Ellen Swift

Ellen Swift
FSA
Academic background
Alma materUniversity College London
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
Sub-disciplineClassical archaeology
Institutions
Main interests
  • Roman Britain Roman North-Western provinces, Roman Egypt
  • Roman jewellery and dress accessories, Roman and late antique artefacts

Ellen Swift FSA is a British archaeologist and Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Kent.[1][2]

Professor Swift studied at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London for her BA, MA, and PhD.[3]

Swift is a specialist in material culture studies of the Roman world, including dress accessories and functional artefacts including dice.[4][5] She was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in October 2005.[2] In 2001, the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference formed a standing committee to oversee the conference, consisting of Swift, Martin Carruthers, Carol van Driel-Murray, Andrew Gardner, Jason Lucas, and Louise Revell. The committee also edited the proceedings for the 2001 conference.[6]

  1. ^ "Dr Ellen Swift FSA Reader in Archaeology". University of Kent. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Fellows directory: Dr Ellen Swift". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Ellen Swift - Classical & Archaeological Studies". University of Kent. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  4. ^ Swift, E. (2008). Roman Dress Accessories. Shire Publications.
  5. ^ Greenword, V. (20 February 2018). "The Shape of Ancient Dice Suggests Shifting Beliefs in Fate and Chance". The Atlantic. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  6. ^ Carruthers, Martin; van Driel Murray, Carol; Gardner, Andrew; Lucas, Jason; Revell, Louise; Swift, Ellen (2002), "Preface", in Carruthers, Martin; van Driel Murray, Carol; Gardner, Andrew; Lucas, Jason; Revell, Louise; Swift, Ellen (eds.), TRAC 2001: Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, vol. 11, pp. iv, doi:10.16995/TRAC2001_i_iv