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Dr Geoff Adams

BA, MA (UQ), MA (UNE), PhD (Adelaide)

Lecturer

Contact Details
Telephone: +61 3 62262289
Fax: +61 3 62262392
Location: Hobart Campus, Arts Building, Room 440
Email: Geoffrey.Adams@utas.edu.au

Geoff began his studies at the University of Queensland, where he completed his undergraduate degree and continued there until completing a Research Master of Arts in Ancient History in 2000. He completed his doctoral studies at the University of Adelaide in 2005. In 2004 he commenced teaching at the University of New England, which continued until the end of 2006. He also taught as Assistant Lecturer in Archaeology and Ancient History at Monash University in 2007/8.


Research Interests

Roman Domestic Space; Pompeii and Herculaneum; Roman Biography; Roman Imperial History; Roman Britain; Pyrrhus of Epirus; Hellenistic Palaces.

Units

Selected Publications:

  • Geoff Adams, 2005, 'Romano-Celtic Élites and their Religion, ', Caeros, Armidale, 2005. ISBN 13: 978-0-9758445-0-9.

  • Geoff Adams, 2006, 'The Suburban Villas of Campania and their Social Function', Archaeopress, Oxford, 2006, BAR - S1542, 2006. ISBN 1-84171-974-9

  • Geoff Adams, 2007, 'Romano-British Tombstones between the 1st and 3rd Centuries AD: Epigraphy, Gender and Familial Relations (with Rebecca Tobler)', Archaeopress, Oxford, 2007. ISBN 978-1-4073-0087-0.

  • Geoff Adams, 2007, 'Caligula: the Hellenistic Views of a Roman Emperor ', BrownWalker Press, Boca Raton, 2007. ISBN 159942-423-1

  • Geoff Adams, 2008, 'Rome and the Social Role of Élite Villas in its Suburbs', Archaeopress, Oxford, 2008. ISBN 978-1-4073-0249-2.

Full Publication List

Current and Supervised Project/s:

Geoff Adams