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Dr. Marta García Morcillo

Dr. Marta García Morcillo

Researcher Humboldt-fellowship

Werdegang

2023: Humboldt Research Fellowship. Universität Potsdam (Germany). From May to July 2023 (3 months).

2022-25: Research Fellow at the Department of Classics & Ancient History, Durham University. From Aug. 22 to Aug. 25.

2022-23. Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London. From Sept. 2022 to March 2023.

2013-22: Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at the Department of Humanities of the University of Roehampton (London). Permanent position.

2017-2018: Research Fellow of the Gerda Henkel Foundation (12 months).

2012-2013: SeniorResearch Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. University of Heidelberg. (12 months, from Oct. 2012).

2010-2013: Lecturer in Ancient History at the School of Classics, University of Wales Trinity Saint David (Lampeter). Permanent position. (Jan.10 to Aug.13).

2008-2009: Lecturer in Ancient History at the School of Archaeology and Ancient History of the University of Leicester (Oct.08 to Dec.09).

2006-2008: Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Dresden. SFB 537 (Institutionalität und Geschichtlichkeit), Project Public Rituals and Socio-Political Stability in Ancient Rome, DFG. PI: Prof. Martin Jehne. (Jun.06 to Oct.08).

2005–2006:  Postdoctoral Research position at the Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg, Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Seminar für Alte Geschichte, Univ. Heidelberg. Director: Prof. Géza Alföldy. (12 months).

2005: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). Seminar für Alte Geschichte, Univ. Heidelberg. Director: Prof. G. Alföldy (Apr. to Jun.05).

Forschungsschwerpunkte und Interessengebiete

  • Ancient Economy and Markets
  • Roman Social and Economic History
  • Economic History and History of Economic Thought
  • Roman Banking, Finance and Law
  • Pre-Modern Economic Mentalities and Motivation
  • Ancient Corruption (I am UK PI of the AHRC-DFG project Twisted Transfers: Discursive Constructions of Corruption in Ancient Greece and Rome (2020-24)
  • The Reception of Antiquity in Modern Visual and Performing Arts, in particular Cinema and Advertising.

Mitgliedschaften

Vorträge

Forthcoming:

2023:     Engendering Ancient Economies. Foundational conference of the EAEN network. Sevilla, Nov. 14-16. Co-organiser with C. Rosillo-López and E. Mataix Ferrándiz.

2023:     Behavioural Economics & Economic History: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue. Potsdam, Bildungsforum 10 July. Coorganiser with F. Carlà-Uhink. Inter-disciplinary workshop.

Recent:

2023:     Twisted Transfers: Discursive Constructions of Corruption in Ancient Greece and Rome. Core conference of the AHRC-DFG collaborative project, London, Senate House, 12-14 April 2022 (in collaboration with the Institute of Classical Studies).

2021:     Workshop: From Manuscript to Print: Book Culture and the Antiquarian Tradition, 27 Nov. 2021, University of Roehampton, London.

2020:     The real Estate Market in Roman Antiquity, Senate House, University of London, 25-27 March (*Oct. 20, remote).

 

Vorträge (Auswahl):

14/06/23:   “Buchführung und Finanzspekulation im alten Rom“, research lecture at the Freie Universität Berlin, Alte Geschichte.

12/05/23:   “Cultural Knowledge and Engendering Advertising in the Liebig Trading Cards, paper for the workshop Audio/Visual Romans: Women Speak Up, Rome, La Sapienza and UCL, 11-12 May 2023.

14/04/23:   Moral Economies and Corruption in Tertullian, paper for the conference Twisted Transfers, London, Senate House, 12-14 April 2023.

22/03/23:   “Economics of Misbehaviour and the Dark Side of Profit in Ancient Rome”, public lecture at the Philosophical and Literary Society, Newcastle.

14/11/22:   “Corrupting Transfers in Tertullian”, paper for the conference Instituciones en Ruinas. Corrupción y negatividad civil a la luz de la historia cultural y la filosofía social, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid 14-16 Nov. 2022.

31/05/22:   “Corrupting Inheritances in Roman Society”, lecture as part of the Ringvorlesung Corruption in Classical Antiquity, Universität Potsdam

27/11/21    “The Value of Books and the Status Market in Ancient Roman Society”, paper at the workshop From Manuscript to Print: Book Culture in Ancient and Early-Modern Societies, University of Roehampton

25/03/21    “Financial complexity, immoral behaviour and the discourse of corruption in ancient Roman mentality”, European Social Science History Conference (Leiden 25-27.03.21, remote).

11/3/21      “Makers, Takers and the Construction of Value in Cicero’s De Officiis”, New Work on the Roman Republic Seminar Series, Newcastle University (remote).

13/12/19    “Economía compartimental y mentalidad Romana”, III Meeting of the Libera Res Publica network, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca 21-22.11.19.

04/09/19    “Financial Strategies in the Triumviral Period”, paper, conference The Triumviral Period, Political and Socio-Economic Developments (Univ. de Zaragoza, 3-5 Sept. 2019).

04/04/19    “Asymétrie d’information et stratégies économiques dans les ventes aux enchères romaines”, lecture at the Séminaires Ausonius, Université de Bordeaux, 4 April 2019.

28/03/19    “Trust and Transparency in Roman Auctions”, paper, conference Trust as economic Resource in the Roman World (University of Trier, 27-29 March 2019).

19/10/18    “Managing Economic Asymmetries in Roman Auctions”, paper, conference Economic Managing Asymmetric Information in the Ancient Economy” (Sevilla, 19-20 Oct. 18).

21/09/18    “Markets on the Move: The Commercialisation of Spoils of War in the Roman Republic”, paper, conference Spoils of the Roman Republic (Univ. Bochum, Germany 18-21 Sep. 2018).

08/06/18    “The Collector as an Economic Actor in the Ancient Roman Art Market, paper, conference: Researching art market practices from past to present (Univ. Montpellier, 8-9 Jun 18).

12/12/17    “Hasta, Praeco, Aerarium: From War Booty to Public Sales”, paper, conference: Imperialism and Taxation in the Middle Republic (Univ. Cambridge, 11-12 Dec. 2017).

Publikationen

  • (forthcoming) Markets on the Move: The Commercialization of Spoils of War in the Roman Republic, in: Helm, M. and Roselaar, S. (eds), Spoils in the Roman Republic, Steiner: Stuttgart 2023: 249-265.
  • (forthcoming) F. Carlà-Uhink and M. García Morcillo (eds.), Discursive Constructions of Corruption in Ancient Rome (journal issue, Cultural History)
  • (forthcoming) Financial Complexity, Value and Corruption in Seneca, F. Carlà-Uhink and M. García Morcillo (eds.), Discursive Constructions of Corruption in Ancient Rome (journal article, Cultural History)
  • (forthcoming) Introduction (with F. Carlà-Uhink), in: F. Carlà-Uhink and M. García Morcillo (eds.), Discursive Constructions of Corruption in Ancient Rome (journal issue, Cultural History).
  • 2023:  Sacred gifts, Profane Uses? Transfers in the Roman Religious Sphere, in A. Trentacoste, N. Ray, and A. Wilson(eds.), The Economy of Roman Religion, (Oxford Roman Economy Project). OUP: Oxford (publ. May 2023): 245-266.
  • 2023: M. García Morcillo and C. Rosillo López (eds.), The Real Estate Market in the Roman World (Routledge Explorations in Economic History), Routledge: London-NY 2023.
  • 2023: Beyond Price: Constructions of Value and the Real Estate Market in Ancient Rome, in M. García Morcillo and C. Rosillo-López (eds.), The Real Estate Market in the Roman World (Routledge Explorations in Economic History), Routledge: London-NY 2023: 42-65.
  • 2023: Embedded, Eclectic, Elusive: The Real Estate Market and the Roman Economy (with C. Rosillo-López), in M. García Morcillo and C. Rosillo-López (eds.), The Real Estate Market in the Roman World (Routledge Explorations in Economic History), Routledge: London-NY 2023: 1-22.
  • 2023: Werbung in Antike und Mittelalter (with F. Carlà-Uhink), in: N. Janich and K. S. Roth (eds.),Handbuch Werberhetorik / Handbook of Advertising Rhetorik, De Gruyter: Berlin (publ. March 20, 2023): 193-214.
  • 2021: C. Rosillo-López and M. García Morcillo (eds.), Managing Information in the Roman Economy (Palgrave Studies in Ancient Economies), Palgrave-McMillan: Cham.
  • 2021: Managing Uncertainty and Asymmetric Information in Roman Auctions, in: Rosillo-López, C. and García Morcillo, M. (eds.), Managing Information in the Roman Economy (Palgrave Studies in Ancient Economies), Palgrave-McMillan: Cham 2021: 61-88.
  • 2021: Managing Information in the Roman Economy: Introduction (with C. Rosillo-López), in:Rosillo-López, C. and García Morcillo, M. (eds.), Managing Information in the Roman Economy (Palgrave Studies in Ancient Economies), Palgrave-McMillan: Cham 2021: 3-20.
  • 2020: Hasta infinita? Financial Strategies in the Triumviral Period, in: The Triumviral Period: Civil War, Political Crisis and Socioeconomic Transformations, edited by F. Pina Polo, Univ. Sevilla-Zaragoza 2020: 379-397.
  • 2020: Exotic, Erotic, Heroic? Women of Carthage in Western Imagination, in: Carlà-Uhink, F. and Wieber, A., Orientalism and the Reception of Powerful Women from the Ancient World, Bloomsbury, London-New York 2020: 134-158.
  • 2020: Mentality, Motivation and Economic Decision-Making in Ancient Rome: Cicero and Tullia’s Shrine, The Economic History Review 73.3, 2020: 623-643, doi: 10.1111/ehr.12909.
  • 2019: Carthage in Cinema and in Theatre. Text for the catalogue of the exhibition Carthago: Il Mito Immortale / Carthago the Immortal Myth, Coliseum of Rome (Italy), 27.9.19 to 4.4.20, Parco Archeologico di Roma, Electa-Mondadori 2019. (English and Italian).
  • 2018: Banking in the Roman World, in: Oxford Bibliographies in Classics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018, 8200 words.
  • 2018: Antiquity and Modern Nations in the Liebig Trading Cards, in A. Duplá, E. Dell’Elicine, J. Pérez (eds.), Antigüedad clásica y naciones modernas en el Viejo y el Nuevo Mundo, Polifemo: Madrid 2018: 229-254.
  • 2017: F. Carlà-Uhink, M. García Morcillo, C. Walde (eds.), Advertising Antiquity, journal issue, thersites: Journal for Transcultural Presences& Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date 6, 2017 (publ. 2018, Open Access).
  • 2017: Advertising Antiquity: Introduction, thersites 6, 2017 (2018).
  • 2017: Patterns of Trade and Economy in Strabo’s Geography, in D. Dueck (ed.), Routledge Companion to Strabo, London-NY: Routledge 2017: 137-149.
  • 2017: The Roman Fresco Experience (with R. Guzmán and R. W. Cooper), thersites. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date 5, 2017 (open access).
  • 2016: Caídos en desgracia. Deudas, patrimonio e infamia en la Antigua Roma, in: Desperta Ferro. Arqueología e Historia 8 (Los Ricos en Roma), 2016: 28-31.
  • 2016:M. García Morcillo, J. H. Richardson, F. Santangelo (eds.),Ruin or Renewal? Places and the Transformation of Memory in the City of Rome, Edizioni Quasar: Rome 2016.
  • 2016: Placing the hasta in the Forum: Cicero and the Topographic Symbolism of Patrimonial Sales, in: M. García Morcillo, J. H. Richardson, F. Santangelo (eds.), Ruin or Renewal? Places and the Transformation of Memory in the City of Rome, Edizioni Quasar: Rome 2016: 113-133.
  • 2016: Ruin or Renewal? Places, Monuments and Memories in Ancient Rome (with J. H. Richardson, F. Santangelo) in: M. García Morcillo, J. H. Richardson, F. Santangelo (eds.), Ruin or Renewal? Places and the Transformation of Memory in the City of Rome, Edizioni Quasar: Rome 2016: 9-26.
  • 2015: M. García Morcillo, P. Hanesworth and O. Lapeña Marchena (eds.), Imagining Ancient Cities in Film: From Babylon to Cinecittà, Routledge: London-NY 2015.
  • 2015: The East in the West: Ancient Carthage in Western Imagery and in Film, in: M. García Morcillo, P. Hanesworth and O. Lapeña Marchena (eds.), Imagining Ancient Cities in Film: From Babylon to Cinecittà, Routledge: London-NY 2015: 135-162.
  • 2015: Introduction: Cinematic Cityscapes and the Ancient Past (with P. Hanesworth), in: M. García Morcillo, P. Hanesworth and O. Lapeña Marchena (eds.), Imagining Ancient Cities in Film: From Babylon to Cinecittà, Routledge: London-NY 2015:  1-17. 
  • 2014: Limiting Generosity: Conditions and Restrictions on Roman Donations, in F. Carlà and M. Gori (eds.) Gift-Giving and the Embedded Economy in Ancient Greece and Rome, Universitätsverlag Winter: Heidelberg 2014: 241-268.
  • 2014: Publicidad, Transparencia y Legitimidad: Las subastas en la obra de Cicerón, in C. Apicella, M.-L. Haack and F. Lerouxel (eds.), Les affaires de Monsieur Andreau: économie et société du monde romain, Ausonius: Bordeaux 2014: 191-204.
  • 2013: 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, Antike Verlag: Mainz  2013: 236-274.
  • 2013: S. Knippschild and M. García Morcillo (eds), Seduction and Power. Antiquity in the visual and Performing Arts, Bloomsbury: London-NY 2013 (paperback 2015).
  • 2013: 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, Bloomsbury: London-NY 2013: 197-210.