Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr. Koen De Temmerman
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ancient fiction, biography, hagiography, ancient rhetoric, physiognomy, narratology, literary theory, character(ization) |
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Postdoctoral team members
Dr. Evelien Bracke
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Novel Echoes |
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Greek mythology, Greek epic, The concept of metis, Inclusivity of Classics, The impact of Classics learning |
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Dr. Nicolò D’Alconzo
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Novel Echoes |
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ancient Greek novels, fiction, ekphrasis, ancient reception of novels |
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Dr. Olivier Demerre
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Latin to Greek. The latinity of the ancient Greek love novel |
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Greek and Latin novels, ancient rhetorical theory and practice, trial-scenes in Greek and Latin literature, Greek and Latin interactions, literary representations of love in Greek and Latin texts |
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Dr. Benjamin De Vos
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Reception of Sophistic and Platonic philosophy in the Pseudo-Clementine literature |
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First and Second Sophistic, early Christian and apologetic literature, Classical and Hellenistic philosophy, literary theory |
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Dr. Claire Rachel Jackson
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Novel Echoes |
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ancient fiction, ancient Greek novels, theory of fiction, reception of ancient novels in Late Antiquity and Byzantium |
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Dr. Tine Scheijnen
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“The Romance between Greece and the West.” Heroes and Heroines in Middle-English medieval narrative |
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Greek and Latin epic from Homer to imperial times, western romance, heroic characterization, Troy narratives |
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Dr. Julie Van Pelt
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Miracle or Magic? The Figure of the ‘Magos’ in Byzantine Hagiography |
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literary theory, hagiography, ancient fiction, theory of fiction, New Historicism, Byzantine literature |
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PhD students
Ms Emma Huig
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The Holy Romance. Characterization and concepts of fiction in Italo-Greek hagiography
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literary theory, narratology, hagiography, Byzantine literature, ancient and Byzantine Greek fiction |
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Visiting Scholars
Prof. Dr. Saiichiro Nakatani (†) (1972-2023)
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The reception of the ancient Greek novel from late antiquity to early modern Europe |
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ancient novel, narrative technique, classical reception, history of prose fiction, translation, bibliography |
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Dr. David Cohen
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Idiolekt in den Elektra-Tragödien von Aischylos, Sophokles und Euripides. |
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dialects, idiolects, Greek language, translation studies in ancient languages |
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Ms. Nina Ogrowsky
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The spaces of the Ancient Greek Novel. |
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literary theory, narratology, conceptual metaphor theory, intertextuality, space, ancient Novel, Greek Imperial literature |
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Former team members
Dr. Annelies Bossu
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Quick-witted women: literary studies of female characters in the Latin post-Nicene passions of the martyrs (sup. Prof. D. Praet; co-sup. Prof. K. De Temmerman) (FWO, 2010-2014) |
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Dr. Ghazzal Dabiri
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Farid al-Din ‘Attar and the Writing of Sufi Saints Lives: Between Genre, Audience Milieu, and Literature (ERC Novel Saints, 2015-2018) |
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Dr. Annunziata Di Rienzo
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Holiness and Power in Syriac Hagiographic Collections (BOF UGent/La Sapienza, Rome, 2015-2019) |
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Dr. Simon Ford
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Erotic Love and Desire in Late Antique and Medieval Hagiography (ERC Novel Echoes, 2020-2022) |
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Dr. Peter Newey
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Φιλοτιμότατος καì φιλοδοξότατος: Titus Quinctius Flamininus, the man and his portrayal by Plutarch (sup. Prof. K. Demoen; co-sup. Prof. K. De Temmerman) (2007-2012) |
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Dr. Mara Nicosia
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Novel Echoes |
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Aramaic studies, Reception of Greek literature and philosophy in the Near East, Syriac rhetoric, Near Eastern narratives, Greek into Syriac, Contact linguistics |
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Dr. Thierry Oppeneer
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The Rhetoric of Democracy. Elites and Popular Power in Second Sophistic Literature (2014-2018) |
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Kirsten Ricquier
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Novel Saints in Byzantine hagiography (ERC Novel Saints, 2017-2018) |
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Dr. Flavia Ruani
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Critical edition and translation of the Syriac Martyrdom of Saba and Life of Saba (ERC Novel Saints, 2014-2018) |
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Dr. Ellen Söderblom Saarela
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Late antique and medieval receptions of ancient novels in western vernaculars (ERC Novel Echoes, 2020-2022) |
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Dr. Klazina Staat
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In Good Faith. Belief and Credibility in Late Antique Latin Hagiographical Narratives of Chaste Spouses (ERC Novel Saints, 2014-2018) |
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Student helpers
Merel Van Nieuwerburgh (2023)
Anne Lanckriet (2022-2023)
Sien Denduyver (2022-2023)
Elisabeth Callewaert (2022-2023)
Mathijs Clement (2021-2022, 2022-2023)
Marthe Nemegeer (2021-2022)
Lotte Van Olmen (2017-2018)
Emma Vanden Berghe (2016-2017)
Interns
Pauline De Groote (2014-2015)
Lotte Van Olmen (2017-2018)
Robbe Vande Velde (2018-2019)
Associated members
Prof. Dr. Alberto Camplani (La Sapienza – University of Rome)
Prof. Dr. Kristoffel Demoen (Ghent University)
Prof. Dr. Marco Formisano (Ghent University)
Prof. Dr. John Morgan (Swansea University)
Prof. Dr. Danny Praet (Ghent University)
Prof. Dr. Michael Williams (Maynooth University)