Elizabeth R. Macaulay

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Elizabeth R. Macaulay
Born	1980 New York, NY, U.S.
🎓 Alma mater	Cornell University (B.A.) St John's College, Oxford (M.St.) St John's College, Oxford (D.Phil.)
💼 Occupation
🏢 Organization	The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Title	Professor; Executive Officer, Liberal Studies

Elizabeth R. Macaulay is an American scholar of archaeology, classics, and liberal studies. She is a professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York where she teaches courses on Liberal Studies, Classics, Middle Eastern Studies, and Digital Humanities.

Early life and education

Macaulay attended and graduated from the Taft School. She received her undergraduate degree in 2002 from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. She continued her studies at St. John's College, Oxford between 2003 and 2008, earning her D.Phil degrees, submitting her dissertation The City in Motion: Movement and Space in Roman Architecture and Gardens from 100 BC to AD 150 with Janet DeLaine and Nicholas Purcell as supervisors.

Teaching

Dr. Macaulay teaches at the CUNY Graduate Center and serves as the executive officer of the Masters of Arts of Liberal Studies department. She teaches Liberal Studies, Anthropology, Classics, and Digital Humanities.

Scholarship and Research Interests

Macaulay's scholarly and research interests include gardens, their reception, and architecture in the classical Roman and Islamic periods in the Middle East and North Africa.

Outside Activities

Dr. Macaulay has served a general trustee of the Archaeological Institute of America and the American Schools of Overseas Research. Additionally, she serves as chair of the board of Smarthistory, the Center for Public Art History, as well as a contributing and acquiring editor there. Previously, she served as the deputy director of the Manar al-Athar photo archive and co-director of the Upper Egypt Mosque Project.

Selected works

Books

• Ancient Fantasies and Modern Power: Neo-Antique Architecture at American World's Fairs, 1893–1915. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2026. doi:10.1017/9781009407090. ISBN 978-1-009-40713-7. Search this book on

• Archaeological Ambassadors: A History of Archaeological Gifts in New York City. Cham: Springer Palgrave Macmillan. 2024. ISBN 978-3-031-51390-9. Search this book on

• Antiquity in Gotham: The Ancient Architecture of New York City (First ed.). New York: Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press. 2021. ISBN 978-0-8232-9384-1. Search this book on

• Bayt Farhi and the Sephardic Palaces of Ottoman Damascus in the Late 18th and 19th Centuries. The Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 72. Boston, MA: American Schools of Oriental Research. 2018. ISBN 978-0-89757-100-5. Search this book on

• Macaulay, Elizabeth; McGowan, Matthew M., eds. (2018). Classical New York: Discovering Greece and Rome in Gotham. New York: Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-8102-2. Search this book on

Book Chapters, Articles, and Dictionary Entries

Dictionary Entries

• "Colosseum, Reception of". Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press. April 2025. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.8994. ISBN 978-0-19-938113-5.

• "Greco-Roman Architecture, Reception of". Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press. May 2024. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.8992. ISBN 978-0-19-938113-5.

• "Column of Trajan, Reception of". Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press. July 2023. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.8996. ISBN 978-0-19-938113-5.

• "Pantheon, Reception of". Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press. July 2023. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.8993. ISBN 978-0-19-938113-5.

• "Roman Gardens and Landscape Architecture". Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Oxford University Press. January 2023. doi:10.1093/obo/9780190922467-0081. ISBN 978-0-19-092246-7.

• "Classical Architecture in Europe and North America since 1700". Art History. Oxford University Press. November 2018. doi:10.1093/obo/9780195389661-0318. ISBN 978-0-19-538966-1.

Journal Articles

• "A Letter from the Museum Reviews Editor". American Journal of Archaeology. 126 (3): 329–330. July 2022. doi:10.1086/720862. ISSN 0002-9114.

• With Reilly, Matthew C. (November 2021). "Respice, Adspice, Prospice: The 'Marathon Stone', Lewisohn Stadium, and the Changing Reception of the Classics at City College in the Twentieth Century". Classical Receptions Journal. 13 (4): 457–484. doi:10.1093/crj/claa031. ISSN 1759-5142.

• "Making The Met, 1870–2020: A Universal Museum for the 21st Century". American Journal of Archaeology. 125 (2): 319–330. April 2021. doi:10.3764/aja.125.2.0319. ISSN 0002-9114.

Book Chapters

• Bakogianni, Anastasia; Hope, Valerie, eds. (2015). "Triumphal Washington: New York City's 'Roman' Arch". War as Spectacle: Ancient and Modern Perspectives on the Display of Armed Conflict. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 209–239. Search this book on

• Gleason, K. L., ed. (2013). "The Use and Reception". The Cultural History of Gardens, Volume I: Ancient Gardens. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 99–118. Search this book on

• Laurence, R.; Newsome, D., eds. (2011). "The City in Motion". Rome, Ostia, Pompeii: Movement and Space. Oxford University Press. pp. 262–289. Search this book on

• With Gleason, K. L. (2010). "Introduction". The Gardens of the Ancient Mediterranean: Cultural Exchange Through Horticultural Design, Technology, and Plants. Bollettino di Archeologia Online. pp. 1–8. Search this book on

• "Imported Exotica: Approaches for the Study of the Ancient Plant Trade". The Gardens of the Ancient Mediterranean: Cultural Exchange Through Horticultural Design, Technology, and Plants. Bollettino di Archeologia Online. 2010. pp. 16–25. Search this book on

Public Scholarship

Podcasts

• Toldinstone Footnotes (March 2024). "The Ancient Architecture of New York City" (Podcast).

• With McGowan, Matthew (September 2018). "Classical New York: Discovering Greece and Rome in Gotham" (Podcast). Interviewed by Beth Harpaz. New Books Network.

• "The Gould Memorial Library: A Forgotten Stanford White Gem in the Bronx". The Gotham Center for New York City History. September 2018.

Smarthistory Essays

• "House of Neptune and Amphitrite at Herculaneum". Smarthistory.

• "Women in Roman Art". Smarthistory.

• "Assyrian Revival Architecture in New York City". Smarthistory.

• "Assyrian Lamassus in Victorian Britain". Smarthistory.

• "Petra: Rock-cut Façades". Smarthistory.

Smarthistory Videos

• Federal Hall National Memorial. Smarthistory. June 2025.

• The New York Obelisk, Cleopatra's Needle. Smarthistory. February 2024.

• With Dr. Beth Harris In Full Color, Ancient Sculpture Reimagined. Smarthistory. November 2022.

• With Dr. Beth Harris Blue at the Center of Empire. Smarthistory. June 2022.

• Dr. Steven Zucker Memorial for a Prince, Sinan's Şehzade Mosque. Smarthistory. September 2022.

External links

• Antiquariangotham Instagram site
• Smarthistory page
• Soundcloud page
• Google Scholar citations
• YouTube page
• CUNY Graduate Center page
• Elizabeth R. Macaulay's site

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