Andreas Abele

Dr. Andreas Abele is a Tenured Lecturer at the Department of Classics, University of Tübingen, specializing in Neo-Latin Drama, Late Latin Epistolography, and Narratology. He co-leads the DFG-funded project 'Reading Symmachus’ Letters Collections by the Book' alongside Katharina Blaas, focusing on the compositional principles of Q. Aurelius Symmachus' letters and their cultural implications. His habilitation project 'Quid facto usus sit, ipse videris' examines the literary structure of Symmachus' correspondence through the lens of the 'Jeweled Style' poetics.

• PhD in Latin Philology (2017), University of Tübingen
• DFG Research Grant (2021-2022) as Principal Investigator
• Collaborates with Robert Kirstein (Tübingen) and Roy Gibson (Durham) on the LTC Project

His research spans late antique narrative dynamics, Latin hagiography, and Jesuit school plays. Publications include analyses of spatial semantics in Sulpicius Severus' Vita Sancti Martini and the narratological structure of Symmachus' letters. He actively participates in international conferences on Late Antiquity and has reviewed works on Neo-Latin bilingualism and medieval theatrical revival.

• Key affiliations: European Narratology Network (ENN), Society for Neo-Latin Studies (SNLS), Mommsen-Gesellschaft
• Advises Katharina Blaas on intergenerational power dynamics in Symmachus' letters
• Focuses on the University of Tübingen's Late Antique research through projects like 'Narrative Dynamics in Latin Literature'