Sheila J. McNally

Professor

Office: 417 Heller Hall

Office Hours - Fall 2007

Tues, Weds: 1:00 - 2:00

Phone: (612) 625-6384

E-mail: mcnal001@umn.edu

Education:

B.A. Vassar College 1953
Ph.D. Harvard University 1965
Fulbright Fellowships 1953-4, Germany ; 1967-8, Jugoslavia

Interests:

Sheila McNally’s research focuses primarily on transitions from the Roman to the medieval and modern worlds: she has excavated at

Split ( Croatia ), studying the format of a Roman palace and the stages of its transformation into a medieval and modern city
Akhmim ( Egypt ) uncovering houses of the later Roman and early Arab periods, and later levels.

At present she is working with an International Consortium on

The White and Red Monasteries ( Egypt), a project again relating original forms to later developments: see http://Egypt.cla.umn.edu. Her specific interest is analyzing what the development of monastic space tells us about communal life inside and outside the monastic walls.

Teaching interests include exploring the ways that ancient myths have remained alive in art, and the relationship between word and image through student construction of web pages.

Recent Publications

Books

1972-1990. Diocletian's Palace: Report on the Joint Excavations in the Southeast Quarter 1-.6 editor and co-author
1993. Excavations in Akhmim , Egypt : Continuity and change in city life from late antiquity to the present . BAR International Series 590. Co-author.
1996. The Architectural Decoration of Diocletian's Palace: Ornament in Context (BAR International Series 639).
2001. Shaping Community: The Art and Archaeology of Monasticism (BAR International Series 941, 2001) editor.

Articles

2001. Coptic Encyclopedia. Sv. Churches of AkhmimDayr al –Adhra; Dayr Anba Pachom; Dayr Anba Bisada; “Dayr Mari Jirjis; “Dayr Mar Tumas; “Dayr al-Shuhada.
1994. "Joint American-Croatian Excavations in Split (1965-1974): A Reconsideration." Antiquité tardive 2 : 107-121.
1998. “Split in the Byzantine Empire ,” Acts, XVIIIth International Congress of Byzantine Studies II: 250-263.
1998. “Transformations of Ecclesiastical Space: Churches in the Area of Akhmim,” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 35: 79-95.
2000. “The Impact of Rome on the Egyptian Pottery Industry,” Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt . 37: 91-114. (Co-author)
2002. “Syncretism in Panopolis? The evidence of the "Mary Silk" in the Abegg Stiftung,” Perspectives on Panopolis: Conference Proceedings. Brill.
2003. “Surprises at Split : Discoveries at the Temple of Jupiter ” Zbornik Tomislava Marasovica. 82-93
In press. “Violence in Ancient Art” Absence/Presence: The Place of the Holocaust in Modern Art ed. Stephen Feinstein
Submitted, 2003:
"Analysis of Space at the White Monastery: Short Report on the Methods and Techniques of Work in Progress." (with Todd Brenningmeyer).
“Life in Late Roman and Early Islamic Egypt :" Exhibition Catalogue
(Both for publication Living for Eternity: Monasticism in Egypt, edited by Philip Sellew.)
In preparation: “Analysing Monastic Space,” an expanded version of a paper presented at the International Congress of Byzantine Studies, Paris , 2001

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