Zhang-Baduel on ‘patria’

Working on an Oxford DPhil in Ancient History, Hanzi Zhang-Baduel explores the perceptions of homeland in late antiquity: ‘My research explores the transformation of the concept of patria in the West from the middle of the third century to the…

Benedetti on Provincials and Barbarians

Pedro Benedetti took his doctorate at the University of São Paulo with a thesis on the relations between the Roman provincial populations and the barbarians in 4th- and 5th-century Gaul: ‘As relações entre as populações provinciais romanas e os bárbaros…

Stähle on Rupture in the Carmina

Ann-Kathrin Stähle got her doctorate at the University of Basel (2022, summa cum laude, supervisor Prof. Henriette Harich-Schwarzbauer): ‘…quid poema frangat? Zur Poetik des Bruchs in den Carmina des Sidonius Apollinaris’.

Fiorentini on Tyrants

Marzia Fiorentini (University of St Andrews – Sapienza Università di Roma) passed her viva with the PhD thesis ‘Tyrants in Late Antiquity: A Rhetorical and Historical Analysis of Claudian and Sidonius’, supervised by Roger Rees and Gianfranco Agosti. Abstract: The…

Viva Willum Westenholz

Willum Westenholz is to defend his doctoral thesis ‘Sidonius Apollinaris Letters Book 6: A Commentary’ on the 25th of February at 17:00h. University of Vienna Supervisor: Prof. Danuta Shanzer See announcement here, where you’ll also find the link to join…

Rush: Landscapes Along the 5th-C. Rhône

Richard Rush is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Riverside (United States of America). In his dissertation, “Landscapes along the Fifth-Century Rhône,” he argues that the literary use of a landscape cannot be separated from the author’s…