PhD / ECR Research Projects
This list below provides an overview of PhD and postdoctoral research projects undertaken at UK universities in the field of Neo-Latin studies (broadly defined) that have been reported, to provide information on current research.
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An overview of current Neo-Latin PhD projects currently undertaken at French universities can be found here:
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A list of PhD projects in Classics in the UK and Ireland is available here:
Didier Natalizi Baldi
PhD Thesis / Research project title:
- Edition, Translation, and Commentary of the Dramatic Works of Bernardino Stefonio (1560-1620)
- Edition, Translation, and Commentary of the Poetic Works (and relevantepistulae) of Geronimo Aliotti (1412-1481)
- Edition, Translation, and Commentary of the Latin and Greek Poetry of Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
University:
University of Oxford
Department:
Faculty of Classics
Expected submission/completion date:
~2027
Edward Taylor
PhD Thesis / Research project title:
Bilingual News: Latin and Vernacular Media in Early Modern Britain, c.1580-1730
This project is being undertaken through a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (2024-2027).
University:
University of Birmingham
Department:
Department of History
Expected submission/completion date:
April 2027
Stefano Cianciosi
PhD Thesis / Research project title:
Ancient Latin Epics in Girolamo Vida’s Christiad
Currently completing an edition, including an Italian translation and commentary, of Naldo Naldi’s De Laudibus Augustae Bibliothecae (1486–1487)
University:
Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford
Department:
Classics
Expected submission/completion date:
3/8/2022
Cynthia Liu
PhD Thesis / Research project title:
Current project: Latin treatments and translations of Chinese poetry (part of a larger project Neo-Latin Texts in and about East Asia).
Completed project: English critical edition and commentary of E.S. Piccolomini’s Chrysis (Bloomsbury)
University:
University of Oxford
Department:
Classics
Expected submission/completion date:
NA