Julie Van Voorhis | Faculty | Department of the History of Art: Indiana University Bloomington

Julie Van Voorhis Associate Professor, Department of History of Art
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Classical Studies

Ph.D. New York University

Ancient Greek and Roman marble sculpture with an emphasis on the Hellenistic period, Roman Republic and Roman Empire (including the Late Empire)
The history of collecting antiquities from the Roman Republican period to the present day.
Current projects include a study of re-worked portrait sculpture and a book on Hadrian and the classical revival in Roman sculpture.

Aphrodisias II: Roman Portrait Sculpture from Aphrodisias, written in collaboration with S. Dillon and C. H. Hallett, and J. Lenaghan, and R. R. R. Smith (Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 2006).
Aphrodisias IV: The Sculptor’s Workshop at Aphrodisias (Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, (forthcoming)
"The Working and Re-working of Marble Sculpture at the Sculptor's Workshop at Aphrodisias" in. Ateliers and Artisans in Roman Art and Archaeology (Journal of Roman Archaeology supplemental series, volume 92) Birte Poulsen and Troels Myrup Kristensen, eds. Portsmourth, RI, 2012, 38-54.
“Local Sculptors, Local Markets: The Economy of Marble Sculpture at Aphrodisias in Caria,” Proceedings of the Conference on the Economics of Roman Art, Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy (forthcoming).
“Two Portrait Statues of Boxers and the Culture of Athletics at Aphrodisias in the Third Century C.E.” in Aphrodisias Papers 4, edited by R. R. R. Smith and Christopher Ratté. (Portsmouth, RI: Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2008).
“Apprentices’ Pieces and the Training of Sculptors at Aphrodisias,” Journal of Roman Archaeology 11 (1998) 175-192.

Instructional Development Summer Fellowship, Indiana University (for Summer 2006)
Trustees Teaching Award, Indiana University, Bloomington
Edward A Schrader Summer Grant for archaeological research, Indiana University