Researcher in Sub-Project 5
Contact
Orsola Lorena Purcaro
University of Innsbruck
Department for Classical Philology and Neo-Latin Studies
room 06E010 (6th floor)
Innrain 52a (Ágnes-Heller-Haus)
A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
email: orsola.purcaro@uibk.ac.at
Biography
CV
- 2000: Born in Naples, Italy
- 2019: High School Diploma (Humanistic/Liceo Classico)
- 2019–2022: BA in Classics, University of Naples Federico II
- 2022–2024: MA in Classical Philology, University of Naples Federico II
- 2022–2025: Fellow Student at the Scuola Superiore Meridionale (Naples)
- Since January 2026: Pre-doc in the project Neo-Latin Translations: Bilingual Editions for Early Modern Readers (PI: Federica Rossetti), part of the FWF research initiative Neo-Latin in the Modern World
Fellowship and Research Experiences
- 01/09/2025 – 30/09/2025: Neo-Latin Fellowship at The Institute for Classical Philology and Neo-Latin Studies (University of Innsbruck)
- 01/2025 – CURRENT: Member of the research team for FRA 2024: “Words of War. Classical reception and political propaganda”, Naples, Federico II
- 12/2023 – CURRENT: Part of the research group engaged in the cataloguing of the oldest manuscripts of the Società Napoletana di Storia patria (11th-16th century).
- 20/05/2024 – 01/06/2024 Fellowship at the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici. Scholarship (Call 01/2025BF) for participation in the seminar: Una esplorazione inesauribile. Seminari sul mondo antico e sulla sua tradizione
- 18/04/2024 – 24/04/2024: Dissertation research period at the Scuola Normale Superiore
- Tutor: Prof. Giulia Ammannati, on the basis of current agreements with the Scuola Superiore Meridionale.
- 12/2023 – 02/2024: Research stay at the Universiteit Leiden (as fellowship student),
- Tutor: prof. C. Pieper; study of the ms preserved at the Leiden University Library, Voss. Lat. O 15, autograph of Ademaro di Chabannes.
Research Interests
- Classical Philology
- Neo-Latin Philology
- History of Philology and the Classical Tradition
- Manuscript and Early Print Culture
- Bilingual Editions in the Early Modern Period
Publications
- “La fabulosa storia del codice SNSP, ms XXI.B.23 contenente la Vita greca di san Gennaro”. Journal Name: ARCHIVIO STORICO PER LE PROVINCE NAPOLETANE | Volume, Issue and Pages: vol. CXLIV (forthcoming) | Publisher: Società Napoletana di Storia Patria
Talks
- 17/01/2026: Metageitnia, 16. – 17. Jänner 2026, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck – Rezeption in der Vormoderne
- 25/11/2025: Young Researchers on New Ancient Greek and Neo-Latin Studies’ (DUTH – KU LEUVEN – UOI)
- 13/11/2025: “Traducendo per il re”: Metodi, modelli e manoscritti delle traduzioni dal greco per Alfonso d’Aragona. Connected with the project Words of War, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II.
- 25/09/2025: Final talk for the Neo-Latin fellowship at the Institut für Klassische Philologie und Neulateinische Studien.
- 10/07/2025 Presentation, in FIEC 2025: Wrocław, 17 Congress th of the Fédération internationale des associations d’études classiques
- 01/10/2024: 4th meeting of the Study Seminars Parrhasiana Online, dedicated to the humanist Aulo Giano Parrasio. Scientific Committee: Giancarlo Abbamonte, Antonietta Iacono, Rita Saviano, Fabio Stok.
O. Lorena Purcaro’s Contributions and Activities
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On 14 April 2026, the SRA team had the pleasure of meeting Prof. Paolo Rondinelli (Università Telematica Pegaso), invited to Innsbruck by Prof. Christine Franziska Konecny to give a lecture on his recent critical edition of Francesco Serdonati’s Proverbi Italiani. We are very pleased with the stimulating exchange of ideas and perspectives we had with…
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During the 45th Metageitnia which took place in Innsbruck from 16-17 January 2026, some of our younger team members gave talks about their research. Delila Jordan: Allegoria und imitatio in Servius’ Eklogenkommentar: Tobias Heiss: Metrophanes Kritopoulos’ griechische Rede zum Weihnachtsfest 1625 an der Universität Altdorf: Maximilian Pierl: Lehrgedicht, gelehrte Dichtung, gedichtete Lehre? Zur Definition und…
