Greek and Roman history, with special interests in Italy, the rise of the Roman Empire, literacy, and topics that verge on other disciplines, especially psychology, economics and environmental sciences
Elected 2011
The study of ancient Greek literature and culture, and its reception, especially in the nineteenth century
Greek literature, especially drama; ancient poetics and aesthetics, especially in Plato, Aristotle and Longinus
Latin, Greek and Indo-European languages and their descriptive, historical and social linguistics; ancient special and technical varieties, especially as reflected in the translation and transmission of ancient medical texts