Dr Brian Martens

Dr Brian Martens

Lecturer in Archaeology & Ancient History

Email
bam21@st-andrews.ac.uk
Office
s5
Location
Swallowgate

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Biography

I received my MPhil (2012) and DPhil (2018) in Classical Archaeology at Lincoln College, Oxford, with the support of a Clarendon Scholarship. Before coming to St. Andrews, I was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Greek and Roman Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2018-2019) and a Getty-American Council of Learned Societies Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Art (2021-2022). I conduct fieldwork in the Athenian Agora (2008-present), where I supervise excavations in the neighborhood behind the Stoa Poikile. My research has been supported by the Archaeological Institute of America, the American Philosophical Society, the Samuel Kress Foundation, and the Onassis Foundation. I am an alumnus and Senior Associate Member of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Teaching

My teaching focuses on the archaeology and art of the Mediterranean basin, particularly in the region of the Greek East, from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity. My honours modules include ‘Sanctuaries and the Sacred in the Greek World’, 'Greek Sculpture', ‘In the Footsteps of the Greeks’ (study in Greece), and 'The Colours of Ancient Art'.

PhD supervision

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Selected publications

  • Martens, B., 8 Jul 2025, Princeton, NJ: American School of Classical Studies at Athens. 462 p. (Athenian Agora; vol. 39)

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Open access
    Martens, B., 29 Sept 2025, In: Annual of the British School at Athens. First View, p. 1-53

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Maniatis, Y., Martens, B. & Tambakopoulos, D., 4 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 181, 106336.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Martens, B., 7 Aug 2023, In: Journal of Roman Studies. 113, 33 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Martens, B., 1 Oct 2021, In: American Journal of Archaeology. 125, 4, p. 535-570 35 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Martens, B. & Camp, J., 1 Dec 2020, In: Hesperia. 89, 4, p. 593-657 65 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Martens, B. & Melfi, M., 1 Oct 2020, In: American Journal of Archaeology. 124, 4, p. 575-606 32 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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