoral research fellow with a project titled 'Dress and identity in the Danube provinces: ideal vs reality'.[1] After working at the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen in Germany, in 2012 she moved to the Open University as the Baron Thyssen lecturer.[3] Rothe has been a co-editor of the peer-reviewed journal Archaeological Textiles Review since 2014.[4] She is a member of the Archaeology Committee of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.[5]
Rothe is also a contributor to The Conversation news outlet and has written articles comparing modern immigration policies to the ancient world.[6][7]
Rothe has her own website 'Doctor Toga' which features information and advice regarding Roman dress, alongside information about her work and publications.[8]
In September 2019 Rothe featured on the Scott Mills radio show as 'Dr. Toga', advising the hosts on how to wear a toga to a toga party.[9]
Selected publications
edit- Rothe, U. 2009. Dress and Cultural Identity in the Rhine-Moselle Region of the Roman Empire (BAR International Series S2038). Oxford, Archaeopress. ISBN 978-1-4073-0615-5
- Rothe, U. 2011. "Der Grabstein der Severina Nutrix aus Köln: eine neue Deutung", Germania 89, 191–214.
- Rothe, U. 2012. "The “Third Way”: Treveran women's dress and the “Gallic Ensemble”", American Journal of Archaeology 116(2), 235-252.
- Rothe, U. 2013. "Die norisch-pannonische Tracht: gab es sie wirklich?" in Grabherr, G. et al. (eds) Relations Abroad: Brooches and Other Elements of Dress, Innsbruck, 33-48.
- Rothe, U. 2013. "Dress in the middle Danube provinces: the garments, their origins and their distribution" in: Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts 81, 137-231.
- Rothe, U. 2013. "Whose fashion? Men, women and Roman culture as reflected in dress in the cities of the Roman north-west", in Hemelrijk, Emily and Woolf, Greg (eds.) Women and the Roman City in the Latin West (Mnemosyne Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity). Brill. 243–268. ISBN 9789004255951
- Rothe, U. 2014. "Ethnicity in the Roman north-west", in McInerney, J. (ed.) A Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean, Wiley-Blackwell.ISBN 9781444337341
- Rothe, U. 2017. "Ethnicity", in Harlow, M. (ed.) A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion 1: Antiquity, London, 119-34.
- Rothe, U. 2018. "Veiling in the northern Roman provinces", in Ivleva, T. et al. (eds.) Embracing the Provinces, Oxford, Oxbow Books, 93-100.
- Rothe, U. 2019. The Toga and Roman Identity. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
References
edit- ^ a b "Authors: Ursula Rothe". American Journal of Archaeology. 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ^ "Dr Ursula Rothe". University of Sheffield. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ^ "OU People: Ursula Rothe". Open University. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Archaeological Textiles Newsletter/Archaeological Textiles Review". Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ^ "About Us - Archaeology Committee". Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ Rothe, Ursula (5 October 2015). "Why Hungary's PM should read up on his history before shunning Syrian refugees". The Conversation. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ Rothe, Ursula (18 February 2015). "What the Romans can teach us on immigration and integration". The Conversation. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ "Dr. Toga". www.drtoga.org. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Calling Dr Toga". Scott Mills Daily. 24 September 2019. 7:30 minutes in. BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 26 September 2019.