Eugene Dwyer has taught in the Department of Art History at Kenyon since 1973. Born in Buffalo, he grew up in Hamburg, NY and was educated at Frontier Central High School, Harvard College and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. While studying for his doctorate in fine arts and archaeology, he lived for extended periods in Rome and Naples, Italy, where he specialized in the archaeology of Pompeii.
Dwyer has contributed articles to numerous journals and to volumes on Italian architecture and archaeology published by presses including Cambridge University Press, Getty Publications and the University of Michigan Press. He is the author of Pompeian Domestic Sculpture: A Study of Five Pompeian Houses and Their Contents (Giorgio Bretschneider, 1982) and Pompeii’s Living Statues:Ancient Roman Lives Stolen from Death (University of Michigan Press, 2010).
At Kenyon he teaches courses in ancient art, the history of architecture, architectural design, and the history of collections.
Read about Pompeii’s Living Statues and hear Professor Dwyer on the same.
Areas of Expertise
History of ancient art, classical archaeology, iconography and collecting.
Education
1974 — Doctor of Philosophy from New York University
1967 — Master of Arts from New York University
1965 — Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University