Ellen Swift

Ellen Swift FSA
Academic background
Alma mater	University College London
Academic work
Discipline	Archaeology
Sub-discipline	Classical archaeology
Institutions	University of Kent
Main interests	Roman Britain Roman North-Western provinces, Roman Egypt Roman jewellery and dress accessories, Roman and late antique artefacts

Ellen Swift FSA is a British archaeologist and Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Kent.

Professor Swift studied at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London for her BA, MA, and PhD.

Swift is a specialist in material culture studies of the Roman world, including dress accessories and functional artefacts including dice. She was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in October 2005. In 2001, the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference formed a standing committee to oversee the conference, consisting of Swift, Martin Carruthers, Carol van Driel-Murray, Andrew Gardner, Jason Lucas, and Louise Revell. The committee also edited the proceedings for the 2001 conference.

Publications

• Swift, E. (2017). Roman Artefacts and Society: Design, Behaviour and Experience. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Swift, E. (2009). Style and Function in Roman Decoration: Living with Objects and Interiors. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate.
• Swift, E. (2003). "Transformation in Meaning: Amber and Glass Beads Across the Roman Frontier", Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Canterbury 2002. 48–57. doi:10.16995/TRAC2002_48_57
• Swift, E. (2000). Regionality in Dress Accessories in the Late Roman West. Montagnac: Editions Monique Mergoil.
• Swift, E. (2000). The End of the Western Roman Empire: An Archaeological Investigation. Stroud: Tempus.

External links

• Staff profile at the University of Kent
• Interview with Ellen Swift on the Coffee & Circuses podcast