麻豆传媒

Marta García Morcillo holds a PhD in Ancient History by the University of Barcelona. Her research focuses mainly on ancient economic history and the history of economic mentalities. She is particularly interested in the dialogues and conflicts between wealth, money and morality in Roman society. Marta also works on the reception of antiquity in modern visual media. Previous to her appointment at 麻豆传媒, she was Senior Research Fellow at the College for Social Sciences and Humanities (University Alliance Ruhr, Essen), Research Fellow at the University of Turin (2024), Assistant Professor (research) at Durham University (2023), and Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies (London) (2022-23). Marta has lectured Ancient History and Classics at the Universities of Roehampton (London) (2013-22), Wales TSD (Lampeter) (2010-12), Leicester (2008-9), Dresden (2006-8) and Heidelberg (2005-6), and was Senior Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Heidelberg, 2012-13, and Potsdam, 2023). She has been UK PI of the project (AHRC/DFG) (2020-24), and co-investigator of (Università degli Studi di Torino, 2024). She is a founding member of .

Marta's research projects and publications revolve around topics such as trade and markets, concepts of value, wealth, morality and social inequality, as well as economic corruption in the Greco-Roman world. She is also interested in the intersections between Roman law and economic history, ancient and modern. Recent publications include the journal issue (Cultural History 13.1, 2024, ed. with F. Carlà-Uhink); and the volumes (Routledge, 2023), and (Palgrave-MacMillan 2021) (both ed. with C. Rosillo-López). Marta is cofounder of Imagines Project and member of the . She is coeditor of the book series: (Edizioni Quasar), (De Gruyter), and (CUP).

Research interests:

• Ancient economic mentalities
• Roman financial history
• Markets and trade in Ancient Rome
• Social and gender inequalities in ancient Rome
• Ancient corruption
• Uses and reception of antiquity in modern media and popular culture

Academic Year 25-26:

CAH3043: Businesswomen in the ancient world: Challenging Prejudices and Inequality (module leader)

Was full economic independence possible for women in antiquity? The aim of this module is to explore the social and cultural context of a wide range of business sectors, industries and economic activities in which women actively participated and to which they significantly contributed. It will also discuss the numerous legal and social obstacles and limitations, as well as moral taboos that women from different ancient cultures faced. A critical insight into the history of gender studies, the history of mentalities as well as economic history will be instrumental in rethinking ancient and modern assumptions about the marginal role traditionally attributed to women as economic agents and entrepreneurs. A comparative look at modern societies will provide a valuable framework of analysis to better understand the deep impact of gender and social inequalities throughout history and up to the present time, including the famous glass ceiling, the pay-gap and the phenomenon known as glass cliff.

CAH2006: Hellenistic Empires from Alexander to Cleopatra (module leader)

HCA1008: Global Ancient Histories (contributor)

CAH2009: Portfolio in Ancient History I (module leader)

CAH/CAC3000: Dissertation (contributor)

CAH2017: The Roman World from Hadrian to Heraclius (module leader)

HCA2000: Sacred words and dirty deeds: Thriving in Late Antiquity (contributor)

HCA2001: The Mediterranean: a connected past (contributor)

CAH2208: Issues in Ancient History (contributor)

HCA1007: Stuff: Living in a Material World (contributor)

• Articles

  • Carlà-Uhink F, Garcia Morcillo M. . Eunomía. Revista en Cultura de la Legalidad 2024, (26), 146-164.
  • Garcia Morcillo M. . Imagines. The Magazine of the Uffizi Galleries 2024, (11), 13-33.
  • Garcia Morcillo M. . Cultural History 2024, 13(1), 71-93.
  • Carlà-Uhink F, Garcia Morcillo M. . Cultural History 2024, 13(1), 1-11.
  • Garcia Morcillo, M. Mentality, Motivation and Economic Decision-Making in Ancient Rome: Cicero and Tullia's Shrine. The Economic History Review 2020, 73.3, 623-643.

• Book Chapters

  • Garcia Morcillo M. . In: Carlà-Uhink, F; Faber, E, ed. Corruption in the Graeco Roman World: Re-Reading the Sources. Berlin-Boston: De Gruyter, 2025, pp.167-198.
  • Garcia Morcillo M. . In: Wilson, A; Ray, N; Trentacoste, A, ed. The Economy of Roman Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023, pp.245-266.
  • Carla-Uhink F, Garcia Morcillo M. . In: Janich N; Pappert S; Roth KS, ed. Handbuch Werberhetorik. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023, pp.191-214.
  • Garcia Morcillo, M. . In: Helm, M; Roselaar, S, ed. Spoils in the Roman Republic: Boon and Bane. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2023, pp.249-265.
  • Garcia Morcillo M, Rosillo-Lopez C. . In: García Morcillo M; Rosillo-López C, ed. The Real Estate Market in the Roman World. London: Routledge, 2023, pp.1-22.
  • Garcia Morcillo, M. . In: Garcia Morcillo, M; Rosillo-Lopez, C, ed. The Real Estate Market in the Roman World. 2023, pp.42-65.
  • García Morcillo M. . In: Rosillo-López, C; García Morcillo, M, ed. Managing Information in the Roman Economy. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp.61-88.
  • García Morcillo M, Rosillo-López C. . In: Rosillo-López, C; García Morcillo, M, ed. Managing Information in the Roman Economy (Palgrave Studies in Ancient Economies). Cham: Palgrave-McMillan, 2021, pp.3-20.
  • Garcia Morcillo, M. Hasta infinita? Financial Strategies in the Triumviral Period. In: Pina Polo, F, ed. The Triumviral Period: Civil War, Political Crisis and Socioeconomic Transformations. Zaragoza: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, 2020, pp.379-397.
  • Garcia Morcillo, M. Exotic, Erotic, Heroic? Women of Carthage in Western Imagination. In: Carlà-Uhink, F. Wieber, A, ed. Orientalism and the Reception of Powerful Women from the Ancient World. London-New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2025, pp.134-158. In Preparation.

• Edited Books

  • García Morcillo, M, Rosillo-López, C, ed. . London-New York: Routledge, 2023.
  • Rosillo-López C, García Morcillo M, ed. . Cham: Palgrave-McMillan, 2021.