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Dr Gary Leonard Morrison

School of Humanities; Classics

Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 8572
 Office: Logie Building (Modern Lang.) 608

Fields of Research

  • Roman history
  • Imperial Rome
  • Roman and Greek Social History
  • Interaction between Hellenic and Jewish Cultures as represented in Second Maccabees

Researcher Summary

Research interest is Roman and Greek social history. This includes investigating the daily life of the Romans and Greeks, groups in society (women, slaves, etc.); social institutions (housing, economy); as well as cultural interaction between the Roman/Greeks and 'other' peoples

Subject Area: Disciplines

Future Research

  • Early Roman Society
  • Women in Herodotus
  • Rome after Dark

Affiliations

Research Service

  • Organised field trip for postgraduate students to visit Pompeii exhibition at Te Papa, 25-26 March (2010)
  • Supervising Honours Research Essay. White, A. "The Roman Attitude toward 'the other' ", 2010 (2010)
  • Supervising Honours Research Essay. Wright, S. "Livy, the Samnites and the Caudine Forks", 2010 (2010)
  • Associate supervisor Ph.D. Thesis: Sonia-Ingrid Marshall "Romanization, Christianization and Patronage in the Paleochristian Art of North Af (2009-present)
  • Supervising Honours Research Essay. Leighs,J. "Roman Women: The Cycle of Food and Status" (2009)
  • Associate supervisor MA Thesis: Dijkstra,T. "Attitudes to Gracchi in our sources for the late 2nd and early 1st centuries B.C." (2008-2010)
  • Member of Organizing Committee for ASCS Conference at University of Canterbury, 2008 (2008)
  • Supervising Honours Research Essay. Breach,L. "Representations of King Theodoric and his social policy as presented in the 'Variae' of Cassi (2008)
  • Supervising Honours Research Essay. Rae,C. "The Health and Wellbeing of Roman Children", 2008 (2008)
  • Supervising Honours Research Essay. Radley,S. "The Roman Triumph: A Performance of Victory", 2007 (2007)

Publications


  • Morrison, G. (2012) Life at Night: Representations and Reality. Melbourne, Australia: Australasian Society for Classical Studies General Meeting and Conference (ASCS 33), 5-9 Feb 2012. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Morrison, G. (2012) Rome, the Night, and Martial. Melbourne, Australia: Australasian Society for Classical Studies General Meeting and Conference (ASCS 33), 5-9 Feb 2012. In Conference Proceedings, ASCS 33: Online. http://ascs.org.au/news/ascs_proceedings.html. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Morrison, G. (2011) Cultural Conflict in Second Maccabees. University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand: 32nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS 32), 24-27 Jan 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Jones, C., Morrison, G., Tau, T.M., Hawes, J., Clement, J., Boister, N. and Buckingham, J. (2011) Remembering the Past. In C. Jones, B. Matthews and J. Clement (Ed.), Treasures of the University of Canterbury Library: 83-108, 234-237. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Morrison, G.L. (2010) A Note on Laos in Second Maccabees. La Parola del Passato 65(370): 34-50. (Journal Article)
  • Morrison, G. (2008) Named Actors in Second Maccabees. Prudentia 40(1&2): 40-62. (Journal Article)
  • Morrison, G.L. (2008) Rereading Second Maccabees: Insights provided by a literary topos. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Australasian Society for Classical Studies, 29th Conference and General Meeting (ASCS29), 27-31 Jan 2008. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Morrison, G.L. (2005) Second Maccabees and Jewish society: Representations of Jewishness, Hellenism and the interaction between the Greeks and the Jews. PhD, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4492. (Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy)
  • Morrison G.L. (2002) What is in a Name. University of Edinburgh: Joint Classical Association and Classical Association of Scotland Conference, 4-7 April 2002. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Morrison, G. (2001) Alexander, Combat Psychology, and Persepolis. Antichthon 35: 30-44. (Journal Article)