Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow

Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow , née Koloski , (born October 13, 1949 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts) is an American classical archaeologist .

Life

She studied at Upsala College (BA 1971) and at the University of Michigan (MA 1973; Ph.D. 1986). She is Professor of Classical Archeology at Brandeis University , where she holds the Kevy and Hortense Kaiserman Endowed Chair in the Humanities .

Her research focuses on the art and culture of Roman times, in particular culture, engineering, technology and everyday life (including sanitary facilities, toilets and water systems); Pompeii , Herculaneum and other places near Mount Vesuvius . She also teaches ancient Greek art and archeology; Latin language and literature; Mythology in Greek and Roman Art and Literature, and Greek Language and Literature.

Fonts (selection)

• The Sarno bath complex . L'Erma di Bretschneider, Rome 1990, ISBN 88-7062-700-4 (= dissertation).
• with Claire L. Lyons (Ed.): Naked truths. Women, sexuality, and gender in classical art and archeology . Routledge, London 1997, ISBN 0-415-15995-4 .
• (Ed.): Water use and hydraulics in the Roman city . Kendall / Hunt, Dubuque 2001, ISBN 0-7872-7690-1 .
• The archeology of sanitation in Roman Italy. Toilets, sewers, and water systems . The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill 2015, ISBN 978-1-4696-2128-9 .

literature

• The Centennial Directory of the American Academy in Rome. The American Academy in Rome, New York / Rome 1995, p. 171.

Web links

• Ann O. Koloski-Ostrow - The Kevy and Hortense Kaiserman Endowed Chair in the Humanities