Carol van Driel-Murray


Carol van Driel-Murray is a Roman archaeologist who specialises in the role of women and studying leather. After studying at the University of Liverpool, van Driel-Murray worked at the University of Amsterdam for 37 years and the University of Leiden for three before she retired in 2015.

Early life

Carol was born on 20 May 1950 in Isleworth. She completed a degree in archaeology at the University of Liverpool in 1971. Four years later, she moved to the Netherlands and married Govert van Driel.

Career

In 1975, Carol van Driel-Murray joined the University of Amsterdam as a researcher, and was promoted to lecturer in 1982. She organised the Roman Military Equipment Conference twice and edited the conference proceedings. van Driel-Murrary joined the University of Leiden in 2012 and retired in 2015.
In 2018, Oxbow Books published a festschrift dedicated to van Driel-Murray, edited by Tatiana Ivlevla, Jasper de Bruin, and Mark Driessen.