Biography

I obtained a degree in Classics (Erstes Staatsexamen in Latin and Greek, 2002) and History (Erstes Staatsexamen, 2005) as well as a PhD in Classics at the University of Würzburg. Having enjoyed scholarships from the State of Bavaria and the International Centre for the Study of Herculaneum Papyri (2002-2005), I worked as a research assistant at the University of Oxford (2006-2007), and researcher at the University of Würzburg (2007-2009). In 2010, I was appointed Akademischer Rat at Würzburg University (in 2019 promoted to Akademischer Oberrat). Since then I have been teaching papyrology, Greek and Latin literature, and Digital Humanities at the University of Würzburg. In addition, in 2019 I was appointed Associate Professor of Papyrology at Cà Foscari, teaching papyrology and digital humanities, and acting as deputy director of the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities. The latter job ended in 2024, but I still feel part of the thriving comunity at and around the Venice Centre.

Project Abstract

The project investigates the eternity of the gods and their existence in a boundless time. The aim is to reconstruct the Epicurean doctrine in this point on the basis of a new edition in ancient source text and to place this doctrine in the philosophical tradition of antiquity. The new source is a passage from Philodemus's theological work De dis (PHerc. 152/157). It contains a lengthy discussion about the gods' eternity (αἰώνιον). The goal is to reconstruct the correct order of fragments, edit the text based on a fresh autopsy and analyse Philodemus's position in the ancient philosophical tradition.

Curriculum vitae

Education

02/2024

Habilitation in Klassischer Philologie (Würzburg)

06/2023

Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale, fascia I, Filologia Classica e Tardoantica

12/2009

Dr. phil. Würzburg 11/2005 Erstes Staatsexamen für Lehramt an Gymnasien in history

06/2002

Erstes Staatsexamen für Lehramt an Gymnasien in Latin and Greek Professional experience

Academic Positions

26/8/2019 – 4/8/2024

Professore associato in papyrology, Università Ca’ Foscari, Venice

10/2018 – 01/2019

Invited Visiting Researcher for ERC-Project PLATINUM

05/2009 – present

Lecturer (Akademischer Rat) in Classics, Papyrology and Digital humanities, University of Würzburg (since 2013 permanent, since 2019 senior lecturer)

08/2007 – 04/2009

Researcher "Digitalisierung der Würzburger Papyrussamlung"

09/2006 – 07/2007 and 07-09/2004

Research Assistant in papyrology (Dirk Obbink), University of Oxford

Selected Publications

2011. Glückselig und unsterblich. Epikureische Theologie bei Cicero und Philodem. Mit einer Edition von PHerc. 152/157, Kol. 8-10, Basel: Schwabe. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426913001262.

2022. "Epikurs theologische Aussagen bei Cicero und Philodem." In Zwischen Skepsis und Staatskult. Neue Perspektiven auf Ciceros "De natura deorum", Palingenesia 134, edited by Christopher Diez and Christoph Schubert, 79-93. Stuttgar: Franz Steiner. https://doi.org/10.25162/9783515133272.

2019. "Copy-Paste in der Antike." ZPE 212: 1-24.

2017. "P.Herc. 152/157 – an Author's Master Copy." Segno e Testo 15: 57-80.

2014. "Space and Movement in Philodemus' De dis 3: an Anti-Aristotelian Account." In Space in Hellenistic Philosophy. Critical Studies in Ancient Physics, edited by Graziano Ranocchia, Christoph Helmig and Christoph Horn, 101-123. Berlin: Boston. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110365856.101.