Mont Allen is Associate Professor of Classics & Art History at Southern Illinois University.
He has a Bachelor's degree in Geography (Berkeley); Master's degrees in the History of Religion (Syracuse University) and European History (Berkeley); and a Ph.D. in Ancient Art History (Berkeley) for a research project completed at Berkeley and in Berlin at the DAI (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut / German Archaeological Institute).
His research foci include Greek and Roman funerary sculpture, ancient sculptural tools and techniques, Greek mythology, Roman painting, and Late Antique religions, seasoned by a love of Latin and urban geography.
His first book is currently in production with Cambridge University Press. Titled The Death of Myth on Roman Sarcophagi: Allegory and Visual Narrative in Late Antiquity, it examines the baffling disappearance of Greek mythological imagery from Roman coffins during the Late Empire. His second research project focuses on the ways in which Greeks and Romans assigned significance to artistic materials and techniques, while a third examines images of games, contests, and play in Roman art.
When not in the library, Allen enjoys visiting museums and organizing colloquium sessions for the Archaeological Institute of America. His teaching has won multiple awards, as have his engaging public lectures: he was recently appointed National Lecturer for the Archaeological Institute of America's lecture circuit. He also maintains a blog about Roman sarcophagi.
Allen has received fellowships from the NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities), the DAI (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut / German Archaeological Institute), the University of Freiburg's Sonderforschungsbereich 948, the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst / German Academic Exchange Service), the Townsend Center for the Humanities, and the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation. He thanks them warmly for their generous support.
He has a Bachelor's degree in Geography (Berkeley); Master's degrees in the History of Religion (Syracuse University) and European History (Berkeley); and a Ph.D. in Ancient Art History (Berkeley) for a research project completed at Berkeley and in Berlin at the DAI (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut / German Archaeological Institute).
His research foci include Greek and Roman funerary sculpture, ancient sculptural tools and techniques, Greek mythology, Roman painting, and Late Antique religions, seasoned by a love of Latin and urban geography.
His first book is currently in production with Cambridge University Press. Titled The Death of Myth on Roman Sarcophagi: Allegory and Visual Narrative in Late Antiquity, it examines the baffling disappearance of Greek mythological imagery from Roman coffins during the Late Empire. His second research project focuses on the ways in which Greeks and Romans assigned significance to artistic materials and techniques, while a third examines images of games, contests, and play in Roman art.
When not in the library, Allen enjoys visiting museums and organizing colloquium sessions for the Archaeological Institute of America. His teaching has won multiple awards, as have his engaging public lectures: he was recently appointed National Lecturer for the Archaeological Institute of America's lecture circuit. He also maintains a blog about Roman sarcophagi.
Allen has received fellowships from the NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities), the DAI (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut / German Archaeological Institute), the University of Freiburg's Sonderforschungsbereich 948, the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst / German Academic Exchange Service), the Townsend Center for the Humanities, and the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation. He thanks them warmly for their generous support.
