Greco-Roman literature, culture and philosophy; the reception of the Western classics, especially in China; translations of Seneca and Vergil; the symbiotic relationship of humanities and science, historically and at present
Elected 2024
Roman cultural history and Latin prose literature (particularly Seneca and Cicero); the reception of Roman antiquity in the 19th century
Greek, Latin and Anatolian languages and literatures; history of linguistics, especially Greek and Latin grammarians; Indo-European historical and comparative linguistics; linguistic theory, especially prosody and diachronic syntax.
Ancient Greek poetry and drama; the classical tradition, especially in English poetry and German thought; Nietzsche; poetics and poetic language; theories of literature