Carol van Driel-Murray
Carol van Driel-Murray (born 20 May 1950) is a Roman archaeologist who specialises in the role of women and studying leather. After studying at the University of Liverpool, van Driel-Murray worked at the University of Amsterdam for 37 years and the University of Leiden for three before she retired in 2015.
Carol van Driel-Murray | |
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| Born | May 20, 1950 Isleworth, United Kingdom |
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| Thesis | Studies in Leatherwork from Roman Archaeological Sites in North-Western Europe (1987) |
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| Discipline | Archaeology |
| Sub-discipline | Roman archaeology |
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Early life
Carol was born on 20 May 1950 in Isleworth. She completed a degree in archaeology at the University of Liverpool in 1971. Four years later, she moved to the Netherlands and married Govert van Driel.[1]
Career
In 1975, Carol van Driel-Murray joined the University of Amsterdam as a researcher, and was promoted to lecturer in 1982. While teaching at the, van Direl-Murray completed a doctorate at the same university, and was awarded a PhD in 1987. The work examined leather from Roman sites.[1]
She organised the Roman Military Equipment Conference twice (1987 and 1994) and edited the conference proceedings.[2] She also regularly participated in the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, and at the 1992 edition she delivered an influential paper which explored the topic of gender in Roman archaeology.[3] The editor of the conference proceedings noted that, along with Lindsay Allason-Jones' contribution, the paper "provide[d] important examples of how assumptions have become embedded within Roman archaeology and have taken on the appearance of fact."[4] In 2001, TRAC formed a standing committee to oversee the conference, consisting of van Driel-Murray, Martin Carruthers, Andrew Gardner, Jason Lucas, Louise Revell, and Ellen Swift. The committee also edited the proceedings for the 2001 conference.[5]
van Driel-Murrary joined the University of Leiden in 2012 and retired in 2015.[1]
In 2018, Oxbow Books published a festschrift dedicated to van Driel-Murray, edited by Tatiana Ivlevla, Jasper de Bruin, and Mark Driessen.[6]
References
- Breeze 2018, p. x.
- "ROMEC". ARMES. 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
- Breeze 2018, p. x–xi.
- Rush 1995, p. xi.
- Carruthers et al. 2002, p. iv.
- "Embracing the Provinces". www.oxbowbooks.com. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
- Bibliography
- Breeze, David (2018), "Carol van Driel-Murray: an appreciation", in Ivleva, Tatiana; de Bruin, Jasper; Driessen, Mark (eds.), Embracing the Provinces: Society and Material Culture of the Roman Frontier Regions, Oxford: Oxbow Books, pp. x–xi, doi:10.2307/j.ctv13nb8qs.6, ISBN 9781789250152, JSTOR j.ctv13nb8qs.6, S2CID 240296827
- Carruthers, Martin; van Driel Murray, Carol; Gardner, Andrew; Lucas, Jason; Revell, Louise; Swift, Ellen (2002), "Preface", in Carruthers, Martin; van Driel Murray, Carol; Gardner, Andrew; Lucas, Jason; Revell, Louise; Swift, Ellen (eds.), TRAC 2001: Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, vol. 11, pp. iv, doi:10.16995/TRAC2001_i_iv
- Rush, Peter (1995), "Introduction", in Rush, Peter (ed.), Theoretical Roman Archaeology: Second Conference Proceedings, vol. 2, pp. xi–xiii, doi:10.16995/TRAC1992_i_xiii