Category: Riccardo Stigliano
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Today, Riccardo Stigliano was welcomed at the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa for the next two months, where he’ll be working alongside Professor Geoffrey Greatrex under the Doctoral Mobility Program (DMP). His project builds directly on Professor Greatrex’s own scholarship, which includes a commentary on the first two books…
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From 24 to 29 August 2026, the University of Vienna hosted the 25th International Congress of Byzantine Studies (ICBS), the world’s largest academic gathering dedicated to the Byzantine Empire, its history, and its culture. Held under the patronage of Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen and themed “Byzantium beyond Byzantium,” the congress attracted approximately 1,500 scholars…
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Riccardo Stigliano, PhD student at our Institute, had the privilege of participating in the Byzantine Greek Summer School organized by the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Vienna. This intensive two-week program offered daily language sessions at advanced levels, covering a wide array of Late Antique and Medieval Greek texts…
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On 17 June 2026, our department had the honor of hosting Dr. Larisa Ficulle Santini (Austrian Academy of Sciences) and Professor Anna Maria Taragna (University of Turin). They presented a joint paper in a double Guest Talk, organized by our fellow Riccardo Stigliano, titled: In and Beyond the Female Body. Between Reproductive Control and Renunciation…
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On 21 and 22 May 2026, our related project Scanderbegus Latinus (PI Stefan Zathammer), in collaboration with Prof. Gentiana Kera (Department of History, University of Tirana), hosted a two-day international workshop dedicated to the representation of Skanderbeg in Early Modern literature at the University of Tirana. The workshop was formally opened by Prof. Mark Marku,…
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On the invitation of our Related Project “Scanderbegus Latinus – The Image of Skanderbeg in Neo-Latin Literature”, Prof. Gentiana Kera (University of Tirana) gave a guest lecture on Thursday, 7 May 2026, entitled “Teaching the Past: Skanderbeg and History Education in Socialist Albania”. In her lecture, Prof. Kera examined how the portrayal of Skanderbeg and…
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Riccardo Stigliano, MA, researcher in the SFB‑related project Scanderbegus Latinus – The Image of Skanderbeg in Neo‑Latin Literature at the University of Innsbruck (Department of Classical Philology and Neo‑Latin Studies), has been awarded a doctoral mobility grant by the University of Ottawa. Stigliano is enrolled in a joint PhD program with the University of Pisa and will…
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On April 22, 2026, Federica Rossetti and Riccardo Stigliano delivered a lecture for Master and PhD students in the Degree Program in Philology at Roma Tre University. The session focused on the reception of the Orphic Argonautica in Italian Humanism, combining close readings from the original Greek text with passages from Basinio da Parma’s Argonautica. By…