Associate ProfessorAlison Griffith

Head of School

Humanities

  • Head of School
    Humanities
  • Associate Professor
    Classics

SERVICE & LEADERSHIP

  • OFFICE HELD
    Memeber of Council
    31 Mar 2026
    Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand
  • CONFERENCE REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    1 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
    Anonymous peer review
  • DISTINCTION
    20 Nov 2024
    The UC Teaching Medal is awarded from time to time by the University Council in recognition of an outstanding and sustained contribution to teaching in the University.
  • TEXT INTERVIEW
    15 Nov 2024
    Shout out to the Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti in the context of an interview about winning the UC Teaching Medal.
  • BROADCAST INTERVIEW
    14 Nov 2024
    Winning the University Teaching Medal
  • TEXT INTERVIEW
    12 Nov 2024
    Understanding early Roman society through a Māori lens. Interview in the context of winning the UC Teaching Medal.
  • CONFERENCE REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    1 Aug 2024 - 31 Aug 2024
    Anonymous peer review
  • OFFICE HELD
    3 Aug 2023
    Fédération Internationale des associations d'études classiques
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION
    1 Mar 2022 - 3 Feb 2023
    ASCS44: Annual meeting of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies, January 2023.
  • OFFICE HELD
    President
    4 Feb 2022 - 5 Feb 2025
    Australasian Society for Classical Studies
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION
    Conference
    1 Nov 2021 - 3 Jul 2022
    Two-day conference on ancient coins attended by academics and coin collectors. Hosted by the Department of Classics and Teece Museum, University of Canterbury.
  • BROADCAST INTERVIEW
    25 Jun 2021
    Results of a Getty Museum (California) virtual study of mummy shroud fragments that showed that a fragment in the Teece Museum at U of Canterbury attaches to a fragment owned by the Getty Museum on one side, and to a fragment owned by the Australian War Museum in Melbourne on the other side.
  • MEMBERSHIP
    3 Aug 2020
    Official society of coin collectors and collections. Includes academic institutions as collection holders.
  • DISTINCTION
    5 Mar 2020
    Fellowship of the HEA is awarded to professionals who can demonstrate they meet the criteria of Descriptor 3 (D3) of the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning in higher education. Senior Fellows of the HEA have proven their thorough understanding of effective approaches to teaching and learning support as a key contribution to high quality student learning to meet the following criteria: D3.I Successful engagement across all five Areas of Activity. D3.II Appropriate knowledge and understanding across all aspects of Core Knowledge. D3.III A commitment to all the Professional Values. D3.IV Successful engagement in appropriate teaching practices related to the Areas of Activity. D3.V Successful incorporation of subject and pedagogic research and/or scholarship within the above activities, as part of an integrated approach to academic practice. D3.VI Successful engagement in continuing professional development in relation to teaching, learning, assessment, scholarship and, as appropriate, related academic or professional practices. D3.VII Successful coordination, support, supervision, management and/or mentoring of others (whether individuals and/or teams) in relation to learning and teaching.
  • JOURNAL REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    Mnemosyne: A Journal of Classical Studies
    1 Dec 2019 - 10 Jan 2020
    Anonymous peer review
  • JOURNAL REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    Book manuscript "Development, Decline and Demise: The Cult of Mithras AD 270-430 (D Walsh) for Late Antique Archaeology Book Series
    16 Aug 2016 - 17 Oct 2016
    Anonymous peer review
  • GRANT APPLICATION ASSESSMENT
    Process
    1 Jan 2016 - 1 Jan 2016
    Provision of a referee report for a project proposal for a two-year post-doc. The project relates to a new excavation and analysis of a Roman-period temple to Mithras in Rome.
  • JOURNAL REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    Latomus
    1 Jan 2014 - 1 Jan 2014
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Australasian Society for Classical Studies
    1 Jan 2013
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Australasian Women in Ancient World Studies.
    1 Jan 2012
    Elected vice president of the society of Australasian Women in Ancient World Studies. (2012-present) This is a newly founded society aimed at promoting research focused on women in the ancient world. The duties of the vice president includes mentoring postgraduate and early career women.
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION
    1 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2013
    Tasks: to referee 112 abstracts for the annual conference, commenting in detail on those related to ancient art and archaeology, and Roman culture, religion and urban life (22 abstracts)
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION
    1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2011
    Conference Programme Review Committee for the Australasian Society for Classical Studies. Tasks: to referree 120 abstracts for the annual conference, comment in detail on those related to ancient art and archaeology (15 abstracts), and participate in email discussions with the committee. (2011)
  • JOURNAL REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    Wiley-Blackwell publishers.
    1 Jan 2009 - 1 Jan 2009
  • EDITORIAL
    Electronic Journal of Mithraic Studies (EJMS)
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Plenary address "The Monuments of Flavian Rome in Context," New Zealand Association of Classical Teachers Conference, July 2005.