Rong Li

Rong is interested in the social and economic history of Archaic and Classical Greece, with a particular focus on long-distance commercial activity in ancient times. Her current PhD project examines the foreign trade and economic history of Archaic Corinth, investigating its trade patterns across the Mediterranean Sea and its impact on Corinth’s public finance. This research also attempts to contribute to the discussion on the ancient Greek economy, which has been traditionally centered on Athens. By examining Corinth’s economy, this research may provide insights for ongoing debates on ancient Greek economic history.

PhD

Supervisor: Professor Hans van Wees (Primary Supervisor) and Professor Paola Ceccarelli (Secondary Supervisor)
Working title: The Foreign Trade and Economy of Archaic Corinth
Expected completion date: TBC

Publications 

• Rong, Li. (2021) A New Interactive Paradigm for the Study of Ancient Civilizations. Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, S.l., v.9, n.1. (Second author)
• Rong, Li. (2018) Review: Wang Daqing, A Survey of Agon in Ancient Greece [J]. World History Studies 5(2): 114-117.

Research Projects

• Project (2024): National Social Science Fund Major Project "Research on Mutual Learning and Exchanges Among Civilizations in the Circum-Mediterranean Region During the Classical Period" (24&ZD301). Rong is a team member of the sub-project "Trade, Colonization, and Urban Development."
• Project (2021): The Making of the Early Greek city-states, supported by the National Social Science Fund of China, 2021. Rong participated in writing project applications, and she is a member of this project.
• Project (2019): Studies on the Civilization Exchange between Greece and the Orient in the “Orientalizing Period”, supported by the Fok Ying-Tong Education Foundation (Hong Kong), 2014. Rong’s research paper: Orientalizing: Al Mina and its relationship with ancient Greece and the Near East (from 9th to 4th centuries BC), 2019.