Christine Walde

Christine Walde is a Professor of Classical Philology/Latin Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. She serves as Vice Dean (Dean of Studies) and Latin Study Program Coordinator. Her academic career includes habilitation at the University of Basel (1998) and a Swiss National Science Foundation professorship (2001-2005).

Her research focuses on Roman literature from the Late Republic and Imperial Period, including authors like Ennius, Lucretius, Cicero, and Lucan. She explores transdisciplinary intersections with psychology, sociology, and cultural studies, with current projects on sleep/dreams in antiquity and Lucan's Bellum Civile as 'literature of trauma.'

• DFG Project: Life Coaching in Ancient Rome (with Annemarie Ambühl)
• Led interdisciplinary conferences on topics like gender, dreams, and classical reception

Notable awards include a DFG habilitation grant, Swiss National Science Foundation support, and a Gutenberg Research College fellowship. She has organized major conferences and edited publications such as Gender Studies in Classical Studies. Sleep and Dreams (Iphis 6) and Traum und Vision in der Vormoderne (Berlin 2012).

Her scholarly activities extend to theater projects (e.g., Seneca's Medea at Basel) and media outreach, including a Latin-language Kulturzeit extra TV program (2008).