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Elisabetta Cova

Elisabetta Cova

  • Associate Professor, Classics

Education

  • M Phil, Archaeology, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Laurea, Classics, Università di Bologna, Italy

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title
CLASSIC 202-001 Introduction to Roman Life and Literature
CLASSIC 304-001 The Graeco-Roman World: Pompeii

Courses Taught

  • CLASSIC 202 - Introduction to Roman Life and Literature
  • CLASSIC 304 - The Graeco-Roman World: Pompeii
  • GREEK 306 - Fourth Semester Greek
  • LATIN 502 - Readings in Latin Poetry: Ovid

Teaching Interests

  • Greek and Latin Languages and Literature
  • Roman civilization
  • Roman archaeology
  • Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Research Interests

  • Roman Archaeology
  • Roman Domestic Architecture
  • Archaeology of Pompeii and the Bay of Naples
  • Roman Cyprus
  • Museum studies

Selected Publications

Cova, E. 2021. "The 'Wings' of Roman Architecture: Ancient References to the Alae." Phoenix 73: 358-371 (2019 volume, but published in 2021).
Cova, E. 2020. "La decorazione parietale delle alae della Regio VI di Pompei." In Picta Fragmenta. La Pittura Vesuviana: Una Rilettura, edited by P. Giulerini, A. Coralini, and V. Sampaolo, 269-277. Naples 
Cova, E. 2020. "Visti da oltreoceano: il Museo Chierici e il Milwaukee Public Museum." Bullettino di Paletnologia Italiana III/100: 13-20.
Cova, E. 2015. “Stasis and Change in Roman Domestic Space: The Alae of Pompeii's Regio VI.” American Journal of Archaeology 119, no. 1: 69-102.
Cova, E. 2014. “Continuita' e rinnovamento: la storia della preistoria italiana vista dai musei.” In Atti della XLVI Riunione Scientifica dell'Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria. 150 anni di Preistoria e Protostoria in Italia (Roma, 23-27 Novembre, 2011), edited by A. Guidi, 87-92. Florence: Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria. 
Cova, E. 2013. “Closets, Cupboards, and Shelves: Storage in the Roman House.” Phoenix 67, nos. 3-4: 373-91.
Cova, E., D. B. Counts, P. N. Kardulias, and M. K. Toumazou. 2013.“Fitting In: Archaeology and Community in Athienou, Cyprus” Near Eastern Archaeology 76, no. 3:166-77.
Cova, E. 2011. "Writing from Unknown Hands: A Selection of Inscriptions from Athienou-Malloura." In Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus, edited by M. K. Toumazou, P. N. Kardoulias, and D. B. Counts, 179-90. Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research. 
Cova, E., and J. M. Gordon. 2010. “Romanesis in Cyprus: A Lamp from Athienou-Malloura.” Cahiers du Centre d’Etudes Chypriotes, 40:277-94.
Cova, E. 2010. “Negotiating the Past in the Present: Italian Prehistory, Civic Museums, and Curatorial Practice in Emilia-Romagna, Italy” European Journal of Archaeology, European Journal of Archaeology 13, no. 3: 285–312.