
Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts
PhD Classics, King's College London 2015, MA Classics, Monash University 2011, BA Classics, Monash University 2008
Current positions
Honorary Research Fellow
Department of Classics & Ancient History
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Research interests
- Ancient Greek religion
- Material Study of Religion, including sensory responses
- Archaic and Classical Greek art
- Intersection of politics and religion in archaic and early classical Athens
Ellie’s main research interests involve the material culture and art of ancient Greece, particularly archaic and classical Greek religion, and using theoretical frameworks related to the Material Study of Religion. She is also interested in textiles and weaving, and the role of women in the religious landscape of the ancient Greek city.
She is interested in representations of the gods and religious practice in art and architectural sculpture, and in the intersection of political institutions and religious practice in the ancient world.
Ellie is currently working on a large scale reinterpretation of the Athenian religious landscape using frameworks from the Material Study of Religion.
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2025(Re)Appraising the Parthenon Frieze
Classical Quarterly
The Cave of Laughlessness, Sensory Deprivation, and Cognitive Depletion at Eleusis
Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies
Embodied Wearing
Material Religion
Brief Histories: Ancient Greece
Brief Histories: Ancient Greece
Hades
The Oxford Classical Dictionary