Ana Garcia Espinosa

(she/her)

AFHEA BA (Hons), MA

Research

• Ancient Warfare.
• Achaemenid Persia (559-331 BCE)
• Gender and sexuality in Antiquity.
• Greek and Persian interaction in the Archaic and Classical periods.
• Cross cultural comparative between Greece and Persia.
• Women and power during the Hellenistic period.
• Iranian royal women, power and leadership.

Publications

Book Chapters

• McAuley, A. and García-Espinosa, A. (2023) Those infamous females: The (ancient) reception of the sexuality of Hellenistic queens. In: Moore, K. R. ed. The Routledge Companion to the Reception of Ancient Greek and Roman Gender and Sexuality. Routledge, 286-299.
• García-Espinosa, A. (2022) Mercenary Armies and Power: The Narrative of Power in Xenophon's Anabasis. In: Furlan, U., Husøy, T.A., and Bohun, H. eds. Narratives of Power in the Ancient World. Cambridge Scholars, 218-236.
• García-Espinosa, A. (Invited) Communication and the Concept of Dynasty in the Achaemenid Court. In: Baker-Brian, N., and McAuley, A. eds, Dynasty in Antiquity: Routledge’s Rewriting Antiquity series, proposal in preparation.
• García-Espinosa, A. (Forthcoming) Beyond Seductive Shadows: Kleopatra's Beauty and Sexuality from Antiquity to Modern Imagination. In: Peer, A., Maurice, L. and Bar, N. (eds.) The Brill Companion for the Receptions of Cleopatra VII.

Articles

• García-Espinosa, A. (Forthcoming) Olympias of Macedon: Woman, Queen and ἀρχή of a Multidimensional Exercise of Power in the Hellenistic World. Ancient History Bulletin.

Book reviews

• García-Espinosa, A. (2023) Rev. of Eurydice and the Birth of Macedonian Power, by Elizabeth Carney. Journal of Hellenic Studies 142: 418-419. Cambridge University Press.

Teaching

For the 2022/23 and 2023/24 academic years I have taught as Graduate Tutor in the following modules:

• HS3108: The Near East, Greece and Rome, 1000-323 BCE
• HS3109: Empires East and West, 323 BCE to 680 CE

For the 2020/21 and 2021/22 academic years I taught as Graduate Tutor in the following modules:

• HS3105: Introduction to Ancient History 1: Gods, Kings and Citizens, 1000 - 323 BCE.
• HS3106: Introduction to Ancient History 2: Empires East and West, 323 BCE to 690 CE.
• HS0002: Projecting the Past: Film, Media and Heritage

Teaching Qualifications

• September 2022: AHSS Learning to Teach Programme – Cardiff University.
• 12th September 2022: Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.                                                                              

Biography

Academic Background

• PhD in Ancient History - Cardiff University (2019 - Present). Thesis title: Weaving the Narrative and Shaping Power: an Assessment of Achaemenid Royal Women through Ctesias of Cnidus and the Persica. Supervisors: Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Dr Alex McAuley.
• MA Ancient History – Cardiff University (2018 - 2019).
• BA (Hons - 4 years) Classical Philology – Complutense University of Madrid (2012 - 2018). Specialising in Ancient Greek.
• BA (Hons - 4 years) History – Complutense University of Madrid (2012 - 2018). Specialising in Ancient History.

Honours and awards

• November 2022: BIPS (British Institute of Persian Studies) - Research Grant (£600).
• December 2019: Bill John Travel Scholarship – Cardiff University (£476.50).
• 2012 – 2018: Complutense University of Madrid - Honour Distinction Performance Award during BA studies (1015.2€).
• 2012: Honour Distinction Grant for the first year of Higher Education Studies – Spanish Government (1200€).

Professional memberships

• September 2022 - Present: Postgraduate Member of the Royal Historical Society (RHS)
• 2022 - Present: Member of the Classical Association (CA)
• 2019 - Present: Member of the British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS)
• 2018 - Present: Member of the Sociedad Española de Estudios Clásicos (SEEC)

Speaking engagements

Papers Delivered

•  University of Cambridge - CA Annual Conference (21st April 2023) Royal Women, Armies and Warfare in Hellenistic Iran: Who had more Power?
• Swansea University - CA Annual Conference (08th – 11th April 2022)  Women as Transmitters of History: Ctesias of Cnidus and the Influence of Orality in his Persica.
• University of Waterloo (Waterloo Institute for Hellenistic Studies) - Power, Royal Agency, and Elite Women in the Hellenistic and Roman World (September 2021-June 2022) Olympias of Macedon: Woman, Queen and ἀρχή of a Multidimensional Exercise of Power in the Hellenistic World.
• Swansea University - UWICAH (16th November 2019) Mercenary Armies and Power: The Narrative of Power in Xenophon's Anabasis.

Public Engagement

• April 2021: Podcast Guest Speaker - The Iranian Studies Collective - Researcher Profile: Ana García, Cardiff University. Link: https://youtu.be/L-62fnCd-S4

Committees and reviewing

Conference and Worshop Organisation

• July 2023: Twittering the War: Herodotus, Thucydides, and war in Ukraine on social media - Cardiff University.
• October 2014: Eros Imperat. Poder y deseo en la Antigüedad - Complutense University of Madrid.