Larissa Bonfante, professor emerita of Classics at New York University, she has curated the department’s collection of antiquities since 1973. She holds her degrees from Barnard College (B.A.), the University of Cincinnati (M.A.), and Columbia University (Ph.D.). She was a visiting member of the Institute of Advanced Study and is a member of the German Archaeological Institute, the Istituto di Studi Italici and the Archaeological Society of America. Her research interests include roman and etruscan archaeology and ancient dress and nudity. She has received numerous awards for her work, including the Archaeological Institute of America’s Gold Medal (2007). She has published extensively, organized a conference on “Etruscan Myth: Images and Translations” (2009) and founded and co–edits «Etruscan News», the newsletter of the US Section of the Istituto di Studi Italici.
