Prof. Dr. Anja Wolkenhauer

More information, CV and current research can be found on the Homepage.

More information, CV and current research can be found on the Homepage.

Dr. Giuseppe Eugenio Rallo

After obtaining his B.A. in Classics (2013) and his M.A. in Classical Philology (2015) from the University of Palermo, he completed his PhD School of Classics at St. Andrews University in 2022. His monograph Laughing at domestica facta: Identity construction in mid-Republican Rome through the lens of the Togata (2024) deepens our understanding of strategies and forms that are deployed by dramatists in the Roman Republic to reflect the Romans' self-perception. In addition to his teaching activities at the University of St. Andrews, Dr. Rallo has published various contributions and is co-editor of a number of collective volumes focused on Roman theater and ancient comedy. Since 2022, he has been a post-doctoral researcher associated with the “Versio latina” project. In this context, he worked on case studies analysing (school) dramas, such as Samuel Brooke's Adelphe, tracing the complex tension between early modern translation and adaptation. 

Dr. Bernhard Söllradl

Following his studies in Classics and English at the University of Vienna (2008-2015), he obtained his Phd at his alma mater. His doctoral thesis focused on the interplay of myth, politics, and ideology in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica. The monograph was published in 2023 as Valerius Flaccus, Vespasian und die Argo. Zur zeithistorischen Perspektivierung des Mythos in den Argonautica (Memnosyne Supplements 470). Currently, he is further extending his research in his new project “Configurations of Genre in Flavian Epic Poetry” at the Paris Lodron University Salzburg (PLUS). In 2021, he also published a partial edition  (Latin text with introduction, translation, and commentary) of the Res Gestae Scotorum by Scottish bishop John Lesley (1527-1596). In cooperation with the “Versio latina” project, he deepened his research into John Lesley's historiographical work, focusing on Lesley's self-translation, comparing the vernacular and Latin versions. Additionally, he also published his new monograph “John Lesley (1527 – 1596) – Historiographie als politische Intervention. Schottland in Zeiten der Reformation” in 2024. 

Moana Toteff

After completing her Bachelor's degree (2016-2020: B.Ed. Latin/English), she studied Latin, English, and English Literatures and Cultures at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen (M.Ed. Latin/English; M.A. English Literatures and Cultures). Her Master thesis analyzed women’s letters of the early Middle Ages. In addition to other student assistant positions, she worked as a student assistant for the DFG-Project “Versio latina” from 2022 to 2023. During this time, she worked on the current CVlat, which deals with collecting and researching early modern translations from vernacular languages into Latin. Since October 2023, she has been working on her doctoral thesis in the context of the CRC "Different Aesthetics" and research project C4 “Intermediality as a starting point of aesthetic reflection in Dutch graphic prints of the early modern period.”

Caterina Blech

Caterina Blech studied German language and literature, Latin philology, medieval Latin philology, and Spanish philology at the University of Freiburg. During this time she worked as a student assistant for the Chair of Medieval Studies held by Burkhard Hasebrink. Her interest in linguistic comparisons solidified in the early stages of her academic training. In addition to the reciprocal interaction between German and Latin literary languages, her main interests also included the various forms of literary scholarship in Latin poetry. After graduating (Erstes Staatsexamen), she undertook further training and qualification in the field of German as a foreign language. As a (visiting) lecturer she not only developed her own teaching concepts but consolidated her teaching skills. Caterina Blech currently works as an academic assistant for Frank Bezner's Chair of Medieval Latin at the Department of Greek and Latin Philology at the University of Freiburg. In her dissertation, she examines the nineteenth-century Latin translations of Goethe's Roman Elegies, which led to a fruitful collaboration with the DFG project Versio latina.