While working as a hairdresser in Baltimore, Janet Stevens became fascinated with Roman hairstyles depicted in the portraits of the Walters Art Museum and other collections of ancient art. Details of Roman hairstyles are a important element of ancient portraiture and often help identify and/or date a portrait. Stevens, who has become known as “the hair archaeologist,” will give a multimedia demonstration on the intricacies of hairstyles in Roman portraits, both imperial and private. She will focus particularly on the Roman empress Julia Domna, long assumed to have been portrayed wearing a wig; a spectacular marble portrait of this empress is featured in Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire.