Dr Fabio Nolfo is Affiliate Research Fellow at the School of Humanities (Classics) of the University of Glasgow. He is also Associate Researcher of the «Laboratoire d'Analyse Statistique des Langues Anciennes (LASLA)» of the «Université de Liège» and ‘Collaborateur scientifique’ of the «Département des Sciences de l'Antiquité» of the «Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres» of the «Université de Liège», where he was a Postdoctoral Researcher in ‘Latin Language and Literature’, and coordinated, collaboratively, the following research projects: “Ovidian Textual Motifs in Late Antiquity” and “Motifs ovidiens et épistolographie”. He was, previously, Onisilos Marie Curie Research Fellow in ‘Latin Literature and Roman History’ at the Universities of Cyprus (Host University) and Glasgow (Secondment University), and was PI for the project «Literary Reflections on Geography, Politics, and Propaganda in Neronian and Flavian Poetry», which was cofunded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 101034403 and by the “Onisilos Cofund” Fellowship programme of the University of Cyprus. He was also Visiting Associate Member of the Corpus Christi College Centre for the Study of Greek and Roman Antiquity at the University of Oxford (Hilary Term 2024 / Institutional Host: Professor Stephen Harrison) and Visiting Associate Member of the Yale Department of Classics (Februrary 2025 / Institutional Host: Professor Kirk Freudenburg). For his PhD degree he studied at the University of Macerata—into the framework of the «Centro internazionale di Studi sulla Poesia greca e latina in età tardoantica e medievale»—in co-tutelle with the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) of Munich, where he was also a member of the Ph.D. Program in ‘Classical and Ancient Studies’ coordinated by the «Münchner Zentrum für Antike Welten» (MZAW). He also spent periods of his Master’s and PhD career at the Universities of Catania, Cologne, Vienna, Zurich (UZH), and St Andrews. He has published several articles and book chapters on ancient Greek and Latin theater, republican and late antique literary epigrams and on the literary afterlife of Virgil, Ovid, and Roman elegy. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Classical and Christian Studies «Sileno»; of the International Journal of Classical Studies «Les Études classiques»; of the International Journal of Classical Studies «Vichiana»; of the monograph series «Performing Religions» edited by Anthem Press (London, New York, Melbourne, Delhi); of the «International Ovidian Society». He is also an affiliated member of the «Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities» (VeDPH). Fabio Nolfo has given invited conference and seminar papers in Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS

1. 06.2023-08.2025:Participation as Principal Investigator in the following research project: «Literary Reflections on Geography, Politics, and Propaganda in Neronian and Flavian Poetry», being awarded of a Marie Curie Research Fellowship in 'Latin Literature and Roman History' within the framework of the Onisilos project which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 101034403.
2. 01.2022-12.2024: Participation as Coordinator (together with Prof. Dominique Longrée–Principal Investigator– and Prof. Marc Vandersmissen) in the research project «Motifs textuels ovidiens et écriture épistolaire dans la littérature latine tardo-antique : une approche textométrique», which has been receiving funding from the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S.-FNRS) since January 2022.
3. 10.2021-12.2024: Participation as Coordinator (together with Prof. Dominique Longrée–Principal Investigator– and Prof. Marc Vandersmissen) in the research project «Ovidian Textual Motifs in Late Antiquity», which has been receiving funding from the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S.-FNRS) since 2019 (PDR 31295872, 2019-2022).
4. 10.2021-present Affiliated to the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH), funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR) through the Department of Excellence Project.
5. 05.2019-31.12.2022 Collaboration with the University of Strasbourg and the University of Haute-Alsace (Mulhouse) as editor of the entries «Calvus, C. Licinius», «Cinna, C. Helvius», and «Femme [section 7 and sections 12-15]» of the Dictionnaire de l’épigramme littéraire dans l’antiquité grecque et romaine (Brepols Publishers, Turnhout, Belgium, 2022), coordinated by Doris Meyer and Céline Urlacher-Becht (Scientific Commettee: Kathryn Gutzwiller, Alfredo Mario Morelli, Évelyne Prioux) – Research Program: UMR 7044 Archimède focused on «L'épigramme grecque et latine : ses contextes et ses lecteurs de l’époque hellénistique à l’Antiquité tardive».

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RESEARCH PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS

1. 03.2023 Winner of a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Cofund Fellowship (consisting in 147.120,00 per two years) in ‘Latin Literature’ and ‘Roman History’ within the framework of the Onisilos project which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 101034403. I am the Principal Investigator of the following research project: «Literary Reflections on Geography, Politics, and Propaganda in Neronian and Flavian Poetry». From the report of one of the three anonymous international referees: «The author seems to have primarily published and participated in projects on late antique poetry, and has an impressive CV and a growing number of publications […]».
2. 12.2022 Winner of a postdoctoral research fellowship (consisting in 60.000,00 euros for two years) as Special Scientific Investigator – Principal Investigator: Prof. Spyridon Tzounakas (University of Cyprus), External Advisor: Prof. Costas Panayotakis (University of Glasgow) – of the following project: “Generic Interactions in Persius’ Satires” [offer declined in favour of a Marie Curie Research Fellow (Onisilos project) to be spent both at the University of Cyprus (Primary University) and at the University of Glasgow (Secondment University)]. From the report of one of the two anonymous international referees: «Fabio Nolfo, the special investigator for the project, is very accomplished for his stage of career development. Although Dr Nolfo’s work heretofore has not focused on Persius, he has demonstrated through his publications a strong grasp of what is at the methodological centre of this exciting proposal: the relationships between different literary genres, the complex stakes of intertextual analysis as it relates to intergeneric study, and the relationship between philosophical and not explicitly philosophical literary corpora».
3. 12.2022 Winner of a postdoctoral research fellowship (PDRF) awarded by the North-West University (NWU) of South Africa for one year (with the possibility of extending the scholarship for two further years) and consisting in R192.000,00 per annum [offer declined in favour of the postdoctoral scholarship renewed by the University of Liège for the academic year 2022/2023].
4. 10.2021-31.09.2023 Winner of a postdoctoral grant – renewed for the second year – awarded by the University of Liège (Belgium) to undertake post-doctoral research, at the the «Départment des Sciences de l’Antiquité» of the «Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres», in the topics “Ovidian Textual Motifs in Late Antiquity” and “Motifs ovidiens et épistolographie”. The value of the grant was, respectively, 2.535,42 euros per month (during the first year) and 2.745,81 euros per month (during the second year).
5. 02.2020 Winner of a bursary to attend as speaker the Classical Association (CA) Annual International Conference 2020 (the bursary consisted of a reduced conference fee and up to three nights’ hotel accommodation: not acquired due to Covid).
6. 02.2020 Winner – first in ranking order among the participants of the PhD Doctoral Program in Linguistic, Philological, and Literary Studies of the University of Macerata – of a grant of 3,000 euros.
7. 03.2019 Winner – first in ranking order for the academic year 2018/2019 – of the sole available SEMP (Swiss European Mobility Program) scholarship, connected with the activity of conducting research as part of the PhD Thesis and spent, from 01.09.2019 until 31.01.2020, at the Seminar für Griechische und Lateinische Philologie der Antike, des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit of the Universität Zürich (UZH).
8. 03.2018 Winner of the Prize awarded by the Delegation of Catania "Q. Cataudella" of the "Italian Association of Classical Culture" (A.I.C.C.) for the best MA thesis in 'Latin Language and Literature'. Extract of the Report of the Academic Committee (President: Carmelo Ugo Crimi, Professor of Byzantine Civilisation): «[...] La Commissione prende in considerazione la dissertazione suddetta, la quale appare pienamente congruente con l'ambito disciplinare "Lingua e letteratura latina". La Commissione all'unanimità giudica la predetta dissertazione meritevole del premio, per l'originalità della ricerca, la metodologia raffinata e competente che è stata adottata, per le risultanze cui il dott. Nolfo è giunto, per l'ampiezza della informazione bibliografica e le grandi capacità di analisi, approdando a una ricerca pienamente matura (= The Academic Committee considered unanimously my MA thesis “worthy of the prize on account of its original research approach, the refined research methodology, the aims and results of the research topics, the bibliographical richness of the Thesis, and the insightful analysis in the discussion”)».
9. 02.05.2018 Winner of a stipend as PhD candidate in Classics at the School of Classics of the University of St Andrews of £15,000 per year from 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2021 [offer declined on 17.05.2018 in favour of another scholarship offered to me by the Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca – MIUR of the Italian government].
10. 19.04.2018 Winner of an AHRC Studentship, managed by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH), so as to undertake a PhD in  Classics at the School of Classics of the University of St Andrews, covering Full-Time Home/EU Tuition Fees (£4,260 per year) from 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2021 [offer declined on 17.05.2018 in favour of another scholarship offered to me by the Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca – MIUR of the Italian government].
11. 06.2016 Winner in session 2016/2017 – first in ranking order among 130 winners in category 03-Scienze Umanistiche e Linguistiche – of the scholarship Erasmus Plus Research Scholarship, connected with the activity of conducting research as part of the MA Thesis and spent, from 08.09.2016 until 28.03.2017, in the Department of Greek and Latin – Department II – of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München.
12. 05.2015 Winner in session 2015/2016 – first in ranking order among 159 winners in category 03-Scienze Umanistiche e Linguistiche – of the scholarship Erasmus Plus, part of the European projects in the sector for education and professional development, spent, from 01.03.2016 to 31.07.2016, at the Institut für Klassische Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein of the University of Vienna (see above).
13. 11.2014 Admission with Kurzzeitstipendium and a Studierendenausweis to the first round of the programme German for Students of Classical Studies (GSCS), coordinated by Frau Professor Dr. Anja Bettenworth, at the Institut für Altertumskunde Klassische Philologie of the University of Cologne.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1. 10.2023 Lecture given to the postgraduate students of the MA degree in «Ancient History» at the «Department of History and Archaeology» of the University of Cyprus (Chair: Prof. Thedoros Mavrogiannis – Visiting Lecturer: Dr Ioannis Papadopoulos): «Dicere laudes: Domitian’s kingdom in the encomiastic poetry of Statius, Silvae 4.2 ».
2. 10.2023 Lecture given to the postgraduate students of the MA degree in «Ancient History» at the «Department of History and Archaeology» of the University of Cyprus (Chair: Prof. Thedoros Mavrogiannis – Visiting Lecturer: Dr Ioannis Papadopoulos): «Geopoetics and the poetry of praise in Flavian literature: the case study of Statius, Silvae 4.1».
3. 03.2023 Seminar given to the students of the BA degree in «Langues et lettres anciennes et modernes», in «Langues et lettres anciennes, orientation classiques », and in «Philosophy» at the Département des Sciences de l’Antiquité of the University of Liège in the framework of lessons pertaining to the teaching of Auteurs latins III [LCLA0077-A-a] (Chair: Professor Dominique Longrée): «Female jealousy in Roman comedy and Latin love elegy».
4. 03.2023 Seminar given to the students of the BA degree in «Langues et lettres anciennes et modernes», in «Langues et lettres anciennes, orientation classiques », and in «Philosophy» at the Département des Sciences de l’Antiquité of the University of Liège in the framework of lessons pertaining to the teaching of Auteurs latins II [LCLA0073-A-a] (Chair: Professor Dominique Longrée): «The literary afterlife of Queen Dido from the Augustan era to Late Antiquity».
5. 10.2018–30.10.2022 Teaching Assistant (“Cultore della materia”) at the Department of Humanities of the University of Foggia in three areas (“Latin Literature”, “Latin Rhetoric” and “Latin Theatre”) to Professor Grazia Maria Masselli (Professor of Latin language and literature).
6. 03.2018 Seminar given to the students of the MA degree in Classics and the MA degree in Modern Philology at the Department of Humanities of the University of Macerata in the framework of lessons pertaining to the teaching of Classical Philology – Module B (Chair: Professor Claudio Micaelli): «Riscrivere ‘Medea’ a Roma: exempla letterari tardo-antichi in lingua latina».

Prizes, awards & distinctions

• 2018: Winner of the Prize awarded by the Delegation of Catania "Q. Cataudella" of the "Italian Association of Classical Culture" (A.I.C.C.) for the best MA thesis in 'Latin Language and Literature' – Supervisors: Prof. Gianpiero Rosati –Prof. Giovanni Salanitro (Italian Association of Classical Studies / Associazione Italiana di Cultura Classica (AICC))
• 2014: Admission with Kurzzeitstipendium and a Studierendenausweis to the first round of the programme German for Students of Classical Studies (GSCS), coordinated by Frau Professor Dr. Anja Bettenworth (Institut für Altertumskunde Klassische Philologie of the University of Cologne)
• 2020: PhD Visiting Research Fellowship (School of Classics of the University of St Andrews)

Research fellowships

• 2023 - 2025: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Cofund Fellowship—European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 101034403, supported by the Onisilos Cofund Fellowship Programme
• 2021 - 2023: Postdoctoral grant – renewed for the second year – awarded by the University of Liège (Belgium) to undertake post-doctoral research, at the the «Départment des Sciences de l’Antiquité» of the «Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres», in the topics “Ovidian Tex
• 2020 - 2020: Winner of a bursary to attend as speaker the Classical Association (CA) Annual International Conference 2020
• 2022 - 2022: Postdoctoral research fellowship (PDRF) awarded by the North-West University (NWU) of South Africa
• 2017 - 2021: Fully Funded 41 months (over 3 years) PhD scholarship provided by the Italian Ministry of Education (grade: 9.7 out of 10)
• 2018 - 2018: Winner of an AHRC Studentship, managed by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH), so as to undertake a PhD in Classics at the School of Classics of the University of St Andrews, covering Full-Time Home/EU Tuition Fees (£4,260 per year)
• 2018 - 2018: Winner of a stipend as PhD candidate in Classics at the School of Classics of the University of St Andrews of £15,000 per year from 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2021
• 2020 - 2020: Winner – first in ranking order among the participants of the PhD Doctoral Program in Linguistic, Philological, and Literary Studies of the University of Macerata – of a grant of 3,000 euros
• 2019 - 2020: Winner – first in ranking order for the academic year 2018/2019 – of the sole available SEMP (Swiss European Mobility Program) scholarship, connected with the activity of conducting research as part of the PhD Thesis at the University of Zurich (UZH)
• 2016 - 2016: Winner in session 2015/2016 – first in ranking order among 159 winners in category 03-Scienze Umanistiche e Linguistiche – of the scholarship Erasmus Plus spent at the University of Vienna
• 2016 - 2017: Winner in session 2016/2017 – first in ranking order among 130 winners in category 03-Scienze Umanistiche e Linguistiche – of the scholarship Erasmus Plus Research Scholarship spent at the LMU of Munich

Editorial boards

• 2018: International Journal of Classics and Christians «Sileno»
• 2023: International Journal of Classics «Les Études classiques»
• 2024: International Journal of Classics «Vichiana»
• 2025: International Book Series 'Performing Religions' (London, New York, Melbourne, Delhi)

Professional & learned societies

• 2024: Member, Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA)
• 2024: Member, Classical Association of Scotland – Glasgow & West Classics
• 2024 - 2024: Visiting Associate Member, Corpus Christi College Centre for the Study of Greek and Roman Antiquity at the University of Oxford (Institutional Host: Prof. Stephen Harrison)
• 2025 - 2025: Visiting Associate Member, Yale Department of Classics
• 2023: Member, International Ovidian Society
• 2021: Associate Researcher, Laboratoire d’Analyse Statistique des Langues Anciennes (L.A.S.L.A.)
• 2021: Member, Unité de Recherche ‘Mondes Anciens’ of the «Départment des Sciences de l’Antiquité» of the «Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres» of the «Université de Liège»
• 2011: Member, Italian Association of Classical Culture (AICC)
• Affiliated Member, Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH),

Selected international presentations

• 2025: «Confini geografici, spazi liminali e propaganda politica nella poesia latina di età imperiale: qualche esempio dalle Silvae di Stazio» (Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Antichità – Associazione Italiana di Cultura Classica (AICC) – Delegazione catanese «Q. Cataudella» (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Paolo Cipolla) ~ Università degli Studi di Catania)
• 2025: «Primum supervacuum est dissuadere rem factam: Geographical Space and Political Propaganda in Statius’ Silvae» (International Conference “Geopoetics and Political Propaganda in Neronian and Flavian Poetry” (Nicosia, 14-15 March 2025) – University of Cyprus)
• 2024: «Le molte vie dell'epigramma letterario romano: a proposito del 'dittico' ausoniano su Niobe» – Dottorato di Ricerca in 'Filologia e Storia del Mondo Antico' (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Andrea Cucchiarelli) (Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Antichità – Sapienza Università di Roma)
• 2024: «Percorsi di genere nell'epigramma letterario romano: l'esempio di Auson. ‘Epigr.’ 58 Green» (Laboratorio di Filologia e Letterature Classiche (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Giulio Vannini) -– DILEF - Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia – Università degli Studi di Firenze)
• 2024: «Rewriting Ovid’s Metamorphoses: the tale of Niobe in Ausonius’ epigrammatic poetry» (University of Glasgow – Classics Research Seminars & Lectures 2023-2024 (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Andrew Morrison))
• 2023: «Durat adhuc luctus matris, imago perit: the epigraphic and funerary aspects of Niobe’s speech in Auson. Epigr. 58 Green» (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München — Forschungsseminar Latinistik WiSe 2023/2024 (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Therese Fuhrer; Dr Andreas Ammann))
• 2023: «L’elegia al femminile: intersezioni di scenari comici nella poesia d'amore latina» (Università degli Studi di Catania – Dipartimento di Scienze Umanistiche (DiSUm) – Associazione Italiana di Cultura Classica (AICC) – Delegazione catanese «Q. Cataudella» (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Giovanni Salanitro))
• 2022: «Qualche riflessione sull’intermediazione letteraria nella produzione poetica latina di età augustea (e oltre): Riccardo Scarcia commentatore ed esegeta di Ovidio» (Università degli Studi di Roma ‘Tor Vergata’)
• 2022: «The sexual jealousy of women in Latin love elegy (Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Letterari (“DISLL”) (Seminar Convenors: Prof. Mattia De Poli; Prof. Davide Susanetti) – Università degli Studi di Padova)
• 2022: «Ovidian Textual Motifs in the Epigrams of Ausonius» (Institut für Klassische Philologie und Neulateinische Studien (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Wolfgang Kofler) – Universität Innsbruck)
• 2020: «Stereotipizzazione ed equivoco nel mimo letterario romano: alcuni esempi» (International Conference “Sub palliolo sordido. Studies on Greek and Roman Fragmentary Comedies” – Università degli Studi di Padova)
• 2020: «Ovid after Ovid: A case study of late antique intertextuality» (Research Seminars in Classics (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Lisa Irene Hau) – University of Glasgow)
• 2020: «Ovid, ekphrasis, and storytelling in Ausonius’ epigrammatic discourse» (Research Forum of the Excellence Special PhD programs “Distant Worlds” (DW) and “Promotionsprogramm Altertumswissenschaften” (PAW) coordinated by the Münchner Zentrum für Antike Welten (MZAW), as part of its research activities)
• 2019: «Reddidit artificis manus omnia, sed sine sensu: Aspects of Ovidian influence in the Epigrammatic Poetry of Ausonius» (Seminar für Griechische und Lateinische Philologie der Antike, des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit of the Universität Zürich (UZH))
• 2019: «Medeas Wahn» (PhD research seminars of Anthropologie des Rituals coordinated by Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Kohl (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt) – Ludwig-Maximilians Universität (LMU) München)
• 2019: «L’epigramma letterario tardoantico tra finzionalità proginnasmatica ed esemplarità mitopoietica: il caso della ‘Niobe’ di Ausonio» (International Conference “Stylistique de l’épigramme à Rome” (Saint-Étienne - Lyon 16-17 May 2019), organized jointly by the Université Jean Monnet and the Université Lumière Lyon 2)
• 2019: «Mythos and the epigrammatic poetry of Late Antiquity: some case studies of the ‘Nachleben’ of Ovid» (PAW (Promotionsprogramm Altertumswissenschaften) Kolloquium – Ludwig-Maximilians Universität (LMU) München)
• 2019: «La Medea cunctans di Anth. Lat. 102 Riese2 (= 91 Shackleton Bailey): echi e variazioni della ‘Medeae fabula’ nella poesia in lingua latina di età tardoantica)» (Ludwig- Maximilians Universität (LMU) München – Forschungsseminare Latinistik, Wintersemester 2018/19 (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Therese Fuhrer))
• 2018: «Myth and the Marginalisation of Women in Late Antique Poetry and Society» (International Conference Marginalisation from Rome to Byzantium – British School at Rome)
• 2017: «Un esempio di riscrittura del mito in età tardoantica: la 'Dido Bobiensis'» (Ludwig- Maximilians Universität (LMU) München – Forschungsseminare Latinistik, Wintersemester 2016/17 (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Therese Fuhrer))

Supplementary

• PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS 01.06.2022-31.08.2025: Participation as PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR in the following research project: «Literary Reflections on Geography, Politics, and Propaganda in Neronian and Flavian Poetry», being awarded of a Marie Curie Research Fellowship in 'Latin Literature and Roman History' within the framework of the Onisilos project which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 101034403. 01.01.2022-31.12.2024: Participation as COORDINATOR (together with Prof. Dominique Longrée– Principal Investigator– and Prof. Marc Vandersmissen) in the research project «Motifs textuels ovidiens et écriture épistolaire dans la littérature latine tardo-antique : une approche textométrique», which has been receiving funding from the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S.- FNRS) since January 2022. 01.10.2021-31.12.2024: Participation as COORDINATOR (together with Prof. Dominique Longrée–Principal Investigator– and Prof. Marc Vandersmissen) in the research project «Ovidian Textual Motifs in Late Antiquity», which has been receiving funding from the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S.-FNRS) since 2019 (PDR 31295872, 2019-2022). 01.10.2021-present: Affiliated to the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH), funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR) through the Department of Excellence Project. 18.05.2019-31.12.2022: Collaboration with the University of Strasbourg and the University of Haute-Alsace (Mulhouse) as editor of the entries «Calvus, C. Licinius», «Cinna, C. Helvius», and «Femme [section 7 and sections 12-15]» of the «Dictionnaire de l’épigramme littéraire dans l’antiquité grecque et romaine» (Brepols Publishers, Turnhout, Belgium, 2022), coordinated by Doris Meyer and Céline Urlacher-Becht (Scientific Commettee: Kathryn Gutzwiller, Alfredo Mario Morelli, Évelyne Prioux) – Research Program: UMR 7044 Archimède focused on «L'épigramme grecque et latine : ses contextes et ses lecteurs de l’époque hellénistique à l’Antiquité tardive». TEACHING EXPERIENCE 05.10.2023: Lecture given to the postgraduate students of the MA degree in «Ancient History» at the «Department of History and Archaeology» of the University of Cyprus (Chair: Prof. Thedoros Mavrogiannis – Visiting Lecturer: Dr Ioannis Papadopoulos): «Dicere laudes: Domitian’s kingdom in the encomiastic poetry of Statius, Silvae 4.2 ». 02.10.2023: Lecture given to the postgraduate students of the MA degree in «Ancient History» at the «Department of History and Archaeology» of the University of Cyprus (Chair: Prof. Thedoros Mavrogiannis – Visiting Lecturer: Dr Ioannis Papadopoulos): «Geopoetics and the poetry of praise in Flavian literature: the case study of Statius, Silvae 4.1». 21.03.2023: Seminar given to the students of the BA degree in «Langues et lettres anciennes et modernes», in «Langues et lettres anciennes, orientation classiques », and in «Philosophy» at the Département des Sciences de l’Antiquité of the University of Liège in the framework of lessons pertaining to the teaching of Auteurs latins III [LCLA0077-A-a] (Chair: Professor Dominique Longrée): «Female jealousy in Roman comedy and Latin love elegy». 15.03.2023: Seminar given to the students of the BA degree in «Langues et lettres anciennes et modernes», in «Langues et lettres anciennes, orientation classiques », and in «Philosophy» at the Département des Sciences de l’Antiquité of the University of Liège in the framework of lessons pertaining to the teaching of Auteurs latins II [LCLA0073-A-a] (Chair: Professor Dominique Longrée): «The literary afterlife of Queen Dido from the Augustan era to Late Antiquity». 30.10.2018–30.10.2022: Teaching Assistant (“Cultore della materia”) at the Department of Humanities of the University of Foggia in three areas (“Latin Literature”, “Latin Rhetoric” and “Latin Theatre”) to Professor Grazia Maria Masselli (Professor of Latin language and literature). 14.03.2018: Seminar given to the students of the MA degree in Classics and the MA degree in Modern Philology at the Department of Humanities of the University of Macerata in the framework of lessons pertaining to the teaching of Classical Philology – Module B (Chair: Professor Claudio Micaelli): «Riscrivere ‘Medea’ a Roma: exempla letterari tardo-antichi in lingua latina». ADMINISTRATION 01.10.2021-present: Responsible for monitoring and keeping updated the Latin section of the library of the «Départment des Sciences de l’Antiquité» of the University of Liège by ordering books for the post-doctoral «Projet de recherche F.R.S.-FNRS-PDR FNRS 2019». Duties include checking catalogues of publishers, ordering books, liaising with the Chief Librarian, and dealing with the Professor of Latin in charge of the project about financial matters and authorizing the orders. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 14.03.2025-15.03.2025: PRINCIPAL ORGANISER of the International Conference «Geopoetics and Political Propaganda in Neronian and Flavian Poetry» – Speakers: Annemarie Ambühl (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz), Laura Aresi (University degli Studi di Firenze), Chiara Battistella (Università degli Studi di Udine), Sergio Casali (Università degli Studi di Roma ‘Tor Vergata’), Valentino D’Urso (Università degli Studi di Salerno), Luigi Galasso (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano), Bruce Gibson (University of Liverpool), Mark Heerink (University of Amsterdam), Nicola Lanzarone (Università degli Studi di Salerno), Francesca Romana Nocchi (Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”), Fabio Nolfo (University of Cyprus/University of Glasgow), Costas Panayotakis (University of Glasgow), Sophia Papaioannou (University of Athens), Angeliki Roumpou (Academy of Athens), Spyridon Tzounakas (University of Cyprus); Pieter Johannes van den Broek (University of Amsterdam); 07.11.2024-08.11.2024: PRINCIPAL ORGANISER of two research seminars – respectively, entitled «Between Domitian and Trajan: Riverine imagery in Martial’s Epigrams» and «Gloriae nostrae numquam largior fluxit (31.6): The rivers of Pliny’s Panegyric » – held at the ‘Faculty of Letters’ of the University of Cyprus by Dr Francesco Cannizzaro (Università degli Studi di Palermo) and fully funded (= 1500 euros) within the research activities promoted by the Career Development Plan of the MSCA / Onisilos Cofund Fellowship; 07.12.2023-08.12.2023: PRINCIPAL ORGANISER of two research seminars – respectively, entitled «Places and τόποι: Geography and Encomium in Statius’ Silvae: 1. Some controversial cases of intertextuality» and «Places and τόποι: Geography and Encomium in Statius’ Silvae: 2. Textual problems and literary interpretation» – held at the ‘Faculty of Letters’ of the University of Cyprus by Dr Antonino Pittà (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano) and fully funded (= 1500 euros) within the research activities promoted by the Career Development Plan of the MSCA / Onisilos Cofund Fellowship; 17.07.2023: ANONYMOUS REFEREE for the international scientific journal of Classics «Les Études classiques» published by Peeters; 14.03.2023: ANONYMOUS REFEREE for the international scientific journal of Classics «Eikasmós. Quaderni bolognesi di filologia classica» founded by Enzo Degani in 1990 (Class A ANVUR); 29.03.2023-30.03.2023: PRINCIPAL ORGANISER – together with Prof. Dominique Longrée (University of Liège) and Prof. Costas Panayotakis (University of Glasgow) – of the online International Conference «Ovidian poetry and its afterlife: new approaches and perspectives» – Speakers: Laura Aresi (University of Florence), Chiara Battistella (University of Udine), Sergio Casali (University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’), Bruce Gibson (University of Liverpool), Gian Luca Gregori (University of Rome ‘Sapienza’), Simon Grund (University of Tübingen), Andreas Michalopoulos (University of Athens), Damien Nelis (University of Genève), Carole Newlands (Universiy of Berkeley), Robert Kirstein (University of Tübingen), Sophia Papaioannou (University of Athens), Lisa Piazzi (University of Pisa), Joe Watson (University of Warwick), Giovanni Zago (University of Florence), Ioannis Ziogas (University of Duhram); 04.10.2022: PRINCIPAL ORGANISER of two research seminars – respectively, entitled «The material culture of the theatre of the ancient mime» and «Editing fragments of Republican comic drama» – held at the Département des Sciences de l’Antiquité of the Université de Liège by Prof. Costas Panayotakis (University of Glasgow) and fully funded (= 920 euros) by the Unité de Recherche ‘Mondes Anciens’; 01.04.2020-31.05.2021: PRINCIPAL ORGANISER – leading a group of five postgraduate students – of the International Workshop of the Promotionsprogramm Altertumswissenschaften (PAW) entitled «The Power of Anonymity in the Material, Historical, and Literary Cultures of the Ancient World» (18-19 June 2021) – Adviser: Frau Prof. Dr. Ruth Bielfeldt (LMU München). The workshop was awarded the sum of 4500 euros by the LMU Graduate Center and the Münchner Zentrum für Antike Welten (MZAW); 01.12.2018: EXTERNAL REFEREE for the Eighth AIUCD Annual Conference (Udine, 22 January - 25 February 2019); 01.09.2018: ANONYMOUS REVIEWER, in the autumn semester of 2018, for issue No. 5 (2019) of «Umanistica Digitale», the platinum open access journal of the Italian Association of Digital Humanities (AIUCD - Associazione per l’informatica umanistica e la cultura digitale); 11.11.2017: EXTERNAL REFEREE for the Seventh AIUCD Annual Conference (Bari, 31 January - 2 February 2018); 05.12.2016: EXTERNAL REFEREE for the Sixth AIUCD Annual Conference (Rome, 26-28 January 2017); 05.06.2016: EXTERNAL REFEREE for the Fifth AIUCD Annual Conference (Venice, 7-9 September 2016). ENGAGEMENT BEYOND THE ACADEMY 07.07.2021: «Report of the PAW International Event The Power of Anonymity». Co-authored with Marco Besl, Alexandra Holler, Felix Rauchhaus, Antonia Vanca, and Junjie Zhou, and published in the «MZAW Newsletter» 9/2, 2021, p. 5 [https://www.mzaw.unimuenchen.de/download/newsletter/newsletter2021-2.pdf]; 20.01.2021: «The Power of Anonymity in the Ancient World». Co-authored with Marco Besl, Alexandra Holler, Felix Rauchhaus, Antonia Vanca, and Junjie Zhou, and published in the «MZAW Newsletter» 9/1, 2021, p. 3 [https://www.mzaw.unimuenchen.de/download/newsletter/newsletter_1-2021.pdf]; 16.07.2020: «Ovid in der Spätantike: ein Beispiel intertextueller Gestaltung». Published in the «MZAW Newsletter» 8/2, 2020, p. 6 [https://www.mzaw.unimuenchen.de/download/newsletter/newsletter_2-2020_2.pdf]; 28.09.2018: «Rileggere Ovidio in età tardoantica: a proposito della fortuna dei classici nel mondo antico (e oltre)». Presentation given to the general public in the city of Macerata at the Researcher’s European Night / Sharper 2018; 19.05.2018: «L’intertestualità condivisa nell’era delle culture digitali». Presentation given to school pupils in Syracuse (Sicily) during the Conference La scena, il libro, la rete at the State High School and Lyceum ‘T. Gargallo’; 30.05.2014 «Intertestualità e tecniche del ‘vertere’: icone del mito classico nella tradizione letteraria romana». Presentation given to school pupils in Catania during the Awards Ceremony of Certamen Latinum Aetnaeum in the Aula Magna of ‘Galileo Galilei’ State High School and Lyceum and in relation to the activities of the Associazione Italiana di Cultura Classica (and of the Centrum Latinitatis Europae).

 ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIPS

1. 02.2025-28.02.2025: Visiting Associate Member of the Yale Department of Classics (Head of Department: Prof. Noel Lenski – Institutional Host: Prof. Kirk Freudenburg);
2. 01.01.2025-present: Assistant Editor (“Segretario di Redazione”) of the International Journal of Classics and Christians «Sileno» (Class A ANVUR);
3. 31.05.2024-present: Member of the ‘Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA)’, international non-profit organization established and supported by the European Commission;
4. 01.04.2024-present: Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Classics «Vichiana» (Class A ANVUR);
5. 22.02.2024-present: Member of the Classical Association of Scotland – Glasgow & West Classics;
6. 14.01.2024-09.03.2024 (= Hilary Term 2024): Visiting Associate Member of the Corpus Christi College Centre for the Study of Greek and Roman Antiquity at the University of Oxford (Institutional Host: Prof. Stephen Harrison);
7. 26.06.2023-present: Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Classics «Les Études classiques» (published by Peeters);
8. 15.03.2023-present Member of the International Ovidian Society (IOS);
9. 01.10.2021-present Member of the Staff of the Laboratoire d’Analyse Statistique des Langues Anciennes (L.A.S.L.A.);
10. 01.10.2021-present Member of the Unité de Recherche ‘Mondes Anciens’ of the «Départment des Sciences de l’Antiquité» of the «Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres» of the «Université de Liège»;
11. 01.01.2018–present: Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Classics and Christians «Sileno» (Class AANVUR);
12. 01.01.2011–present Member of the Italian Association of Classical Culture (AICC) – Delegation of Catania “Q. Cataudella”.

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1. 03.2025-15.03.2025: Primary Organiser of the International Conference «Geopoetics and Political Propaganda in Neronian and Flavian Poetry» – Speakers: Annemarie Ambühl (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz), Laura Aresi (University degli Studi di Firenze), Chiara Battistella (Università degli Studi di Udine), Sergio Casali (Università degli Studi di Roma ‘Tor Vergata’), Valentino D’Urso (Università degli Studi di Salerno), Luigi Galasso (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano), Bruce Gibson (University of Liverpool), Mark Heerink (University of Amsterdam), Nicola Lanzarone (Università degli Studi di Salerno), Francesca Romana Nocchi (Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”), Fabio Nolfo (University of Cyprus/University of Glasgow), Costas Panayotakis (University of Glasgow), Sophia Papaioannou (University of Athens), Angeliki Roumpou (Academy of Athens), Spyridon Tzounakas (University of Cyprus); Pieter Johannes van den Broek (University of Amsterdam);
2. 07.11.2024-08.11.2024: Principal Organiser of two research seminars – respectively, entitled «Between Domitian and Trajan: Riverine imagery in Martial’s Epigrams» and «Gloriae nostrae numquam largior fluxit (31.6): The rivers of Pliny’s Panegyric » – held at the ‘Faculty of Letters’ of the University of Cyprus by Dr Francesco Cannizzaro (Università degli Studi di Palermo) and fully funded (= 1500 euros) within the research activities promoted by the Career Development Plan of the MSCA / Onisilos Cofund Fellowship;
3. 07.12.2023-08.12.2023: Principal Organiser of two research seminars – respectively, entitled «Places and τόποι: Geography and Encomium in Statius’ Silvae: 1. Some controversial cases of intertextuality» and «Places and τόποι: Geography and Encomium in Statius’ Silvae: 2. Textual problems and literary interpretation» – held at the ‘Faculty of Letters’ of the University of Cyprus by Dr Antonino Pittà (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano) and fully funded (= 1500 euros) within the research activities promoted by the Career Development Plan of the MSCA / Onisilos Cofund Fellowship;
4. 17.07.2023: Anonymous referee for the international scientific journal of Classics «Les Études classiques» published by Peeters;
5. 14.03.2023: Anonymous referee for the international scientific journal of Classics «Eikasmós. Quaderni bolognesi di filologia classica» founded by Enzo Degani in 1990 (Class A ANVUR);
6. 29.03.2023-30.03.2023: Principal Organiser – together with Prof. Dominique Longrée (University of Liège) and Prof. Costas Panayotakis (University of Glasgow) – of the online International Conference «Ovidian poetry and its afterlife: new approaches and perspectives» – Speakers: Laura Aresi (University of Florence), Chiara Battistella (University of Udine), Sergio Casali (University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’), Bruce Gibson (University of Liverpool), Gian Luca Gregori (University of Rome ‘Sapienza’), Simon Grund (University of Tübingen), Andreas Michalopoulos (University of Athens), Damien Nelis (University of Genève), Carole Newlands (Universiy of Berkeley), Robert Kirstein (University of Tübingen), Sophia Papaioannou (University of Athens), Lisa Piazzi (University of Pisa), Joe Watson (University of Warwick), Giovanni Zago (University of Florence), Ioannis Ziogas (University of Duhram);
7. 04.10.2022: Principal Organiser of two research seminars – respectively, entitled «The material culture of the theatre of the ancient mime» and «Editing fragments of Republican comic drama» – held at the Département des Sciences de l’Antiquité of the Université de Liège by Prof. Costas Panayotakis (University of Glasgow) and fully funded (= 920 euros) by the Unité de Recherche ‘Mondes Anciens’;
8. 01.04.2020-31.05.2021: Principal Organiser – leading a group of five postgraduate students – of the International Workshop of the Promotionsprogramm Altertumswissenschaften (PAW) entitled «The Power of Anonymity in the Material, Historical, and Literary Cultures of the Ancient World» (18-19 June 2021) – Adviser: Frau Prof. Dr. Ruth Bielfeldt (LMU München). The workshop was awarded the sum of 4500 euros by the LMU Graduate Center and the Münchner Zentrum für Antike Welten (MZAW);
9. 01.12.2018: External referee for the Eighth AIUCD Annual Conference (Udine, 22 January - 25 February 2019);
10. 01.09.2018: Anonymous reviewer, in the autumn semester of 2018, for issue No. 5 (2019) of «Umanistica Digitale», the platinum open access journal of the Italian Association of Digital Humanities (AIUCD - Associazione per l’informatica umanistica e la cultura digitale);
11. 11.11.2017: External referee for the Seventh AIUCD Annual Conference (Bari, 31 January - 2 February 2018);
12. 05.12.2016: External referee for the Sixth AIUCD Annual Conference (Rome, 26-28 January 2017);
13. 05.06.2016: External referee for the Fifth AIUCD Annual Conference (Venice, 7-9 September 2016);

SELECT INVITED RESEARCH PAPERS

1. 15.04.2025 «Confini geografici, spazi liminali e propaganda politica nella poesia latina di età imperiale: qualche esempio dalle Silvae di Stazio» – Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Antichità – Associazione Italiana di Cultura Classica (AICC) – Delegazione catanese «Q. Cataudella» (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Paolo Cipolla) ~ Università degli Studi di Catania;
2. 15.03.2025 «Primum supervacuum est dissuadere rem factam: Geographical Space and Political Propaganda in Statius’ Silvae» – International Conference “Geopoetics and Political Propaganda in Neronian and Flavian Poetry” (Nicosia, 14-15 March 2025) – University of Cyprus;
3. 27.11.2024 «Le molte vie dell'epigramma letterario romano: a proposito del 'dittico' ausoniano su Niobe» – Dottorato di Ricerca in 'Filologia e Storia del Mondo Antico' (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Andrea Cucchiarelli) – Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Antichità – Sapienza Università di Roma;
4. 21.11.2024 «Percorsi di genere nell'epigramma letterario romano: l'esempio di Auson. ‘Epigr.’ 58 Green» – Laboratorio di Filologia e Letterature Classiche (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Giulio Vannini) -– DILEF - Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia – Università degli Studi di Firenze;
5. 20.03.2024 «Rewriting Ovid’s Metamorphoses: the tale of Niobe in Ausonius’ epigrammatic poetry» – University of Glasgow – Classics Research Seminars & Lectures 2023-2024 (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Andrew Morrison);
6. 07.11.2023 «Durat adhuc luctus matris, imago perit: the epigraphic and funerary aspects of Niobe’s speech in Auson. Epigr. 58 Green» – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München — Forschungsseminar Latinistik WiSe 2023/2024 (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Therese Fuhrer; Dr Andreas Ammann);
7. 18.04.2023 «L’elegia al femminile: intersezioni di scenari comici nella poesia d'amore latina»  Università degli Studi di Catania – Dipartimento di Scienze Umanistiche (DiSUm) – Associazione Italiana di Cultura Classica (AICC) – Delegazione catanese «Q. Cataudella» (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Giovanni Salanitro);
8. 04.11.2022 «Qualche riflessione sull’intermediazione letteraria nella produzione poetica latina di età augustea (e oltre): Riccardo Scarcia commentatore ed esegeta di Ovidio» – Università degli Studi di Roma ‘Tor Vergata’;
9. 22.04.2022 «The sexual jealousy of women in Latin love elegy» – Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Letterari(“DISLL”) (Seminar Convenors: Prof. Mattia De Poli; Prof. Davide Susanetti) – Università degli Studi di Padova;
10. 19.01.2022 «Ovidian Textual Motifs in the Epigrams of Ausonius». Institut für Klassische Philologie und Neulateinische Studien (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Wolfgang Kofler) – Universität Innsbruck;
11. 15.10.2020 «Stereotipizzazione ed equivoco nel mimo letterario romano: alcuni esempi» – International Conference “Sub palliolo sordido. Studies on Greek and Roman Fragmentary Comedies” – Università degli Studi di Padova;
12. 06.03.2020 «Ovid after Ovid: A case study of late antique intertextuality». Research Seminars in Classics (Seminar Convenor: Dr Lisa Irene Hau) – University of Glasgow;
13. 31.01.2020 «Ovid, ekphrasis, and storytelling in Ausonius’ epigrammatic discourse» – Research Forum of the Excellence Special PhD programs “Distant Worlds” (DW) and “Promotionsprogramm Altertumswissenschaften” (PAW) coordinated by the Münchner Zentrum für Antike Welten (MZAW), as part of its research activities;
14. 21.10.2019 «Reddidit artificis manus omnia, sed sine sensu: Aspects of Ovidian influence in the Epigrammatic Poetry of Ausonius» – Seminar für Griechische und Lateinische Philologie der Antike, des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit of the Universität Zürich (UZH);
15. 18.07.2019 «Medeas Wahn» – PhD research seminars of Anthropologie des Rituals coordinated by Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Kohl (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt) – Ludwig-Maximilians Universität (LMU) München;
16. 17.05.2019 «L’epigramma letterario tardoantico tra finzionalità proginnasmatica ed esemplarità mitopoietica: il caso della ‘Niobe’ di Ausonio» – International Conference “Stylistique de l’épigramme à Rome” (Saint-Étienne - Lyon 16-17 May 2019), organized jointly by the Université Jean Monnet and the Université Lumière Lyon 2;
17. 15.02.2019 «Mythos and the epigrammatic poetry of Late Antiquity: some case studies of the ‘Nachleben’ of Ovid». PAW(Promotionsprogramm Altertumswissenschaften) Kolloquium – Ludwig-Maximilians Universität (LMU) München;
18. 29.01.2019 «La Medea cunctans di Anth. Lat. 102 Riese² (= 91 Shackleton Bailey): echi e variazioni della ‘Medeae fabula’ nella poesia in lingua latina di età tardoantica)» – Ludwig-Maximilians Universität (LMU) München – Forschungsseminare Latinistik, Wintersemester 2018/19 (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Therese Fuhrer);
19. 27.06.2018 «Myth and the Marginalisation of Women in Late Antique Poetry and Society» – International Conference Marginalisation from Rome to Byzantium – British School at Rome;
20. 07.02.2017 «Un esempio di riscrittura del mito in età tardoantica: la 'Dido Bobiensis'» – Ludwig-Maximilians Universität (LMU) München – Forschungsseminare Latinistik, Wintersemester 2016/17 (Seminar Convenor: Prof. Therese Fuhrer).

ADMINISTRATION

 01.10.2021-present Responsible for monitoring and keeping updated the Latin section of the library of the Départment des Sciences de l’Antiquité of the University of Liège by ordering books for the post-doctoral «Projet de recherche F.R.S.-FNRS-PDR FNRS 2019». Duties include checking catalogues of publishers, ordering books, liaising with the Chief Librarian, and dealing with the Professor of Latin in charge of the project about financial matters and authorizing the orders.

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Address:

Dr Fabio Nolfo, University of Glasgow, School of Humanities (Classics), 65 Oakfield Avenue, Glasgow G12 8LP