Department: Classics
Supervisor: Robin Osborne
College: Clare
Title of Thesis (prelim.): The Art of Archaic Sparta
Biography:
University of Cambridge, PhD in Classics, 2020-present;
University of Cambridge, MPhil in Classics (Distinction), 2019-20;
Yale University, B.A. in Classics (distinction); B.A. in History of Art (distinction), 2015-19.
Research Interests
Include but are not limited to: Greek art and archaeology, histories of art/culture, archaic Sparta, ancient aesthetics, the art of sanctuaries, phenomenology of religion, ancient textiles, materiality and processes of making.
Other Professional Activities
Conferences/Talks
2020
"The Art of Archaic Sparta: Deconstructing le mirage Spartiate" Princeton Art & Archaeology Graduate Symposium, A(synchrony): Recurrence, Reversals, and Resistance.
"A Re-examination of Hero Cult in Lakonia" Graduate Interdisciplinary Seminar, Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge
2019
"From Materials to Digital: Seeing Blue" Materials and Meaning: Decoding and Preserving Cultural Heritage (Yale University)
"The Embracing our Monuments in Sparta Initiative" DIAZOMA: 6th Corporate Members Meeting (Sparta, Greece)
2018
“Saffron Mantles and Marked Divinities” in panel, Textiles in Iconography, 24th Annual European Association of Archaeologists (Barcelona, Spain) Sept. 2018
«Μια πρέσβειρα για το αρχαίο θέατρο Σπάρτης – Το Πρόγραμμα: «Αγκαλιάζουμε τα Μνημεία μας στη Σπάρτη» 4th Annual ANO DIAZOMA Conference (Athens, Greece)
Museum Employment/Internships
Yale University Art Gallery, Acropolis Museum, Acropolis Restoration Service, Museum of Cycladic Art (MCA), Yale Babylonian Collection
Archaeological Digs
Amyklaion Research Project (Ionian University); Molyvoti Thrace Archaeological Project (Princeton University); Orthi Petra Cemetery, Eleutherna, Crete (University of Crete); Mycenaean Settlement of Mygdalia Hill, Achaia
Key Publications
Martin, Daphne, D. "The Color of Cult: Artemis Brauronia and the krokotos" in Textiles in Ancient Mediterranean Iconography, eds: Brøns, Harris, and Zuchowska, Ancient Textiles Series. Oxbow Books, forthcoming.
