Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts

Ellie Mackin Roberts holds a BA(Hons) and MA from Monash University (Australia) and a PhD from King's College London, which she completed in 2015. She has since worked at the University of Leicester and Royal Holloway, University of London before returning to King's in 2021. She has also held a Research Associateship at the Institute of Classical Studies. Ellie was a founding member of the Women's Classical Committee (UK) and served on the steering committee 2018-2022.

She is the editor-in-chief of Assemblywomen, a peer-reviewed video-based academic journal hosted by the WCC.

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 a framework from the Material Study of Religion, specifically focused around touch-based sensory expression.