Orazio PORTUESE
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His research focuses on Latin literature and Classical and Late Antique philology, with particular emphasis on the manuscript transmission of ancient texts, textual criticism, the history of classical scholarship, and the processes of reception, rewriting, and transformation of the classical tradition. A central strand of his work is devoted to the Epigrammata Bobiensia, investigated from philological, exegetical, rhetorical, and transmission-historical perspectives. Other major areas of interest include Archaic, Augustan, and Late Antique Latin poetry, with studies on Naevius, Plautus, Catullus, Horace, Virgil, Ovid, and Ausonius; Latin metrics and textual editing; the relationship between Greek and Latin literary models; epigrammatic literature; and the dynamics of imitation, parody, and literary memory. In recent years, his research has also expanded to encompass the study of Humanistic miscellanies, the circulation of Classical excerpta in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Sicily, the application of Digital Humanities methodologies to manuscript heritage, and representations of the East in Latin literature, with particular attention to processes of cultural interaction between Rome and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Orazio Portuese (Catania, 1985) is Associate Professor of Latin Language and Literature in the Department of Humanities at the University of Catania. His scholarly training developed under the guidance of Professor Rosa Maria D’Angelo, formerly Full Professor of Latin Language and Literature at the University of Catania, with whom he pursued his specialization in Latin philology and literature. Since his undergraduate years, he has devoted particular attention to the manuscript tradition of ancient texts, Late Antique poetry, and the history of classical scholarship.
He was educated at both the University of Catania and the Scuola Superiore di Catania, where he was a student from 2004 to 2009 and obtained both the First-Level and Second-Level Diplomas with highest honours. He graduated summa cum laude in Classical Philology from the University of Catania under the supervision of Professor Rosa Maria D’Angelo. He subsequently earned a PhD in Greek and Latin Philology from the University of Parma and obtained the Diploma of Archivist-Palaeographer from the Vatican School of Palaeography, Diplomatics and Archival Studies, following its two-year advanced programme.
At the Scuola Superiore di Catania, he further refined his academic training through advanced courses taught by leading scholars, including Gian Biagio Conte, Salvatore Silvano Nigro, Santo Lucà, Walter Berschin, and Laurent Pernot. He also conducted periods of study and research at the Seminar für klassische Philologie of Heidelberg University, with which he continues to maintain longstanding scholarly and institutional collaborations.
He has obtained three National Scientific Qualifications (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale): in 2015 for the position of Associate Professor in Sector 10/D3 (Latin Language and Literature); in 2018 for Full Professor in the same sector; and in 2020 for Full Professor in Sector 10/D4 (Classical and Late Antique Philology). Both qualifications for Full Professorship were awarded unanimously by the respective national evaluation committees.
Alongside his research and teaching activities, he has held numerous academic leadership positions. Since September 2025, he has served as Rector’s Delegate for Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SH) at the University of Catania. Since November 2024, he has been President of the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Humanities (Lettere), and since December 2024 he has directed the interdepartmental research centre School for Saving Classics, dedicated to the preservation, study, and promotion of the Classical tradition in dialogue with contemporary culture. He is also a member of the Technical and Organisational Committee of the Giarrizzo Foundation, the Centre for Digital Humanities (CINUM), and the Centre for Cretan Archaeology (CEARC) at the University of Catania.
Over the years, he has held several positions in academic governance, including Vice-President of the Degree Programme in Humanities, member of the Degree Programme Quality Assurance Committee, Delegate of the Department Director for the monitoring of research grants and externally funded projects, coordinator of introductory courses in Classical Languages, and Delegate for Library Services. Since 2022, he has also chaired the University of Catania Subcommittee for the Latin Language Certification (CLL) of the Sicilian Region.
At the international level, he coordinates a Double Degree agreement between the Department of Humanities of the University of Catania and Heidelberg University, as well as four Erasmus+ Key Action 1 mobility agreements with the Universities of Jena, Saarland, Strasbourg, and the Democritus University of Thrace. He is also responsible for the Latin translations of the honorary degree diplomas awarded by the University of Catania.
His research focuses primarily on Latin literature, Classical and Late Antique philology, the manuscript transmission of ancient texts, the history of classical scholarship, and the reception of the Classical world. He serves as National Principal Investigator of the PRIN 2022 PNRR project EXCERPTA. Exploring Contents of Early Roman Period Taken from Anthologies (Sicily, Fifteenth–Sixteenth Centuries) and as National Substitute Principal Investigator of the PRIN 2022 project Roman Orientalism: Mapping Cultural Interactions through Latin Literature.
He is actively involved in scholarly publishing. He is Editor of the series Adiumenta Philologiae (Pàtron Editore) and Co-Editor of the series PhiloHumanistica. Sulle orme degli antichi (Pàtron Editore) and Isagogica (Algra Editore). He also serves on the editorial and advisory boards of several scholarly journals and series, including Filologia Antica e Moderna (Class A Journal), Pan. Rivista di Filologia Latina (Class A Journal), and Siculorum Gymnasium.
Since 2019, he has been a member of the Doctoral Board of the PhD programme Cultural Heritage Studies. Texts, Writings, Images at the University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara.
Orazio Portuese’s research activity lies at the intersection of Classical Philology, Latin Literature, and the history of textual transmission, combining philological and literary analysis with textual criticism, palaeography, codicology, and the history of classical scholarship. His work spans a broad chronological range, from Archaic Latin literature to Late Antiquity, with particular attention to the processes of transmission, rewriting, and reception of Classical texts.
A first and fundamental area of investigation concerns the manuscript tradition and the history of Latin scholarship. In this field, he has achieved significant results through his studies on the Epigrammata Bobiensia, to which he has devoted numerous publications. His research led to the identification of a previously unknown manuscript witness and to a comprehensive reconstruction of the textual tradition of the collection, presented in the monograph Gli Epigrammata Bobiensia. Storia della tradizione e nuova classificazione dei testimoni (Rome, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2017). This line of inquiry also includes studies on twentieth-century classical scholarship and the history of philology, exemplified by his edition of the correspondence between Augusto Campana and Franco Munari.
A second major research area focuses on Archaic and Augustan Latin poetry, with particular attention to Catullus, Naevius, Plautus, Virgil, Tibullus, Ovid, Vitruvius, and especially Horace. Within this framework he produced the critical edition and commentary of Catullus’ Poem 67 (Paideia, 2013), numerous studies on Augustan literature, and the annotated edition of Horace’s Epodes, Odes, and Carmen Saeculare (Rusconi, 2020). His research has consistently explored literary models, poetic self-fashioning, intertextuality, and cultural memory.
A third line of investigation concerns Late Antique Latin literature, epigrammatic poetry, and the reception of Classical models. In this context, he has devoted particular attention to the Epigrammata Bobiensia, Ausonius, and the transformation of literary genres between Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, with a focus on imitation, rewriting, and the creative re-elaboration of the Classical heritage.
In recent years, his research has increasingly expanded towards the history of Humanism, the transmission of Classical texts in Renaissance Sicily, Digital Humanities, and the study and valorisation of manuscript heritage, integrating traditional philological methodologies with digital tools. At the same time, he has developed research on the construction of cultural alterity in Latin literature and on the interactions between Rome and the East within the broader framework of Mediterranean cultural history.
The continuity and development of these research interests are reflected in an extensive record of funded research projects.
Funded Research Projects (Principal Investigator)
- 2023–2026 – PRIN 2022 PNRR EXCERPTA. Exploring Contents of Early Roman Period Taken from Anthologies (Sicily, Fifteenth–Sixteenth Centuries) (National Principal Investigator). The project investigates Humanistic miscellanies preserved in Sicilian libraries, the transmission of Greek and Latin excerpta, and the creation of digital tools for the study and dissemination of manuscript heritage. Funding: €225,806.
- 2020–2021 – TràdITA. The Art of Translation: Literary Models, Educational Practices, and Cultural Interactions in Late Antiquity (Principal Investigator). Starting Grant funded by the University of Catania within the 2020–2022 Research Incentive Programme.
- 2019–2020 – Prometeo Line 1 Project: Rhetorical-Literary Introduction and Commentary on Horace’s Odes (Principal Investigator). Funded by the Department of Humanities, University of Catania.
- 2017–2018 – Prometeo Line 1 Project: Preparation of an Edition of Horace’s Odes and Epodes with Translation and Philological Commentary (Principal Investigator). Funded by the Department of Humanities, University of Catania.
Funded Research Projects (Substitute Principal Investigator, Unit Leader, or Research Team Member)
- 2023–2026 – PRIN 2022 Roman Orientalism: Mapping Cultural Interactions through Latin Literature (National Substitute Principal Investigator and Head of the University of Catania Research Unit). The project investigates representations of the East in Latin literature and broader processes of cultural interaction within the Roman world. Total funding: €243,144.
- 2020–2022 – CAR. Carteggio Arangio-Ruiz: Digitisation, Transcription and Critical Analysis of the Vincenzo Arangio-Ruiz Correspondence (Research Team Member). Funded by the University of Catania within the 2020–2022 Research Incentive Programme.
- 2017–2023 – M.A.P.P.E.Com. Mediation and Alterity: “Primordial Words” for Communicating in Europe. Cultural Traditions and Classical Heritage for the Construction of a Contemporary European Identity (Research Team Member). Prometeo Line 3 Project included in the Department of Humanities’ Three-Year Research Programme.
- 2006–2010 – PRIN 2005 and 2007 “Musisque Deoque” (Member of the University of Catania Research Unit). Within the project, he contributed to the digital critical editions of Late Antique Latin texts, including the Epigrammata Bobiensia and selected Romulea of Blossius Aemilius Dracontius.
Academic Positions
- Associate Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Department of Humanities, University of Catania (2.10.2020–present).
- Fixed-term Researcher, type B (RTD-b), in Latin Language and Literature, Department of Humanities, University of Catania (2.10.2017–1.10.2020); selected through a public competitive procedure pursuant to Art. 24, paragraph 3, letter b, Law 240/2010 (SC 10/D3; SSD L-FIL-LET/04).
- Research Fellow in Latin Language and Literature, Department of Humanities, University of Catania (4.5.2015–3.5.2017); project: La “ich-Form” tra lusus neoterici e memorie mitico-elegiache: un itinerarium alle origini dell’autobiografia poetica latina (Scientific Supervisor: Rosa Maria D’Angelo).
- Visiting Researcher, Seminar für klassische Philologie, Universität Heidelberg (2013–2018).
- Subject Expert / Teaching Assistant (Cultore della materia), University of Catania (2013–2017).
- Research Collaborator, Department of Humanities, University of Catania (2.4.2013–15.9.2013), within PRIN 2009 Il dramma attico: problemi di esegesi, ecdotica e trasmissione. Ricezione nella letteratura erudita e nella retorica tardoantica (Head of the Catania research unit: A.M. Milazzo).
- Subject Expert / Teaching Assistant (Cultore della materia), University of Parma (2010–2012).
Education
- Diploma in Palaeography and Archival Studies, Vatican School of Palaeography, Diplomatics and Archival Studies (2014).
- PhD in Greek and Latin Philology, University of Parma (2013, XXV cycle); ranked first with scholarship; supervisor: G.G. Biondi; dissertation: Il carme 67 di Catullo. Edizione critica e commento.
- Second-Level Diploma, Scuola Superiore di Catania (2010, 70/70 cum laude); dissertation: Retorica e trasformazione del modello letterario in due epigrammi latini tardo-antichi (Epigr. Bob. 46 e 64 Sp.).
- MA in Classical Philology, University of Catania (2009, 110/110 cum laude); dissertation: Motivi satirici e parodia mitologica come tradizione letteraria negli Epigrammata Bobiensia.
- Visiting Student, Seminar für klassische Philologie, Universität Heidelberg (2009).
- First-Level Diploma, Scuola Superiore di Catania (2008, 70/70 cum laude); dissertation: Un esercizio retorico tardo-antico fra imitatio ed aemulatio. APl 137 ~ Epigr. Bob. 54 Sp.
- BA in Humanities and Philosophy, University of Catania (2007, 110/110 cum laude); dissertation: Gli Epigrammata Bobiensia fra modelli alessandrini e rielaborazione tardo-antica. Commento filologico-esegetico di Epigr. Bob. 53 Sp.
- Student of the Scuola Superiore di Catania (2004–2009); advanced courses with G.B. Conte, S.S. Nigro, B. Longhitano, S. Lucà, W. Furley, W. Berschin, L. Pernot.
- Classical High School Diploma, Liceo Classico “Quintino Cataudella”, Scicli (2004, 100/100).
- European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) (2003).
National Scientific Qualifications, Awards and Honours
National Scientific Qualifications
- ASN, Full Professor – Classical and Late Antique Philology (10/D4) (2020), unanimous evaluation.
- ASN, Full Professor – Latin Language and Literature (10/D3) (2018), unanimous evaluation.
- ASN, Associate Professor – Latin Language and Literature (10/D3) (2015).
Awards and Scholarships
- Fondazione D’Angelo Research Award (2010), including a research stay at the Fondation Hardt, Vandœuvres, Switzerland.
- Scholarship awarded by the Department of Culture of the Province of Ragusa (2010).
Membership of scientific societies MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
- 2024-ongoing: Corresponding Member of the ‘Accademia Cosentina’;
- 2024-ongoing: Full Member of the ‘World Philology Union’;
- 2024-ongoing: Ordinary Member of the ‘Accademia Raffaello’;
- 2024-ongoing: Corresponding Member of the ‘Accademia degli Euteleti’;
- 2023-ongoing: Member of the ‘Accademia Properziana del Subasio’;
- 2010-ongoing: Member of the ‘Alumni Assos.’ of the Scuola Superiore of Catania.
Funded Projects
Principal Investigator
- PRIN 2022 PNRR – EXCERPTA. EXploring Contents of Early Roman Period Taken from Anthologies (Sicily, XV-XVI cent.) (2023–2026), funding: €225,806; partners: University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara and Academy of Fine Arts of Catania.
- Starting Grant TràdITA. L’arte della traduzione. Modelli letterari, formazione scolastica e interazioni culturali in età tardoantica (2020–2021).
- Prometeo Linea 1 – Introduzione retorico-letteraria e commento alle Odi di Orazio (2019–2020).
- Prometeo Linea 1 – Preparazione di un’edizione delle Odi e degli Epodi di Orazio con traduzione e commento filologico-esegetico (2017–2018).
Substitute PI
- PRIN 2022 – Roman Orientalism: Mapping Cultural Interactions through Latin Literature (Ist c. BCE – IInd c. CE) (2023–2026); PI: M.C. Scappaticcio; funding: €243,144.
Research Team Member
- CAR. Carteggio Arangio-Ruiz (2020–2022).
- M.A.P.P.E.Com. Mediazione e Alterità: Parole “Primordiali” per Comunicare in Europa (2017–2023).
- PRIN 2005 and 2007 – Musisque Deoque (2006–2010); digital edition of the Epigrammata Bobiensia and selected Romulea of Dracontius.
Editorial Responsibilities, Scientific Boards and Peer Review
Editorial Series
- Co-Editor of Isagogica (Algra Editore), since 2025.
- Editor of Adiumenta philologiae (Pàtron Editore), since 2024.
- Co-Editor of PhiloHumanistica. Sulle orme degli antichi (Pàtron Editore), since 2024.
Scientific Boards
- Filologia Antica e Moderna (since 2022).
- Communitas. Quaderni di filologia, storia e archeologia (since 2022).
- TILIA. Trends in Latin: Insights and Approaches (since 2021).
- PhiloHumanistica. Sulle orme degli antichi (2019–2024).
Editorial Boards
- Pan. Rivista di Filologia Latina (since 2017).
- Siculorum Gymnasium. A Journal for the Humanities (since 2015).
Peer Reviewer
- Bollettino dei Classici
- Bollettino di Studi Latini
- Griseldaonline
- History of Classical Scholarship
- Paideia
- Pan
- Rivista di Cultura Classica e Medioevale
- Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica
- Siculorum Gymnasium
- Lexis
- Sileno
- L’Analisi linguistica e letteraria
Doctoral Education
- Member of the Doctoral Board of Cultural Heritage Studies. Texts, Writings, Images (University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara), cycles XXXV–XLII (since 2019).
- PhD supervisor, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara (since 2024).
- PhD co-supervisor, Universität Heidelberg (since 2024).
- PhD co-supervisor, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara (2021–2024).
- External examiner of PhD dissertations at the Universities of Parma, Naples Federico II and Perugia (2021–2026).
Institutional Responsibilities
University Governance
- Rector’s Delegate for Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SH), since 2025.
- President of the BA Programme in Humanities, since 2024.
- Director of the Interdepartmental Research Centre School for Saving Classics, since 2024.
- Vice-President of the BA Programme in Humanities, 2020–2024.
- Member of the Technical and Organisational Committee of the Fondazione Giarrizzo, since 2025.
- Delegate for Library Services, 2025.
- Member of CEARC – Centre for Cretan Archaeology, since 2025.
- Member of CINUM – Centre for Digital Humanities, since 2024.
- Member of the Departmental Committee for Orientation and Tutoring, 2023–2025.
- Member of the Quality Assurance Group of the BA Programme in Humanities, 2022–2025.
- Coordinator of introductory courses in Classical Languages, 2022–2025.
- Departmental Delegate for the monitoring of research fellowships and externally funded RTDA projects, 2022–2025.
- Chair of the University Subcommittee for the Latin Language Certification (CLL) of the Sicilian Region, since 2022.
- Member of the CLL Subcommittee, since 2020.
Scientific Responsibilities
- Supervisor of the PRIN 2022 PNRR EXCERPTA research fellowship held by G. Bovi, since 2024.
- Supervisor of the PRIN 2022 Roman Orientalism research fellowship held by A. Ruta, 2024–2025.
- Supervisor of the research fellowship La tradizione epistolografica latina e i suoi modelli greci held by A. Ruta, 2022–2024.
Internationalisation
- Coordinator of the Double Degree between the University of Catania and Universität Heidelberg, since 2018.
- Coordinator of Erasmus+ agreements with:
- Universität Heidelberg
- Universität Jena
- Universität des Saarlandes
- Université de Strasbourg
- Democritus University of Thrace
Other Roles
- Member of the University and Research Committee of CUSL, since 2020.
- Member of CUSL, since 2017.
- Tutor at the Scuola Superiore di Catania, since 2017.
- Mentor at the Scuola Superiore di Catania, since 2015.
- Member of the Evaluation Committee for Subject Experts / Teaching Assistants, 2017–2025.
- Judge of the Certamen Mutycense, XIV edition, 2025.
- Appointed translator into Latin of honorary degree diplomas awarded by the University of Catania.
Invited Lectures, Conference Papers and Seminars
2026
- Da Quintiliano ai social media: Metodologie interattive e strategie di comunicazione nella scuola del passato e del presente, webinar Universitalk. Università e scuola si incontrano (UniPegaso YouTube channel; organised by M.N. Iulietto), 29 April.
2025
- Verità e menzogna. La dicotomia del reale nella prospettiva di S. Agostino, Biblioteca Diocesana, Ragusa, closing event of the Certamen Augustinianum Ragusiense, 14 December.
- Presentation of the MA Programme in Classical Philology, Department of Humanities, University of Catania, 28 May.
- Welcome Day, BA Programme in Humanities, University of Catania, 1 October.
- Gli ‘Anecdota Bobio-Vaticana’ di Augusto Campana, LXXVI Convegno di Studi Romagnoli, Santarcangelo di Romagna, 3–4 October.
- ‘Respicere’. Archetipi classici e forme di ricezione moderna, Genius loci lecture series (organised by G. Mariotta), Scicli, 30 August.
- Strumenti per l’analisi e l’edizione di un testo latino: lessici, commenti e archivi digitali, Il giardino dei Novizi. Seminari metodologici per lo studio e la ricerca in ambito antichistico (organised by P.B. Cipolla), DISUM, University of Catania, 21 May.
- Dal verso eolico all’adattamento elegiaco: la particolare Rezeption ausoniana di Orazio, XVI Giornata Ghisleriana di Filologia classica (organised by F. Bordone), Collegio Ghislieri, 15–16 May.
- La religio di Varrone fra morale civica e parodia filosofica, Study Day Storia, Stato e civiltà tra avanzamento e decadenza. Agostino e la ricezione del pensiero politico romano (organised by A. Cristaudo), Catania, 9 May.
- Amasi e tribadi in Orazio: ambiguitas erotica o retorica?, conference Eredità classiche e narrazioni contemporanee dell’omosessualità (organised by S. Voce), University of Parma, 6 May.
- Non obiit sed abît: i ‘paradisi perduti’ di Ausonio, international conference Ad inferos. Lessico e immagini dell’aldilà tra latinità classica, medioevo e umanesimo (organised by G. Bandini, R.M. Danese, A. Torino), University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 12–13 March.
2023
- Le incertezze del futuro: ἔπος e γνώμη in Epigr. Bob. 42 Sp., Il Calamo della memoria X-2023, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 17–18 October.
- La gloria poetica di Orazio e Properzio tra itinera letterari e fata librari, XXIV International Conference Il viaggio poetico in Properzio tra illusione e realtà, Accademia Properziana del Subasio, Assisi, 25–28 May.
- Bruto contro il tiranno. Alle origini della libertas repubblicana, dialogue with Mario Lentano and Orazio Licandro, I lunedì del Classico series, University of Catania, 5 May.
- Sulle tracce del subarchetipo degli Epigrammata Bobiensia: testimonianze documentarie e fonti letterarie, Nell’officina del filologo. Seminari di studio di filologia classica series (invited by L. Bravi), PhD Programme in Cultural Heritage Studies. Texts, Writings, Images, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, 14 March.
2022
- La lyra di Orazio: carmina per la lettura o Lieder ante litteram?, University of Palermo (invited by A. Casamento), 19 December.
- Treccani–Giunti TVP WebTV webinar with Francesco Ursini: Orazio e Virgilio, perché leggerli oggi: la poesia antica e lo sguardo sul presente, 14 December.
2021
- Res aedificatoria come riflesso della retorica del potere. La città antica fra usus e magnificentia nelle fonti letterarie latine, Doctoral School, University of Palermo, Memoria, spazio e identità in Grecia e a Roma lecture series, 14 October.
2020
- Catullo: un influencer d’altri tempi, Open Day, Department of Humanities, University of Catania, 28 January.
2019
- Sulla tradizione degli Epigrammata Bobiensia tra XV e XVIII secolo, Study Day Profili di poesia latina tardoantica (invited by A. Luceri), Roma Tre University, 20 November.
- Catullo nelle probationes pennae degli umanisti: qualche esempio, III International Conference of Catullan Studies si qui forte mearum ineptiarum lectores eritis (invited by G.G. Biondi and A. Agnesini), University of Parma, 2 October.
- Fictio retorica e tecnica progymnasmatica negli Epigrammata Bobiensia. Alcuni esempi, University of Palermo (invited by A. Casamento), 23 May.
- Catullo e Lesbia: mille baci, milioni di followers, Open Day, Department of Humanities, University of Catania, 20 February.
2018
- Ovidio fra erudizione alessandrina, Subjektivität lirica e patetica Empfindung, University of Catania, 5 November.
- Luoghi reali e luoghi ideali. Il concetto di spazio nella letteratura classica, University of Udine, course in Cultura letteraria dell’antichità classica (invited by C. Battistella), 19 April.
- Representative of the President of the Scuola Superiore di Catania at the award ceremony of the Agone di Lingua e Cultura Greca “Roberto Carpino”, Liceo Classico “N. Spedalieri”, Catania, 13 April.
- Tradizione manoscritta e tecnica retorica degli Epigrammata Bobiensia. Alcune riflessioni, Friday Classics Seminar series (invited by M. De Nonno), Roma Tre University, 16 February.
- Catullo e il concetto di amore: dal soggettivismo all’evocazione allusiva della società contemporanea, Notte nazionale del liceo classico, I.I.S. “Q. Cataudella”, Scicli, 12 January.
2017
- L’epifania di Giano in Ov. fast. 1, 93-100: un esempio di mixtio generum, international conference In toto semper ut orbe canar. Ovidio: il poeta, l’arte, la tradizione, Chieti, 14–16 December.
- Gli Epigrammata Bobiensia: sulle tracce della loro tradizione, Pillole di ricerca, Scuola Superiore di Catania, 9 November.
- Le clausole metriche nelle orazioni ciceroniane, III Preparatory Course for the Certamen Ciceronianum Arpinas, Scuola Superiore di Catania, 28 April.
2016
- Dal codice scenico alle ‘variabili’ delle nugae di Catullo: per una prospettiva diacronica della versificazione eolica a Roma, Round Table I versi eolici. Da Alceo a Giovanni Pascoli, Summer School of Greek Metre and Rhythm I metri eolici. Forma e Fortuna, University of Urbino, 5–9 September.
- Studiare Lettere classiche a Catania, II Preparatory Course for the Certamen Ciceronianum Arpinas, Scuola Superiore di Catania, 9 April.
- Verba poetica nella prosa di Cicerone, II Preparatory Course for the Certamen Ciceronianum Arpinas, section Le opere retoriche di Cicerone, Scuola Superiore di Catania, 8 April.
- Basia, deliciae e… ‘twitter’ d’amore: la puella di Catullo, Open Day, Department of Humanities, University of Catania, 29 February.
2015
- La filologia classica fra Catania e Heidelberg, Euraxess Roadshow 2015. Una carriera internazionale nella ricerca, Teatro Machiavelli, Catania, 16 November.
2011
- I marginalia di Francesco Pucci al carme 67 di Catullo, I National Seminar for PhD Students and PhD Holders in Latin Studies, Consulta Universitaria di Studi Latini, Sapienza University of Rome, 25 November.
2009
- Lo Schlussdistichon di Epigr. Bob. 54, 9 sg.: una sfragis indipendente?, CUSL Conference Latinum est, et legitur, University of Calabria, 4–6 November.
2007
- Medea: dal testo all’ipertesto digitale. APl 136 ~ Epigr. Bob. 53, Conference Poesia latina, nuova e-filologia. Opportunità per l’editore e per l’interprete, Perugia, 13–15 September.
Organisation of Conferences, Workshops and Seminars
2026
- Organisation of the seminar Cicerone e la demagogia, delivered by A. Balbo (University of Turin), 10 April.
- Organisation, with M.C. Scappaticcio and A. Schiesaro, of the PRIN conference Roma e l’Oriente. Rappresentazioni e contatti interculturali nella letteratura latina (I sec. a.C.-II sec. d.C.), Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, 5–6 February (PRIN 2022 Roman Orientalism).
- Organisation and coordination of the VII Preparatory Course for the Certamen Ciceronianum Arpinas, Scuola Superiore di Catania, 9–12 April.
- Organisation, with F. Pontani, A. Camerotto and G. Galeani, of the second Catania edition of Classici Contro – Demos. Il popolo che resiste, il popolo che accoglie, Catania, 5 March.
- Organisation, with M. Centanni, P.B. Cipolla, V. Damiani, G. Giardina, O. Licandro, D. Malfitana, A. Ruta and G. Strano, and in collaboration with the Scuola Superiore di Catania, of Dialoghi sul Classico, a seminar series in Classical Studies promoted by the Research Centre School for Saving Classics (SAFI3-funded project):
- 13 April: Patrizia Laspia (University of Palermo), Aristotele e la teoria dell’universo vivente;
- 17 April: Anna Motta (University of Naples Federico II), Poesia e filosofia: una lettura del Simposio di Platone; Mauro Tulli (University of Pisa), Tucidide tragediografo: il personaggio di Atreo nell’Archeologia;
- 20 April: Giovanni Brizzi (formerly University of Bologna), Dall’esercito oplitico alla legione manipolare. La nascita delle strutture militari antiche;
- 27 April: Arnaldo Marcone (formerly Roma Tre University), Luca fra tradizione storiografica giudaica ed ellenistica;
- 4 May: Cristina Rognoni (University of Palermo), Lingua e cultura greco-bizantina nella Sicilia del XII secolo: i documenti della prassi giuridica;
- 11 May: Monica Centanni (IUAV – University of Catania) and Lorenzo Coccoli (University of Catania), La città impura.
2025–2026
- Organisation and coordination of the specialised course for students of the Scuola Superiore di Catania L’epigramma greco-latino: forme, funzioni e percorsi di ricezione umanistico-rinascimentale (A.Y. 2025/2026); lecturers: J.D. Keyser (University of Exeter / University of Turin), L. Floridi (University of Bologna), P. Paolucci (University of Perugia).
- Organisation of a lecture series on Ecdotica e metrica dei testi latini at the Department of Humanities, University of Catania, entrusted to Visiting Professor Domenico Giordani.
2025
- Organisation, with A. Manganaro, of the seminar La memoria dei classici nel Petrarca lettore e autore, delivered by L. Chines (University of Bologna), 3 December (School for Saving Classics).
- Organisation of the inaugural international conference of the Interdepartmental Research Centre School for Saving Classics, Il mito di Orfeo dalle radici alla riscrittura umanistica, Scuola Superiore di Catania, 17 November.
- Organisation, with M. Centanni, P.B. Cipolla, V. Damiani, G. Giardina, O. Licandro, D. Malfitana, A. Ruta and G. Strano, of I lunedì del Classico, a seminar series in Classical Studies promoted by the Research Centre School for Saving Classics:
- 10 March: introductory study day;
- 24 March: Paolo Cesaretti (University of Bergamo), Giustiniano e Teodora: “pubblica rovina dell’umana stirpe”?;
- 7 April: Armando Bisogno (University of Salerno) and Riccardo Chiaradonna (Roma Tre University), Intelligenza naturale vs. Intelligenza tecnica;
- 23 April: Stefano Rapisarda and Orazio Licandro (University of Catania), Astrologia e politica, da Cesare a Ronald Reagan;
- 5 May: Elena Caliri (University of Messina), Il potere (il)legittimo di Genserico e la strategia mediterranea dei Vandali;
- 19 May: Monica Centanni, Paolo B. Cipolla, Giuseppe Palazzolo, Odisseo alla sbarra. Processo all’eroe dai molti versi;
- 22 May: Emilio Gentile, Mario Mazza, Emanuele Stolfi, Orazio Licandro, Santo Mazzarino. La lezione di un maestro;
- 3 June: Maurizio Massimo Bianco (University of Palermo), ‘Guardarsi indietro’. Padri e figli nella palliata.
- Organisation, with G. Bovi, of the panel Latin Manuscript Tradition between the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance: Case Studies and Research Perspectives, 16th Celtic Conference in Classics, Coimbra, 15–18 July.
- Organisation of the seminar Un perfetto uomo di stato, delivered by E.R. D’Amanti (Niccolò Cusano University), Scuola Superiore di Catania, 1 April.
- Organisation and coordination of the VI Preparatory Course for the Certamen Ciceronianum Arpinas, Scuola Superiore di Catania, 31 March–3 April.
- Organisation, with F. Pontani, A. Camerotto and G. Galeani, of the first Catania edition of Classici Contro – Parrhesia. Libertà di parola, Catania, 14 January.
2024–2025
- Organisation of a lecture series on Ecdotica e metrica dei testi latini at the Department of Humanities, University of Catania, entrusted to Visiting Professor Domenico Giordani.
2024
- Organisation of the seminar Un perfetto uomo di stato, delivered by A. Borgna (University of Eastern Piedmont), Scuola Superiore di Catania, 20 April.
- Organisation and coordination of the V Preparatory Course for the Certamen Ciceronianum Arpinas, Scuola Superiore di Catania, 18–21 April.
2023
- Organisation and moderation of the round table (S)chool for (S)aving (C)lassics. Nuove prospettive sugli studi di antichistica: dalla Scuola Superiore di Catania al contesto internazionale, Scuola Superiore di Catania, 28 November.
- Organisation of the colloquium by F. Berardi (University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara), Parole, immagini ed emozioni: leggere il De oratore nell’epoca dei social, Scuola Superiore di Catania, 14 April.
- Organisation and coordination of the IV Preparatory Course for the Certamen Ciceronianum Arpinas, Scuola Superiore di Catania, 13–16 April.
2021–2022
- Organisation and coordination of the specialised course of the Scuola Superiore di Catania La poesia per musica nel mondo greco e romano; lecturers: A. Casamento (Palermo), L. Bravi (Chieti-Pescara), A. Meriani (Salerno).
2020–2021
- Organisation and coordination of the specialised course of the Scuola Superiore di Catania Vitae, epistulae, inscriptiones. Dimensione pubblica e identità privata nelle fonti latine letterarie, papirologiche ed epigrafiche; lecturers: M.C. Scappaticcio (Naples Federico II), F. Stok (Rome Tor Vergata), F. Gasti (Pavia).
2019
- Organisation and coordination of the V Preparatory Course in Latin Language and Literature, Tecnica didascalica e retorica della persuasione in Lucrezio, Scuola Superiore di Catania, 14–17 March, aimed at preparing students for the Certamen Lucretianum Naoniense.
- Organisation and coordination, with R.M. D’Angelo, of the regular course Forme e funzioni dell’epigramma greco-latino, Scuola Superiore di Catania; lecturers: M. De Nonno (Roma Tre), P. Paolucci (Perugia), E. Magnelli (Florence).
- Annual organisation, since 2015, of preparatory courses in Latin Language and Literature at the Scuola Superiore di Catania, aimed at preparing students for national Latin Certamina.
2018
- Organisation and coordination, with R.M. D’Angelo, of the IV Preparatory Course in Latin Language and Literature, Lucrezio e la bellezza del cosmo, Scuola Superiore di Catania, 5–8 April, aimed at preparing students for the Certamen Lucretianum Naoniense.
2017
- Organisation and coordination, with R.M. D’Angelo, of the III Preparatory Course for the Certamen Ciceronianum Arpinas, Scuola Superiore di Catania, 27–30 April.
2016
- Organisation and coordination, with R.M. D’Angelo, of the II Preparatory Course for the Certamen Ciceronianum Arpinas, Scuola Superiore di Catania, 7–10 April.
2015
- Organisation and coordination, with R.M. D’Angelo, of the I Preparatory Course for the Certamen Ciceronianum Arpinas, Scuola Superiore di Catania, 20–22 February.