Caroline Vout (born c. 1972) is a British

classicist Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

and

art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

. she is a

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in classics at

the University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

and a fellow of Christ's College. In 2021 she became Director of the

Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge The Museum of Classical Archaeology is a museum in Cambridge, run by the Faculty of Classics of the University of Cambridge, England. Since 1983, it has been located in a purpose-built gallery on the first floor of the Faculty of Classics on th ...

Career

Vout was born in

Durham Durham most commonly refers to: *Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham *County Durham, an English county *Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States *Durham, North Carolina, a city in No ...

. She read

Classics Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

Newnham College, Cambridge Newnham College is a women's Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1871 by a group organising Lectures for Ladies, members of which included philosopher Henry Sid ...

, graduating in 1991, before taking a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in Roman and Byzantine Art at the Courtauld Institute. She then returned to Cambridge for her

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, which was supervised by

Keith Hopkins Morris Keith Hopkins, FBA (20 June 1934 – 8 March 2004) was a British historian and sociologist. He was professor of ancient history at the University of Cambridge from 1985 to 2000. Hopkins had a relatively unconventional route to the Cam ...

and Mary Beard. Upon finishing her doctorate she lectured at the Universities of

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and

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until being appointed to as a fellow of Christ's College in 2006. She curated an exhibition on

Antinous Antinous, also called Antinoös, (; grc-gre, Ἀντίνοος; 27 November – before 30 October 130) was a Greek youth from Bithynia and a favourite and probable lover of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Following his premature death before his ...

at the

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in Leeds and is on the academic advisory panel for the department of Greek and Roman antiquities at the

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. She has written for ''

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'' and ''

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'', and appeared on the 2011

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documentary ''Fig Leaf: The Biggest Cover-Up In History'' and on

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's ''

In Our Time In Our Time may refer to: * ''In Our Time'' (1944 film), a film starring Ida Lupino and Paul Henreid * ''In Our Time'' (1982 film), a Taiwanese anthology film featuring director Edward Yang; considered the beginning of the "New Taiwan Cinema" * ''In ...

''.

Books

*''Antinous: the Face of the Antique''. Leeds: Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, 2006. *''Power and Eroticism in Imperial Rome''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. *''The Hills of Rome: Signature of an Eternal City''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012 *''Sex on Show: Seeing the Erotic in Greece and Rome''. London: British Museum Press, 2013 *''Epic Visions: Visuality in Greek and Latin Epic and its Reception''. (co-edited with Helen Lovet). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press *''Classical Art: A Life History from Antiquity to the Present''. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018.

Awards

* The Art Book Award (awarded by the Association of Art Historians) for ''Antinous''; 2008. (Not available online to non-members.) *

Philip Leverhulme Prize The Philip Leverhulme Prize is awarded by the Leverhulme Trust to recognise the achievement of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition and whose future career is exceptionally promising. The prize schem ...

, 2008Philip Leverhulme Prizewinners 2008
. Leverhulme Trust, 2008. Accessed 6 February 2016 * Fellow,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vout, Caroline People from Durham, England Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge Members of the University of Cambridge faculty of classics English classical scholars Women classical scholars Scholars of Roman history Academics of the University of Nottingham Living people Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Year of birth missing (living people)