Lecturer in Roman History

MA, PhD (Barcelona)

Tel: 0116 252 2728

Email: mgm10@le.ac.uk

Marta studied ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Barcelona and obtained her Masters degree in 1998. Marta completed her European PhD in Ancient History the year 2004 (Barcelona). Previous to joining Leicester, she was lecturer at the Institut für Geschichte (Ancient History Section) of the University of Dresden (2006-2008). She has also held post-graduate and post-doc research fellowships and positions in Heidelberg, Seminar für Alte Geschichte: 1998-2000; 2003; 2005, Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg: 2005-2006; Ladenburg, Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg, 2001 and Paris: École des hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 2002.

Research

• Research interests
• Publications

Teaching

Selected Recent Publications

Proceedings: Imagines. The Antiquity in the Performing and Visual Arts/La Antigüedad en las Artes Escénicas y Visuales, M-J Castillo, S Knippschild, M García, C Herreros (eds.), Universidad de La Rioja 2008, 800 p. weblink

Co-edition of the volume: I Berti, M García Morcillo (eds.), Hellas on Screen: Cinematic Receptions of Ancient History, Literature and Myth (series HABES 45, Univ. Heidelberg), Steiner-Verlag 2008, 267 p. 29 fig. weblink

Las ventas por subasta en el mundo romano: la esfera privada (Series Instrumenta 20), Barcelona 2005. 371 p. Online abstract

Der Preis der Begierde: Auktionen von Kunst- und Luxusobjekten in der römischen Welt, Laverna. Beiträge zur Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte der antiken Welt 15, 2004, 11-32.