John Clarke: Vesuvius and the Villa: New Discoveries Near Pompeii

In conjunction with the reinstallation of Classic Court, John Clarke, noted professor at the University of Texas at Austin, will speak about his excavation work near the lost city of Pompeii, which was buried in a massive volcano eruption in 79 CE. Dr. Clarke’s teaching and research focus on ancient Roman art, art-historical methodology, and contemporary art. One of the world’s top scholars on ancient Pompeii, he is co-director of the Oplontis Project, a collaboration with the Archaeological Superintendency of Pompeii and the King’s Visualisation Lab (King’s College, London), which is conducting a systematic study of a huge luxury villa that dates 50 BC–AD 79. Dr. Clarke has seven books and more than 75 essays, articles, and reviews to his credit.