Marco Santini
Lecturer in Ancient History; Director of Teaching in Classics (Pre-Honours) · College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences · University of Edinburgh
Quick answer: Marco Santini is Lecturer in Ancient History; Director of Teaching in Classics (Pre-Honours) at University of Edinburgh. Marco Santini shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ Open to PhD supervision enquiries? Yes. Areas of interest for supervision: I welcome enquiries from any students interested in early/archaic Greek society, politics, and culture; in the Iron Age Mediterranean; and in Greece's interactions with Anatolia, the Levant, and the Near East broadly intended. More specific enquiries on the history and societies of 1st-millennium Anatolia (Neo-Hittite state
Research interests
My main research interests lie in the political, social, and cultural history of the Eastern Mediterranean between the second and first millennia BC, with a special focus on the Aegean, Anatolia, and the Levant and their relations with the wider Near East during the Iron Age (ca. 1200-600 BC). Major themes I address in my research include political thought and practice, ethnic identity, cultural memory, and multiculturalism. I also have a strong interest in the languages and scripts of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East (especially Anatolian such as Luwian, Hittite, and Carian, and Semitic such as Akkadian, Biblical Hebrew, and Aramaic), as well as in the political, social, and cultural implications of multilingualism in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Selected publications (since 2023)
Articles
- “Politics of Ethnicity in Iron Age Cilicia”, Oriens Antiquus n.s. 7, 2025, pp. 97-128.
- “On Some Restorations in the ÇİNEKÖY Bilingual”, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires, fasc. 1, 2025, pp. 28-31.
- “A Fluid Political Landscape: Power, Hegemony and Ethnicity in Iron Age Phrygia”, Ancient Near Eastern Studies 61, 2024, pp. 75-101. [= Phrygia between the East and the West. Proceedings of the Conference Held at Pavia University and the Collegio del Maino on April 7–9, 2022, ed. by N. Lovejoy, A. Bonfanti, A. Mantovan, R. Schnell, and L. d’Alfonso.]
- “The Tyrants’ Cousins. Ruling Practices and Political Concepts between Anatolia and Early Greece”, Klio: Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte 106/1, 2024, pp. 1-57.
- “Giochi di nomi. Tre note su Alicarnasso e l’iscrizione di
Frequently asked questions
Is Marco Santini hiring PhD students at University of Edinburgh?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Marco Santini's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Open to PhD supervision enquiries? Yes. Areas of interest for supervision: I welcome enquiries from any students interested in early/archaic Greek society, politics, and culture; in the Iron Age Medit.
What does Marco Santini research?
My main research interests lie in the political, social, and cultural history of the Eastern Mediterranean between the second and first millennia BC, with a special focus on the Aegean, Anatolia, and the Levant and their relations with the wider Near East during the Iron Age (ca. 1200-600 BC). Major
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