Suzanne Dixon (born 1946) is an Australian classical scholar, widely recognised as an authority on women's history and particularly marriage and motherhood.

Career

Dixon's career spans posts at the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

as well as the

University of Queensland The University of Queensland is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland parliament, UQ is one of the six sandstone ...

, where she was first reader, then Professor, in Classics and Ancient History. Her expertise on the position of women in the ancient world was recognised by the BBC History website, by whom she was asked to curate an educational resource on Roman women.

Amy Richlin Amy Ellen Richlin (born December 12, 1951) is a professor in the Department of Classics at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Her areas of specialization include Latin literature, the history of sexuality, and feminist theory. Ear ...

, currently professor of Classics at the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ...

, has cited Dixon as a great influence in shaping her own work on gender politics. Her 1992 monograph 'The Roman Family' is credited with being one of the key texts in the field. She is currently without an academic post, but continues writing about the ancient world in a freelance capacity, such as her contribution as Honorary Research Consultant to a chapter on Roman marriage in ''The Wiley Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds''.

Personal life

Dixon lives on an island in

Moreton Bay Moreton Bay is a bay located on the eastern coast of Australia from central Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources. The waters of Moreton Bay are a popular destination for recreational anglers and are ...

, off the coast of South

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

, Australia.

Publications

Articles * 'Infirmitas Sexus: Womanly Weakness in Roman Law', Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'Histoire du Droit / The Legal History Review, 1984, Vol.52(4), pp. 343–371 * 'Breaking the law to do the right thing: the gradual erosion of the Voconian Law in ancient Rome', Adelaide Law Review, May, 1985, Vol.9(4), p. 519-534 * 'Polybius on Roman Women and Property', The

American Journal of Philology The ''American Journal of Philology'' is a quarterly academic journal established in 1880 by the classical scholar Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve and published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. It covers the field of philology, and related areas ...

, 1 July 1985, Vol.106(2), pp. 147–170 * 'Gracious Patrons and Vulgar Success Stories in Roman Public Media', Memoirs of the

American Academy in Rome The American Academy in Rome is a research and arts institution located on the Gianicolo in Rome, Italy. The academy is a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. History 19th century In 1893, a group of American architect ...

. Supplementary Volumes, 1 January 2008, Vol.7, pp. 57–68 Monographs * The Roman Mother (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987) * The Roman Family (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992) * Reading Roman women (London: Duckworth, 2001) * Cornelia: mother of the Gracchi (London: Routledge, 2007) Edited collections * Stereotypes of women in power : historical perspectives and revisionist views. Edited by Barbara Garlick, Suzanne Dixon, and Pauline Allen (Newport: Greenwood, 1992) * Childhood, class and kin in the Roman world. Edited by Suzanne Dixon (London: Routledge, 2001) Book chapters * 'Family Finances: Terentia and Tullia', in: The Family in Ancient Rome: New Perspectives. Edited by Beryl Rawon (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987) * 'Exemplary housewife or luxurious slut: cultural representations of women in the Roman economy', in: Women's influence on classical civilization. Edited by Fiona McHardy and Eireann Marshall (London: Routledge, 2004) * 'Family', in: The Oxford handbook of Roman law and society. Edited by Paul J. du Plessis, Clifford Ando, and Kaius Tuori (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016)

References

External links

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