Dr. Zahra Newby

Biography

Zahra Newby is a Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick. She holds a Doctorate from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, where her doctoral thesis examined elite art in the middle Roman empire and its social and cultural contexts, particularly the flourishing of Greek culture known as the Sophistic. Her monograph, 'Greek Athletics in the Roman World' (Oxford, 2005), investigates the visual representation of athletic subjects in the Roman empire. With an extensive background in ancient visual culture, her research interests include the visual arts of the Roman empire, particularly in relation to Greek culture, ancient funerary art, athleticism, and the cultural relationships between art and text. She has authored and edited various works, including 'Greek Myths in Roman Art and Culture' (Cambridge University Press, 2016) and 'Material Dynamics of Festivals in the Graeco-Roman East' (Oxford University Press, 2023). As a committed educator, she has received the Butterworth Memorial Teaching Award and actively engages in public lectures and educational initiatives. Currently, she supervises graduate research on various topics in ancient art, emphasizing the connections between artistic representation and cultural identity in historical contexts.

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