I graduated from Heidelberg University (Germany) in 2022 with a Master of Arts in Classics and Egyptology. In July 2026, I defended my Ph.D. thesis on “Nomen belli–Der Bürgerkrieg und seine Sprache in Lucans Bellum Civile im Vergleich mit Statiusʼ Thebais und ägyptischen Krisenbeschreibungen” at Cologne University (Germany). I was a visiting scholar at institutions in Germany (Mainz) and the US (FSU Tallahassee, UC Davis, Hamilton College New York).
My research centers around Latin poetry, language use, and comparative studies between Classics and Egyptology. Current projects include a study on Lucan as a language critique and the comparison of literary reactions to internal struggles in an edited conference volume. In addition, I am interested in language pedagogy and the relation between teaching modern and ancient language since I am also teaching German as a foreign language.
Recent Conference Participations:
“And yet they move. The Criticism of Egyptian Script in Lucan’s Pharsalia”, Signs in Motion: Hieroglyphic Transformation from Late Period Egypt to Rome, New York, NY (October 2026)
“I Keep Silent! – Or Not? Transcultural Approaches to a Rhetoric of Silence in Ancient Literature on Crisis”, IV International Symposia of the Portuguese Society of Rhetoric, Coimbra (July 2026)
“Materna vis in bello. Women’s Epic Self-Portrayal in Statius’s Thebaid and Lucan’s Pharsalia”, WCC 2026, Cincinnati, Oh.
“‘Magnus, be great!’ Puns on Names as Transcultural Expression of Social Expectations in Lucan’s Pharsalia and the Pyramid Texts of Teti”, CAMWS 2026, Mobile, Al.
Conference Organization (together with Margherita Coughlan): “Language in Crisis, Crisis in Language, Language on Crisis. Interdisciplinary Perspectives From Antiquity to Modern Times”, online, University of Cologne (November 2025)