Staff Profiles
Dr Sally Waite
Senior Lecturer in Greek Art and Archaeology
- Email: sally.waite@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5330
I am a Classical Archaeologist working to develop and promote the Shefton Collection of Greek and Etruscan Archaeology at the Great North Museum: Hancock. My research focuses primarily on Attic red-figure pottery and the long history of collecting and collections. I have published and exhibited on the collection, and supervise a number of PhD candidates working in related topics (see 'Research' tab). I teach a range of undergraduate and postgraduate classes across Classics and Archaeology (see 'Teaching' tab).
Current and Ongoing Projects
Material Culture of Infant Feeding - With Dr April Pudsey I am preparing to publish details and analysis of infant feeding bottles from Antiquity, in the Great North Museum: Hanconck and a number of other international collections.
Re-collecting Cypriot Antiquity In collaboration with Anna Reeve, Leeds University, I am researching objects in the Kent Collection, Harrogate, which previously belonged to Thomas Sandwith, the British Vice-Consul on Cyprus from 1865-1870.
The Shefton Archive Project - I am leading a large ongoing project, relating to the history of one of the U.K.'s largest collections of Greek and Etruscan archaeology. The project aims to uncover the complete history of the collection, and to reconstruct an intellectual biography of its founder. The project will collate and disseminate the late Professor Brian Shefton's personal archive of correspondence, slides, scholarly materials and items pertaining to the history of his collection.
Community Curriculum Project - A collaboration with CfLaT, the Great North Museum: Hancock , West Jesmond Primary School and Belsay School to create a curriculum for teaching Ancient Greece at Key Stage 2. Resources available on the new Explore the Past with Us website.
New online exhibitions:
Greece Recreated: Classical Inspiration at Belsay Hall Funded by an ICS Public Engagement Award
Ongoing Research, Conferences, Exhibitions and Events
Material Culture of Infant Feeding
Along with Dr April Pudsey I am preparing to publish details and analysis of infant feeding bottles from Antiquity, in the Great North Museum: Hancock.
Re-collecting Cypriot Antiquity
In collaboration with Anna Reeve, Leeds University, I am researching objects in the Kent Collection, Harrogate, which previously belonged to Thomas Sandwith, the British Vice-Consul on Cyprus from 1865-1870.
A. Reeve and S. Waite (2021) 'Re-collecting Cypriot Antiquity: The Kent Collection in Harrogate.' Journal of the History of Collections.
The Shefton Archive Project
I am leading a large ongoing project, relating to the history of one of the U.K.'s largest collections of Greek and Etruscan archaeology which is currently housed in the GNM. The project aims to uncover the complete history of the collection, and to reconstruct an intellectual biography of its founder. The project will collate and disseminate the late Professor Brian Shefton's personal archive of correspondence, slides, scholarly materials and items pertaining to the history of his collection.
Community Curriculum Project
A collaboration with CfLaT, the Great North Museum: Hancock, West Jesmond Primary School and Belsay School to create a curriculum for teaching Ancient Greece at Key Stage 2. Resources available on the new Explore the Past with Us website.
Previous Research Projects
- Etruscan Art and Archaeology in the Shefton Study Collection
- Regional Survey of Greek Material in the North East
- Shefton Cataloguing Project
- Community Curriculum: Employing Artefacts in the Hospital-Based Education of Children
Conferences
- On the Fascination of Objects: Greek & Etruscan Art in the Shefton Collection The resulting book is published by Oxbow.
- Shoes, Slippers and Sandals: Feet and Footwear in Antiquity - This international conference, held in conjunction with the Great North Museum: Hancock, brought together scholars of Classics, Archaeology and Ancient History, the publication co-edited with Dr Sadie Pickup is now published by Routledge.
Exhibitions
- 2021 Stories from the Archive Digital exhibition in collaboration with the Great North Museum
- 2020 Greece Recreated Digital exhibition in collaboration with the Great North Museum and English Heritage
- 2019 Collecting Classical Antiquity: Brian B. Shefton 100 Years, Great North Museum
- 2019 Shoes, Slippers and Sandals: Footwear through the Ages, Great North Museum
- 2018 Reimagining Ancient Greece, Belsay Hall, Northumberland
- 2017 Community Curriculum in Action, Great North Museum
- 2015 Beyond Frontiers, Great North Museum and Jesmond Library
- 2014 Acquiring Antiquity, Royal Pump Rooms Museum, Harrogate
- 2013 On the Fascination of Objects, Great North Museum
PhD Supervision
I am currently supervising one Northern Bridge funded PhD student:
Daisy-Alys Vaughan: The Shefton Archive: Enhancing a Collection's History through Object Biographies
COMPLETED 2016
Monica Haysom: The Little Metropolis Festival Calendar Frieze: A Study of Reason and Religion in Late Hellenistic Athenian Society
COMPLETED 2019
Nigel Porter: Images of Warrior Departure on Athenian Painted Pottery 600-400 BC
COMPLETED 2021
Emma Gooch: The Material Culture of Children in Ancient Greece: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Identity
Degree Programme Director for the MA in Classics/Ancient History
- CAC1012 Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology
- ARA3121 Sex, Bodies and Identities in Classical Greece
Contributions to:
- CAH2009 Portfolio in Ancient History
- ARA3002 Dissertation in Ancient History and Archaeology
- HIS2322 Diversities of Sexuality and Gender in History
- CAC8000 Research Skills and Development
- CAC8110 Cultures in Context
- CAC8107 Independent Project
- CAC8090 MA Dissertation
- ARA8129 Sex, Bodies and Identities in Classical Greece
- CAH8016 Graduate Seminar in Greek Archaeology
Contributions to:
- ARA8190 Themes, Theories and Methods in Archaeology
On leave in semester 1 2021-22
- Reeve A, Waite S. Re-collecting Cypriot antiquity: the Kent collection in Harrogate. Journal of the History of Collections 2021, 33(2), 359-372.
- Waite S, Gooch E. Sandals on the Wall: The Symbolism of Footwear on Athenian Painted Pottery. In: Pickup,S; Waite,S, ed. Shoes, Slippers and Sandals: Feet and Footwear in Classical Antiquity. Routledge, 2019, pp.17-89.
- Pickup S, Waite S, ed. Shoes, Slippers and Sandals: Feet and Footwear in Classical Antiquity. Routledge, 2019.
- Waite S. Ancient Art in a Museum Context: The Kent Collection of Greek and Cypriot Pottery in Harrogate. In: Rodríguez Perez, D, ed. Greek Art in Context. London: Routledge, 2017.
- Waite S. ‘A Red-Figure Kalathos in the Shefton Collection’. In: Boardman, J; Parkin, A; Waite, S, ed. On the Fascination of Objects: Greek and Etruscan Art in the Shefton Collection. Oxbow Books, 2015.
- Boardman J, Parkin A, Waite S, ed. On the Fascination of Objects: Greek and Etruscan Art in the Shefton Collection. Oxbow Books, 2015.
- Waite S. Acquiring Antiquity: Greek and Cypriot Pottery from the Harrogate Collection. Harrogate Borough Council, 2014.
- Waite S. Review of Daehner (J.) (ed.) The Herculaneum Women. History, Context, Identities. Classical Review 2009, 59.2, 592-594.
- Waite S. ‘The Shefton Pan Painter Pelike’. In: Kaltas, N; Shaprio A, ed. Worshiping Women. Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens. Onassis Foundation, 2008.