Ellie Mackin Roberts

Ellie Mackin Roberts is a Material Religion Research and Engagement Fellow associated at Classics and Ancient History at the University of Bristol. She holds a BA(Hons) and MA from Monash University (Australia) and a PhD from King's College London, which she completed in 2015. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

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.