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Professor Stephanie Moser

Professor, Head of Archaeology

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Professor Stephanie Moser is a Professor of Archaeology and Head of the Department of Archaeology at the University of Southampton.

Stephanie specialises in the representation and reception of the past. Her research focuses on the construction of ideas and knowledge about antiquity as they are communicated through visual images, museum displays, exhibitions and art. These subjects have been explored by Stephanie in detailed investigations of the portrayal of ancient Egypt in the nineteenth century, the history of antiquarian and archaeological illustration, and methodologies for museum analysis and the involvement of local communities in the interpretation of their heritage. Stephanie is the author of Ancestral Images (Cornell University Press 1998), Wondrous Curiosities (Chicago University Press 2006), Designing Antiquity (Yale University Press 2012), and The Beauty of Archaeology (Oxford University Press: forthcoming); all which seek to outline the two-way knowledge exchange between academic research and receptions of the past.

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Research interests

Research projects recently brought to completion by Stephanie are 'Archaeology and Egyptomania: art, design and the development of Egyptology in Britain' (funded by the British Academy - Senior Research Fellowship), the 'Visualisation in Archaeology' Project (funded by English Heritage), and ‘British art, archaeology and the discovery of ancient Egypt’ (funded by the Leverhulme Trust – Major Research Fellowship). The results of the first project are presented in the book Designing Antiquity, which examines the role of nineteenth century British designers in creating understandings of ancient Egypt. Discussion focuses on the work of Owen Jones (1809-1874), who was responsible for creating a series of pioneering exhibits on the ancient world at the Crystal Palace at Sydenham in 1854. Results of the second project, 'Visualisation in Archaeology', have been published in articles on the history and nature of imaging practices in archaeology (Moser 2012,2014), and findings from the third project are presented in The Beauty of Archaeology (forthcoming, 2018). This project investigates how historicist painters working in Britain responded to archaeology and Egyptology in the second half of the nineteenth century. Discussing the Egyptian-themed works of three leading painters in Victorian Britain, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Edward Poynter and Edwin Long, the book demonstrates how they actively engaged with the material culture of ancient Egypt and particularly the collections of the British Museum.

Research Project(s)

Stephanie is currently working on a major project on early archaeological illustration. The aim is to establish how early members of the Society of Antiquaries of London enlisted images of artefacts to aid in their discussions and research endeavours.

Articles

Moser, S. (2015). Reconstructing ancient worlds: reception studies, archaeological representation and the interpretation of ancient Egypt. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 22(4), 1263-1308. DOI: 10.1007/s10816-014-9221-z

Moser, S. (2014). Making expert knowledge through the image: antiquarian images and early modern scientific illustration. Isis, 105(1), 58-99.

Moser, S. (2010). Book Review. James Cuno. Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage. Princeton, NJ and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2008. Pp. xxxvii. 228. US$24.95. International History Review, 32(1), 112-113. DOI: 10.1080/07075330903516611

Moser, S., Atalay, S., Camurcroglu-Cleere, D., Hodder, I., Orbasli, A., & Pye, E. (2010). Protecting and exhibiting Catalhoyouk. Turkish Academy of Sciences Journal of Cultural Inventory, 8, 155-166.

Moser, S. (2010). The devil is in the detail: museum displays and the creation of knowledge. Museum Anthropology, 33(1), 22-32. DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1379.2010.01072.x

Moser, S. (2008). Gary Breeze. Jerwood Contemporary Makers Catalogue.

Moser, S. (2007). On disciplinary culture: archaeology as fieldwork and its gendered associations. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 14(3), 235-263. DOI: 10.1007/s10816-007-9033-5

Moser, S. (2003). Representing human origins: constructing knowledge in museums and dismantling the display canon. Public Archaeology, 3(1), 3-20. DOI: 10.1179/pua.2003.3.1.3

Moser, S., Glazier, D., Phillips, J. E., el Nemr, L. N., Mousa, M. S., Aiesh, R. N., ... Seymour, M. (2002). Transforming archaeology through practice: strategies for collaborative archaeology and the Community Archaeology Project at Quseir, Egypt. World Archaeology, 34(2), 220-248. DOI: 10.1080/0043824022000007071

Moser, S. (1996). Science, stratigraphy and the deep sequence: excavation versus regional survey and the question of gendered practice in archaeology. Antiquity, 70(270), 813-823.

Moser, S. (1993). Picturing the Prehistoric. Metascience, 4, 58-67.

Moser, S. (1992). The visual language of archaeology: a case study of the Neanderthals. Antiquity, 66(253), 831-844.

Moser, S. (1992). Visions of the Australian Pleistocene: prehistoric life at Lake Mungo and Kutikina. Australian Archaeology, (35), 1-10.

Books

Moser, S. (2012). Designing Antiquity: Owen Jones, ancient Egypt and the Crystal Palace. London, GB: Yale University Press.

Moser, S. (2006). Wondrous Curiosities: Ancient Egypt at the British Museum. Chicago, USA: Chicago University Press.

Smiles, S., & Moser, S. (Eds.) (2005). Envisioning the past: archaeology and the image. (New Interventions in Art History). Oxford, GB: Blackwell.

Keay, S., & Moser, S. (Eds.) (2004). Greek art in view. Papers in honour of Brian A. Sparkes. Oxford, GB: Oxbow books.

Moser, S. (1998). Ancestral Images. The iconography of human antiquity. Ithaca, US: Cornell University Press.

Book Chapters

Moser, S. (2014). Legacies of engagement: the multiple manifestations of Ancient Egypt in public discourse. In W. Carruthers (Ed.), Histories of Egyptology: Interdisciplinary Measures. (pp. 242-252). London, GB: Routledge.

Moser, S. (2012). Archaeological visualisation: early artifact illustration and the birth of the archaeological image. In I. Hodder (Ed.), Archaeological Theory Today, 2nd Edition. (pp. 292-322). Chichester, GB: Polity Press.

Moser, S. (2010). Transforming archaeology through practice. In M. Bruchac, S. Hart, & M. Wobst (Eds.), Indigenous Archaeologies: A Reader on Decolonization. (pp. 272-282). Walnut Creek, US: Left Coast Press.

Moser, S. (2009). Archaeological representation: the consumption and creation of the past. In B. Cunliffe, C. Gosden, & R. A. Joyce (Eds.), The Oxford Book of Archaeology. (pp. 1048-1077). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Smiles, S., & Moser, S. (2005). Introduction [to]: The Image in Question. In S. Moser, & S. Smiles (Eds.), Envisioning the Past. (pp. 1-12). (New Interventions in Art History). Oxford, UK; Malden, Massachussetts, USA: Blackwell.

Moser, S. (2003). Transforming Archaeology Through Practice: Strategies for Collaborative Archaeology and the Community Archaeology Project at Quseir, Egypt. In A. K. Brown, & L. Peers (Eds.), Museums and Source Communities: A Routledge Reader. (pp. 208-226). London, UK; New York, US: Routledge.

Moser, S. (2001). Archaeological representation: the visual Conventions for constructing knowledge about the past. In I. Hodder (Ed.), Archaeological Theory Today. (pp. 262-283). Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.

Moser, S. (1999). The dilemma of didactic displays. Habitat dioramas, life-groups and reconstructions of the past. In N. Merriman (Ed.), Making Early Histories in Museums. (pp. 65-116). London, GB: Frances Pinter.

Moser, S., & Gamble, C. (1997). Revolutionary images: the iconic vocabulary for representing human antiquity. In B. Molyneaux (Ed.), The Cultural Life of Images: Visual Representation in Archaeology. (pp. 184-218). London, GB: Routledge.

Moser, S. (1996). Science and social values: presenting archaeological findings in museum displays. In L. Smith, & A. Clarke (Eds.), Issues in Management Archaeology. (pp. 32-42). St Lucia, Australia: Tempus Press.

Moser, S. (1996). Visual representation in archaeology: depicting the missing-link in human origins. In B. S. Baigrie (Ed.), Picturing Knowledge: Historical and Philosophical problems Concerning the Use of Art in Science. (pp. 184-214). Toronto, CA: University of Toronto Press.

Moser, S. (1995). The ‘Aboriginalisation' of Australian archaeology: the contribution of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies to the indigenous transformation of the discipline. In P. J. Ucko (Ed.), Theory in Archaeology. A World Perspective. (pp. 150-177). London, GB: Routledge.

Moser, S. (1993). Gender stereotyping in pictorial reconstructions of human origins. In H. du Cros, & L. Smith (Eds.), Women in Archaeology: A Feminist Critique. (pp. 75-92). (Occasional Papers in Prehistory; No. 23). Canberra, AU: Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University.

Conference

Moser, S. (1994). Building the discipline of Australian archaeology: Fred McCarthy at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. In M. Sullivan, S. Brockwell, & A. Webb (Eds.), Archaeology in the North. Proceedings from the Australian Archaeology Conference, Darwin 1993. (pp. 17-29). Darwin, AU: North Australian Research Unit, Australian National University.

ARCH3017: Presenting the past: Museums and Heritage (co-ordinator)

PhD Supervision

Stephanie supervises PhD students working on the reception and representation of archaeology (particularly ancient Egypt), archaeological visualisation, archaeology in museums and exhibitions, community archaeology and the history of archaeology.

Professor Stephanie Moser
Faculty of Humanities, University of Southampton
Avenue Campus, Highfield
Southampton
SO17 1BF
United Kingdom

Room Number:65A/3035

Telephone:(023) 8059 4207
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Email:sm1@soton.ac.uk

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