The Committee

Anna Reeve is a Early Career Research Associate at the Institute of Classical Studies, Associate Lecturer in Classics at the Open University, and an Associate of the Museums Association (AMA). Her research explores the reception of Cypriot antiquities in the UK, especially in local museums. She is currently working on historical auction sales of Cypriot antiquities and the impact of Cypriot archaeology on modern pottery production.

Victoria Donnellan is Curator: Reception of the ancient Mediterranean at the British Museum. Vicky has research interests in the history and reception of classical collections, digital collections, and the role of museums in society. Her thesis was the initial basis for the Classical Collections Network’s mapping of relevant collections in the UK.

Emily Jayne Knights is an Archaeology PhD candidate at Newcastle University. Her doctoral research investigates the changing material representations of older women in ancient Athens, in relation to the extended life course and gerontology theories. She is the communications officer for the network and manages this website.

Sally Waite is Senior Lecturer in Greek Art and Archaeology at Newcastle University. She works to research and promote the Shefton collection of Greek Archaeology at the Great North Museum Hancock. Her recent work includes collaboration with creative practitioners to explore these collections through sound and embodied experience.

Abigail Baker is Research Associate on the Being an Islander research project and was Project Curator of Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean at the Fitzwilliam Museum. She is the author of Troy on Display: Scepticism and Wonder at Schliemann’s First Exhibition (Bloomsbury, 2020) and has written on a range of topics in the history of museum objects and how to interpret them today. She manages the membership list and is the first point of contact for the network.

Oliver Croker is a Project Curator for the Recovery Program at the British Museum, working on the return of missing objects to the Museum’s collection. His thesis was on Onesimos, the late archaic cup painter, and he also researches the history of collecting, especially collectors of the late 18th century and collections formed by British educational institutions in the 19th and 20th centuries. Ollie is in charge of the mapping project.