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Eric Hostetter

Professor
Art History
ehostett@uiuc.edu
217-333-4757
404 Architecture Building

Educational Background:

Harvard University Ph. D. Fine Arts 1979

Harvard University M.A. Fine Arts 1979

University of California, Santa Cruz B.A. Art History and Sculpture 1971

University of Lund, Sweden 1970


Teaching Experience:

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Art History
Program: Professor, 1997-present,
Chair, Spring 2000-present;
Associate Professor (Art History/Classics), 1991-1996;
Visiting Associate Professor, Classics, spring 1990

Indiana University, Bloomington School of Fine Arts and Program in Classical Archaeology:
Assistant-Associate Professor 1980-91

University of Michigan
Visiting Assistant Professor, Departments of Art History and Classical Studies 1979-80

ᅤkersberga, Sweden Potter and L¦karpedagog, Nybodag¥rd Behandlingshem 1972


Selected Publications:

Books:
Bronzes from Spina II. Instrumentum Domesticum (Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2001).

The Romano-British Villa at Castle Copse, Great Bedwyn (Wiltshire), with T.N. Howe (co-editor) (Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN 1997).

Lydian Architectural Terracottas: A Study in Tile Replication, Display and Technique. Illinois Classical Studies Supplement 5 (Scholars Press, Atlanta 1994).

Bronzes from Spina I. The Figural Classes (Philpp von Zabern, Mainz 1986).

Articles
モThe Metal Objects from Tombs 1-148A and 1-18B of Valle Pegaヤ, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Ferrara, forthcoming.

モBanqueting at Spina: The Archaeological Contextヤ, Etruscan Studies 5, 1998, 69-93.

モComplesso tardoromano sul versante NE del Palatino (1992-1993), Bollettino di Archeologia, forthcoming. With J.R. Brandt, A. St.Clair and M. Parca.

"A Bronze Situla from Tomb 128, Valle Trebba: Chemical Evidence for Resinated Wine at Spina", Studi Etruschi 59, 1994, 211-225. With C.W. Beck and D.R. Stewart.

"A Late Roman Complex on the NE Slope of the Palatine Hill", Journal of Roman Archaeology. Supplement Volume. Rome Papers, 11, 1994, 135-182. With T.N. Howe, R. Brandt, A. St.Clair, T. Pe￱a, M. Parca, K. Gleason and N. Miller. "A Bronze Banqueting Service from Tomb 58 C, Valle Pega", Dionysos. Mito e Mistero. Atti del Convegno Internazionale. Comacchio 3-5 november 1989 (Comacchio 1991), 89-106.

"A Weary Herakles at Harvard", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 91, 1987, 367-379.

In progress
Palatine East: East: Excavations of the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma and the American Academy in Rome, 1988-1994, 3 volumes, c. 25 contributors:

Documentaries
Tarahumara, Pillars of the World, Co-producer with J. Kelly, WILL-TV, PBS Central Illinois, 1997.

Vanished Rome, J. Kelly, WILL-TV, PBS Central Illinois, 1996.

Exhibition:
5 Anni di Archeologia al American Academy in Rome: Four Excavations. American Academy in Rome, February 14-March 3, 1995.

Fellowships, Grants and Awards:

A.O. Beckman / University of Illinois Research Board Grants/Awards, 1991-1998, 2000.

Associate Fellow, Center for Advanced Study, UIUC, fall 1998 and 1993.

Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Palatine East Excavations, summer 1991-1996.

University of Illinois CFAA, February, Tarahumara PBS documentary 1996.

Illinois Humanities Council, Tarahumara PBS, May 1996.

Outstanding Faculty Award, School of Art and Design, CFAA, May 1995.

Private foundations, Castle Copse Roman Villa and Palatine East Excavations, 1983-1996.

Harvard University, The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, 1993.

Indiana University, Summer Fellowship, 1988, 1981.

Indiana University, Grant-in-Aid of Research, 1989, 1984, 1982.

Edward Schrader Fund, Indiana University, 1987.

J. Paul Getty Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University, 1985-1986.

J. Paul Getty Trust Publication Grant, 1984.

Dr. M.A. Cotton Foundation.Publication Grant, 1984.

Dr. E. Macnamara Memorial Scholarship Publication Grant, 1984.

American Academy in Rome, Mellon Fellow, 1982-1983.

American Council of Learned Societies, summer 1982.

Dr. M. Aylwin Cotton Foundation 1977-1978.

Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1976-1978.

Archaeological Institute of America Olivia James Fellowship, 1975-1976.

Pro Bono
Water for People, well-drilling for Tarahumara communities, Chiuhuahua, Mexico, 1997.

Cummins Engine Foundation, restoration of Roman Room, Devizes Museum (Wiltshire), 1988.