Dr Marta García Morcillo MA (Barcelona), PhD (Barcelona)
Contact Details
School of ClassicsTel: 01570 424710 (210)
E-mail: m.morcillo@trinitysaintdavid.ac.uk
Location
Arts BuildingCampus
Lampeter CampusJob Title
Lecturer in Ancient HistoryRole in the University
Lecturer in Ancient HistoryAcademic Interests
My main research focuses on ancient economy and epigraphy, particularly on financial and commercial activities in ancient Rome. I have also interests in the study of Roman property and material culture, ancient markets and Roman private law. My PhD was devoted to the socio-economic and cultural impact of auctions in the Roman world (published 2005).
At present, I am working on a monograph about Tertullian and the social and economic life in Roman North Africa. I am also colaborating with the German Archaeological Institute (RGK) and the Kosovo Archaeological Institute and Museum in a project focussed on the Roman city of Ulpiana (Moesia Superior).
I am member of the TSD based City of Rome Project and Sacred Ways Network and of the interdisciplinary group Imagines, devoted to the reception of Antiquity in the Performing and Visual Arts. Furthermore, I am collaborator of ArqueotuR: Archaeological Tourism Network.
Publications
Recent Publications
‘Zwischen Kunst und luxuria: die korinthischen Bronzen in Plinius’ Naturalis Historia’, in Hermes: Zeitschrift für Klassische Philologie 138, 4, 2010, 442-454.
‘The Glory of Italy and Rome’s Universal Destiny in Strabo’s Geographika’, in A. Fear – P. Liddel (eds), Universal Historiography in Greek and Roman Antiquity and Beyond, Duckworth, London 2010, 87-101.
Full list of Publications
Forthcoming Publications
S. Knippschild – M. García Morcillo (eds), ‘Just for Show?’: Displaying Wealth and Performing Status in Classical Antiquity. (CUP 2011).
'Status and Economic Competition at the Market Place in ancient Rome', in: S. Knippschild – M. García Morcillo (eds), Displaying Wealth and Performing Status in Classical Antiquity.
S. Knippschild – M. García Morcillo (eds), Seduction and Power. Antiquity in the visual and Performing Arts. Continuum Books 2011.
'Seduced, Defeated and Forever Damned: Mark Antony in Post-Classical Imagination', in: S. Knippschild – M. García Morcillo (eds), Seduction and Power. Antiquity in the visual and Performing Arts.
'Trade and Sacred Places: Fairs, Markets and cultural Exchange in Ancient Italic Sanctuaries', in M. Jehne, B. Linke; J. Rüpke (eds.), Religiöse Vielfalt und Soziale Integration: Die Bedeutung der Religion für die kulturelle Identität und die politische Stabilität im republikanischen Italien, forthcoming.
Additional Information
Conference Organisation
Seduction and Power. Imagines II: Antiquity in the Performing and Visual Arts. Bristol, 2010, September 22nd-25th Imagines
Just for Show! Displaying Wealth and Performing Status in Classical Antiquity (Bristol, 2009 March) (with S. Knippschild)
Imagines. Antiquity in the Performing and Visual Arts / La Antigüedad en las Artes Escénicas y Visuales, Universidad de La Rioja 2008.
Forthcoming Conferences
Sacred Ways: Trade, Routes and Cults in Ancient Mediterranean. Lampeter, September 29nd and 30rd, 2011, Lampeter, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Part of the Sacred Ways Project.
‘Ruin or Renewal? Places and the Transformation of Memory in the City of Rome’, March the 9th and 10th 2012. Part of the City of Rome Project.
