| The members of the Consultative Committee appointed to advise The Dr. M. Aylwin Cotton Foundation for the year 2007-2008 were: - Mr. David Ridgway B.A., F.S.A.
Associate Fellow, Institute of Classical Studies, University of London (Co-Trustee of the Foundation and Chairman of the Consultative Committee) - Dr. Janet DeLaine B.A., Ph.D., F.S.A.
University Lecturer in Roman Archaeology and Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford - Dr. Archie W. Dunn B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Teaching Fellow in Byzantine Archaeology University of Birmingham - Professor Catherine A. Morgan M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Classical Archaeology and Head of the Department of Classics King's College London - Professor Elizabeth A. Moignard M.A., D.Phil., F.S.A., F.R.S.E.
Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology and Dean of the Faculty of Arts University of Glasgow - Dr. Mark Pearce M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Archaeology University of Nottingham
Awards Granted For 2007 The Trustees have pleasure in announcing the following awards for 2007-2008:- Fellowship Awards - DR NATASJA DE BRUIJN, British School at Rome/University of Glasgow (UK), towards research on Technology as social practice: examining the role of, and relationships between, lithic and ceramic technologies at Bucca Colorus, Sardinia. (£9000)
- DR MASSIMILIANO DI FAZIO, Fondi (LT; Italy), towards research on Death and ritual mourning in Etruscan culture. (£5000)
- DR ELISABETTA INTERDONATO, University of Haute Bretagne, Rennes (France), towards research on The worship of Asklepios in Kos; the sanctuary, the town, the territory. (£8000)
- DR TYLER JO SMITH, University of Virginia (USA), towards research on Monuments illustrating the origins of Greek drama. (£2500)
- DR REBECCA SWEETMAN, University of St Andrews (UK), towards reasearch on The Roman and Late Antique mosaics of Central and Eastern Crete: long term continuity and change. (£4000)
- DR ROBERT WITCHER, University of Durham (UK), towards research on The rural landscapes of Roman Italy. (£3000)
Publication Grants - DR HECTOR CATLING, Langford, nr. Lechdale (Glos.; UK), towards the cost of preparing illustratons for Sparta, Menelaion II. The Sanctuary of Helen and Menelaos. (£2000)
- DR CLAUDIA LAMBRUGO, University of Milan (Italy), towards the publication of Profumi di Argilla. Tombe con ungentari corinzi nella necropoli arcacia di Gela. (£5000)
- DR TOM RASMUSSEN, University of Manchestre (UK), as editor, towards the publication of Nancy T. de Grummond, Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum, Great Britain 3: Oxford. (£2000)
- PROFESSOR GRAHAM SHIPLEY, University of Leicester (UK), towards the publication of Circumnavigation of the Inhabited World. The fourth-century BC periplous attributed to Skylax of Karyanda (edited and translated with a historical and geographical commentary. (£1500)
- DR ELLEN SWIFT, University of Kent (UK), towards the publication of The power of Roman decorative art. (£4000)
- DR DAVID WALSH, University of Manchester (UK), towards the publication of Through the comic looking glass. Mythological burlesque and irreverence in Greek art. (£4000)
Other Award - The trustees were happy to make an additional award of £163.04 towards the expenses incurred in connection with the public lecture given in London by DR ROBERTO MAGGI (Direzione Regionale per i Beni Culturali e Paesaggistici della Liguria, Genova) during a research visit to Nottingham: "Sailors and shepherds at the Arene Candide" (Accordia Research Institute, 7th November 2006).
David Ridgway Marion J. Piercey Managing Director Albany Trustee Company Limited All publications belonging to the Cotton Foundation are on loan to one of the three following Libraries of the Institutes of the University of London:- - Institute of Archaeology
- Institute of Classical Studies
- Warburg Institute
The three Libraries above have kindly agreed that all current holders of Cotton Fellowships, Publication grants or other awards may have free access to those Libraries. May 2007 | | |