Charlotte Roueché (born 1946) is a British academic who specialises in the analysis of texts, inscribed or in manuscripts, from the

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

Late Antique Late antiquity is the time of transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, generally spanning the 3rd–7th century in Europe and adjacent areas bordering the Mediterranean Basin. The popularization of this periodization in English has ...

, and

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periods. She is particularly interested in those from the Asia Minor cities of ancient

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and

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. She is also interested in the interface between

digital humanities Digital humanities (DH) is an area of scholarly activity at the intersection of computing or Information technology, digital technologies and the disciplines of the humanities. It includes the systematic use of digital resources in the humanitie ...

and classical and

Byzantine studies Byzantine studies is an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the history, culture, demography, dress, religion/theology, art, literature/epigraphy, music, science, economy, coinage and politics of the Eastern Roman Empire. T ...

. She is

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of Digital Hellenic Studies at King's College London. Roueché has a degree in Classics from

Newnham College, Cambridge Newnham College is a women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1871 by a group organising Lectures for Ladies, members of which included philosopher Henry Sidgwick and suffragist campaigner Millicen ...

. On 21 June 2018, Roueché was awarded a Docteur ''honoris causa'' by the l’École Pratique des Hautes Études,

Sorbonne University Sorbonne University (french: Sorbonne Université; la Sorbonne: 'the Sorbonne') is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sor ...

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

. The title is 'one of the most prestigious distinctions awarded by French universities to honor personalities of foreign nationality because of outstanding services to science, literature or the arts'. Her honorary lecture was 'Le défi Robert: transformation d’une discipline'. In 2019 she gave The Susan Hockey Lecture in Digital Humanities at

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

, 'Wider Horizons, Harder Borders or Whose data are they, anyway?' Also in 2019, she delivered the 10th Barron Memorial Lecture at the

Institute of Classical Studies The Institute of Classical Studies is a research institution associated with the University of London and a member of the School of Advanced Study. The institute is a national and international research institute in the languages, literature, his ...

, London; the lecture was titled 'Forming/informing the modern world? The role of classical scholarship'.

Selected publications

Heritage Gazetteer of Libya
co-editor
Heritage Gazetteer of Cyprus
co-editor
Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica
(2020), by Joyce M. Reynolds, Charlotte Roueché and Gabriel Bodard. Society for Libyan Studies. *Roueche, C., 2020, “Celebrity and Power: Circus Factions forty years on.” In Harris, W. & Hunnel Chen, A. (eds.), ''Late Antique Studies in Memory of Alan Cameron.'' Leiden: Brill, pp. 247-259 *Abdelhamed, M. H. H. & Roueché, C., 2019, “Digitising Libyan heritage: Inscriptions and toponomy.” ''Libyan Studies'' 50, pp. 87-92.
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania
by J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, enhanced electronic reissue by Gabriel Bodard and Charlotte Roueché (2009). . Third edition in 2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania
by Charlotte Roueché, Gabriel Bodard, Caroline Barron, Irene Vagionakis et al. Society for Libyan Studies.
Sharing Ancient Wisdoms
co-edited by Charlotte M Roueché, Elvira Wakelnig, and Anna Jordanous (2013)

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Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity: The Late Roman and Byzantine Inscriptions
revised second edition, 2004, . *Aphrodisias papers 3: the setting and quarries, mythological and other sculptural decoration, architectural development, Portico of Tiberius (1996): co-editor with R.R.R.Smith *Performers and partisans at Aphrodisias in the Roman and late Roman periods (1993) with a section by Nathalie de Chaisemartin *The Making of Byzantine history: studies dedicated to Donald M. Nicol (1993): co-editor, with Roderick Beaton *Aphrodisias papers: recent Work on Architecture and Sculpture: Including the Papers Given at the Second *International Aphrodisias Colloquium Held at King's College (1990): co-editor with K.T.Erim. *Aphrodisias in late antiquity: the late Roman and Byzantine inscriptions (1989) *'Acclamations in the Later Roman Empire: New Evidence from Aphrodisias', ''Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies">Journal of Roman Studies The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies (The Roman Society) was founded in 1910 as the sister society to the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. The Society is the leading organisation in the United Kingdom for those interest ...

,'' Volume 74 November 1984, pp. 181–99

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roueché, Charlotte Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge Living people Academics of King's College London Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London 1946 births British classical scholars Women classical scholars Fellows of King's College London