Catherine Morgan

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Catherine Anne Morgan (born October 9, 1961 ) is a British Classical Archaeologist .

Catherine Morgan studied at Clare College of Cambridge University and was at 1986 Anthony Snodgrass with the work Settlement and exploitation in the region of the Corinthian Gulf, c.1000-700 BC doctorate . She was then a David Thomson Senior Research Fellow at Sidney Sussex College , Cambridge. In 1992 she became a lecturer at the Royal Holloway of the University of London and in 1997 moved to the same position at King's College London , where she became a reader , and finally, in 2005, professor of classical archeology.

From 2007 she was also the director of the British School at Athens and during this time she was visiting professor at the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens in 2012 . In 2015 she was followed by John Bennet as director of the British School.

Since 2015 she has been a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College and Professor of Classical Antiquity and Archeology at the University of Oxford . For her services, which brought her honorary membership in the Archaeological Society of Athens and the corresponding membership of the Archaeological Institute of America , she was appointed officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2012. In 2016 she was elected to the British Academy .

Her research focuses mainly on the Iron Age and the Archaic Period of Greece , especially in the area of ​​the Gulf of Corinth and the Ionian Islands . A significant part of her scientific work is devoted to the Greek religion, its shrines, festivals and rites, which also includes early Greek poetry. Regional studies , especially about Ithaca , the development of the Greek polis as well as the ancient ceramic production and its trade form further focal points.

Publications (selection)

  • Athletes and oracles. The Transformation of Olympia and Delphi in the 8th century BC. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1990, ISBN 978-0-521-37451-4 .
  • Isthmia. Excavations by the University of Chicago under the Auspices of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Volume 8: The Late Bronze Age Settlement and Early Iron Age Sanctuary. American School of Classical Studies, Princeton 1999, ISBN 978-0-87661-938-4 .
  • Early Greek States Beyond the Polis. Routledge, London 2003, ISBN 978-0-203-41775-1 .
  • Phanagoria Studies 1. Attic Fine Pottery of the Archaic to Hellenistic Periods in Phanagoria. Brill, Leiden 2004, ISBN 978-90-04-13888-9 .
  • with Simon Hornblower (Ed.): Pindar's Poetry, Patrons and Festivals. From Archaic Greece to the Roman Empire. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-153798-1 .
  • with Fiona C. Macfarlane (Ed.): Exploring Ancient Sculpture. Essays in Honor of Geoffrey Waywell. Institute of Classical Studies, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-905670-20-8 .

Web links

  • CV on the All Souls College, Oxford website

Remarks

  1. ^ Date of birth according to the CIP Data Sheet of the Library of Congress : Morgan, Catherine, 1961- and entry in the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
  2. ^ British Library .
  3. ^ Prestigious Appointments for two Former Sidney Classicists , Sidney Sussex College.
  4. ↑ Professor Catherine A. Morgan OBE ( Memento of the original dated December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bsa.ac.uk archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , British School at Athens.
  5. ^ Professor Catherine Morgan awarded OBE , King's College London.
personal data
SURNAME Morgan, Catherine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morgan, Catherine Anne (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Classical Archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1961