Alison Futrell

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Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

• Futrell, A. (2016). “Memories of Storied Heroes: Arena and Identity in Spartacus”. In STARZ Spartacus: Reimagining an Icon on Screen.(pp 17-33). Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press.
• Futrell, A. (2013). “Love, Rebellion, and Cleavage: Boadicea’s Hammered Breastplate”. In Screening Love and Sex in the Ancient World(pp 211-225). New York: Palgrave MacMillan.

Presentations

• Futrell, A. -. (2009, 2009-03-01). Blood and Power: Arena Spectacle and the Roman Empire. AIA National Speaker Series. Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, Nevada.
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  Year Two selected for the national lecture series by the Archaeological Institute of America. ;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Community Outreach;
• Futrell, A. -. (2009, 2009-04-01). Second Generation Indies. AIA Lecture Series: panel on Indiana Jones/archaeology in film. University of Arizona.
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  I organized a panel on how archaeology/scholarship of the ancient past has been represented in film, with my own presentation focusing on the "post-Indy" era, on the ripple effect of the success of the Indiana Jones series and the redeployment of specific features in other series, including "National Treasure", "The Librarian" and Lara Croft, Tomb Raider.;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: Community Outreach;
• Futrell, A. -. (2009, 2009-05-01). Mystery Cults. scripture reading group. St. Mark's Presbyterian Church, Tucson.
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  Presentation on the phenomenon of the mystery cult, or cult of initiation, and its overlap in ritual and structure of belief with ancient Judaism and early Christianities.;Type of Presentation: Community Outreach;
• Futrell, A. -. (2009, 2009-10-01). Immortal Longings: Cleopatra the Goddess. The Sacred Feminine National Symposium. University of Missouri, Columbia.
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  Description attached.;Invited: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
• Futrell, A. -. (2009, 2010-03-01). Gladiators. Classics Camp. University of Arizona.
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  Presentation to junior-high age youngsters on Roman spectacle. ;Type of Presentation: Community Outreach;

Reviews

• Futrell, A. -. (2009. Review of D. Lowe and K. Shahabudin (eds.), Classics For All: Reworking Antiquity in Mass Culture (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009).
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Others

• Futrell, A. -. (2009). Arena.
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  in Blackwell Encyclopedia of Ancient History. R. Bagnall et al. (eds.), Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishing. ;Your Role: Author;Type of Publication: Encyclopedia article (electronic);
• Futrell, A. -. (2009). Emperors' Games.
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  Again, this is under contract. This is one of the chapters I'm writing for the co-edited volume, focusing on the use of spectacle as a venue for politicized negotiation by emperors, a usage that trickled down (or surged up, depending on perspective) throughout the empire, structuring political and social networks.;Full Citation: Emperors' Games" in Oxford Handbook of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World. A. Futrell and T. Scanlon (eds.), Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. Chapter in progress.;Status: Paper in Preparation;
• Futrell, A. -. (2009). Gladiators.
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  in Blackwell Encyclopedia of Ancient History. R. Bagnall et al. (eds.), Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishing. ;Your Role: Author;Type of Publication: Encyclopedia article (electronic);
• Futrell, A. -. (2009). Oxford Handbook of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World.
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  AGAIN, this is not a paper in preparation, but a co-edited volume in Oxford's Handbook series, which represents new directions in scholarship packaged more accessibly, one might say. The project is under contract and most of the 50 some-odd authors have made their commitments. I've attached the project description.;Other collaborative: Yes;Please specify if you select "Other collaborative" : Co-editor with Thomas Scanlon, Dept of Classics, UC Riverside;Full Citation: Oxford Handbook of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World (with Thomas Scanlon). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. Co-edited volume in progress, under contract.;Status: Paper in Preparation;
• Futrell, A. -. (2009, Dec). "Gender and Sexuality".
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  The second of the chapter I'm writing for the co-edited volume, focusing on the sexualization of performers' bodies in Roman games and how this compression of authority and submission in a single form impacted perception/reception of spectacle. This will also include some material on female performers, both female gladiators and the notorious circus performer Theodora, who later became empress. ;Full Citation: “Gender and Sexuality,” in Oxford Handbook of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World. A. Futrell and T. Scanlon (eds.), Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. Chapter in progress.;Status: Paper in Preparation;
• Futrell, A. -. (2009). Chariot Racing.
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  ;Your Role: Author;Full Citation: Chariot Racing" in Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. E. Fantham (ed.), Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2009. ;Type of Publication: Encyclopedia article;
• Futrell, A. -. (2009). Circus.
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  ;Your Role: Author;Full Citation: Circus," in Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. E. Fantham (ed.), Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2009. ;Type of Publication: Encyclopedia article;
• Futrell, A. -. (2009). Gladiators and Gladiatorial Games".
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  ;Your Role: Author;Full Citation: Gladiators and Gladiatorial Games," in Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. E. Fantham (ed.), Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2009. ;Type of Publication: Encyclopedia article;