# Kathleen M. Coleman Director of Undergraduate Studies 2026–27 James Loeb Professor of the Classics Senior Research Curator, Harvard Art Museums ![Kathleen Coleman](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2024-09/Coleman%20K%20photo%209.2014%20IMG_1327.JPG?h=aea4477e&itok=e2140wSz) smartphone [617-495-2024](tel:617-495-2024) email laptop\_windows [Website](https://kcoleman.scholars.harvard.edu/) laptop\_windows [Office Hours Information](https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/faculty-office-hours) Research interests: Latin literature, especially Flavian poetry; history and culture of the early Empire; arena spectacles; Roman punishment; Latin epigraphy; Roman mosaics; reception of the Classics in southern Africa *(Photo: Angelika Leuchter)* Download 7 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=title--asc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_facultynames%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=96956&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_recitations%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_series12%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=title--asc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_facultynames%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=96956&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_recitations%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_series12%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=title--asc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_facultynames%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=96956&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_recitations%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_series12%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=title--asc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_facultynames%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=96956&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_recitations%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_series12%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=title--asc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_facultynames%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=96956&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_recitations%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_series12%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=title--asc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_facultynames%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=96956&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_recitations%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_series12%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=title--asc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_facultynames%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=96956&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_recitations%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_series12%5D&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=ris) Coleman, Kathleen. 2017. *[Albert’s Anthology](/publications/albert%E2%80%99s-anthology)*. Cambridge, MA: Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Coleman, Kathleen. 2017. *[Albert’s Anthology](/publications/albert%E2%80%99s-anthology)*. Cambridge, MA: Department of the Classics, Harvard University. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674980549) Albert’s Anthology comprises 76 brief and informal reflections on a line or two of Greek or Latin poetry—and a few prose quotations and artistic objects—composed by colleagues and students of Albert Henrichs on the occasion of his retirement in Spring... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674980549) Coleman, Kathleen, J. Diggle, J. B. Hall, and H. D. Jocelyn, eds. 1992. *[F. R. D. Goodyear. Papers on Latin Literature](/publication/f-r-d-goodyear-papers-latin-literature)*. London: Duckworth. Coleman, Kathleen, J. Diggle, J. B. Hall, and H. D. Jocelyn, eds. 1992. *[F. R. D. Goodyear. Papers on Latin Literature](/publication/f-r-d-goodyear-papers-latin-literature)*. London: Duckworth. Coleman, Kathleen. 2015. *[Images for Classicists](/publications/images-classicists)*. Cambridge, MA: Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Coleman, Kathleen. 2015. *[Images for Classicists](/publications/images-classicists)*. Cambridge, MA: Department of the Classics, Harvard University. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674428362) #### Contents SortKathleen M. Coleman Approaching the Visual in Ancient Culture: Principles Luca Giuliani How Did the Greeks Translate Traditional Tales into Images? Katherine M. D. Dunbabin Image, Myth, and Epic on Mosaics of the Late Roman West Timothy M. O’Sullivan *Aur*... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674428362) Coleman, Kathleen, ed. 2014. *[Le Jardin Dans L’Antiquité](/publications/le-jardin-dans-l%E2%80%99antiquit%C3%A9)*. Vandoeuvres: Fondation Hardt. Coleman, Kathleen, ed. 2014. *[Le Jardin Dans L’Antiquité](/publications/le-jardin-dans-l%E2%80%99antiquit%C3%A9)*. Vandoeuvres: Fondation Hardt. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.droz.org/product/9782600007603) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.droz.org/product/9782600007603) Coleman, Kathleen, and Jocelyne Nelis-Clément, eds. 2012. *[L’Organisation Des Spectacles Dans le Monde Romain](/publications/l%E2%80%99organisation-des-spectacles-dans-le-monde-romain)*. Vandoeuvres: Fondation Hardt. Coleman, Kathleen, and Jocelyne Nelis-Clément, eds. 2012. *[L’Organisation Des Spectacles Dans le Monde Romain](/publications/l%E2%80%99organisation-des-spectacles-dans-le-monde-romain)*. Vandoeuvres: Fondation Hardt. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.droz.org/product/9782600007580) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.droz.org/product/9782600007580) Coleman, Kathleen. 2006. *[Martial: Liber Spectaculorum](/publications/martial-liber-spectaculorum)*. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Coleman, Kathleen. 2006. *[Martial: Liber Spectaculorum](/publications/martial-liber-spectaculorum)*. Oxford: Oxford University Press. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198144816.do) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198144816.do) Coleman, Kathleen, ed. 1988. *[Statius, Silvae IV: Text, Translation, and Commentary](/publication/statius-silvae-iv-text-translation-and-commentary)*. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Coleman, Kathleen, ed. 1988. *[Statius, Silvae IV: Text, Translation, and Commentary](/publication/statius-silvae-iv-text-translation-and-commentary)*. 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