Professor Catherine Morgan OBE
Professor of Classical Archaeology
On secondment as Director of the British School of Archaeology at Athens
E-mail catherine.morgan@kcl.ac.uk
Address Department of Classics
King's College London
Strand
London WC2R 2LS
Research Interests
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Archaeology of the Early Iron Age and Archaic Greek world
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Greek religion
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Corinth and the west
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The Black Sea
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Ancient pottery studies
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The Stavros Valley Archaeological Project, Ithaka
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The Bosphoran Kingdom in the Archaic and Classical periods
Selected Publications
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Catherine Morgan (2007) 'Debating patronage: the cases of Argos and Corinth', in Pindar's Poetry, Patrons, and Festivals From Archaic Greece to the Roman Empire pp. 213-264
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Simon Hornblower, Catherine Morgan (2007) Pindar's Poetry, Patrons, and Festivals From Archaic Greece to the Roman Empire Oxford: Oxford University Press
[Edited book in print]
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C Morgan, J Hall (2004) 'An inventory of Achaian poleis in the Archaic and Classical periods', in An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis
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Gocha R Tsetskhladze, Catherine Morgan (2004) Attic Fine Pottery of the Archaic to Hellenistic Periods in Phanagoria: Phanagoria Studies vol 1 Leiden and Boston: Brill
[Edited book in print]
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C Morgan (2004) 'Wealthy Corinth revisited' Clio; A Journal of European Studies, 18, pp. 71-93.
[Article in print Journal]
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C Morgan (2003) Early Greek States Beyond the Polis Oxford: Routledge
[Authored Book in print]
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Karim Arafat, Catherine Morgan, Paul Cartledge (2002) Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece Reprint from hardback Cambridge, U.K. ;; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press
[Edited book in print]
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C Morgan (2002) 'Ethnicity: the example of Achaia', in Gli Achei a l'Identità etnica degli Achei d'Occidente, Atti del Convegno Internazionale pp. 95-116
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C Morgan (2002) 'The origins of the Isthmian festival: points of comparison and contrast', in Olympia 1875-2000. 125 Janre Deutsche Ausgrabungen pp. 251-271
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Karim Arafat, Catherine Morgan (2002) 'Visual Arts', in Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece pp. 250-287
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C Morgan (2001) 'Ethne, ethnicity and early Greek states, ca.1200-480: an archaeological perspective', in Ancient Perceptions of Greek Ethnicity pp. 75-112
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C Morgan (2001) 'Figurative iconography from Corinth, Ithaka, and Pithekoussai: Aetos 600 reconsidered' ANNUAL- BRITISH SCHOOL AT ATHENS, 96, pp. 195-227.
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C Morgan, K Arafat (2001) 'Imported fine pottery of the Archaic to early Hellenistic poeriods in the collection of the Temryiuk museum, Krasnodar region, South Russia', in The Archaeology of Northern Pontus: New Discoveries and Intrepretations pp. 265-297
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C Morgan (2001) 'Symbolic and pragmatic aspects of warfare in the Greek world of the 8th-6th centuries BC', in War as a Cultural and Social Force pp. 20-44
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C Morgan (2001) 'The Corinthian aristocracy and Corinthian cult during the eighth century BC', in Peloponnesian Sanctuaries and Cults pp. 45-51
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Catherine Morgan (2000) 'Achaikes poleis kai achaikos apoikismos', in Paysages d'Achaïe II. Dymé et son territoire: actes du colloque international : Dymaia et Bouprasia, Katô Achaïa, 6-8 octobre 1995 pp. 105-112
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C Morgan, K Arafat (2000) 'Among the earliest Attic imports from Phanagoria', in PERIPLOUS. Festschrift for Prof. Sir John Boardman pp. 39-47
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C Morgan (2000) 'Politics without the polis: cities and the formation of the Achaian ethos, ca. 800-500BC', in Alternatives to Athens. Varieties of Political Organization and Community in Ancient Greece pp. 189-211
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C Morgan (2000) 'Review of K Pilafidis-Williams 'The sanctuary of Aphaia on Aigina in the Bronze Age' Hirmir Verlag 1999' CLASSICAL REVIEW, 50 (2), pp. 662-663. [Book Review (Print)]
PhD Supervision
Professor Morgan is primary supervisor for students undertaking the following PhD research topics:
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The Corinthia in the Classical period
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Banquetting on Cyprus in the 8th-6th centuries BC
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Lakonian sanctuaries in the Early Iron Age and Archaic periods
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Figurative vase-painting at Pithekoussai
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Pausanias in Arkadia
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Votive deposits from the sanctuary of Poseidon, Cape Sounion