Martin Dorka Moreno

Martin Dorka Moreno is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Classical Archaeology, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. He specializes in Classical Archaeology, Ancient History, and Visual Culture of Antiquity, with a focus on statue schemata, heroic iconography, and cross-cultural reception processes in Greece, Rome, and the Roman provinces. His research involves analyzing stylistic transformations and socio-cultural contexts of ancient art.

• Current position: Assistant Professor (fixed-term), University of Tübingen (2018–present)
• Prior roles: Postdoctoral Researcher (Freiburg), Research Associate (Freiburg), Visiting Scholar (Oxford), Visiting Student (Berkeley)

Research interests include:
– Reception processes of ancient statue types across cultures
– Heroic identity in visual media (e.g., Alexander the Great’s iconography)
– Methodological approaches to image analysis and stylistic transformations
– Archaeological studies of Roman provincial art and its local adaptations

Publication trends reflect interdisciplinary engagement with Classical Archaeology, Art History, and Ancient History. Key subfields include statue schemata, heroic and divine imagery, sculptural appropriation, and visual culture analysis, primarily through case studies in Greece, Rome, and the northern Roman provinces.

Academic collaborations include co-edited volumes such as Appropriation Processes of Statue Schemata in the Roman Provinces (2021) with J. Lipps and J. Griesbach. He has participated in excavations in Mainz and Athens and maintains ties with institutions like Oxford and the American School of Classical Studies.