Daniela Mairhofer

Daniela Mairhofer is an Associate Professor of Classics at Princeton University, specializing in Latin language and literature across periods, with a focus on Late and Medieval Latin. Her research spans textual transmission, paleography, codicology, palimpsest studies, and the reception of classics in the Latin West.

• Education: Ph.D. (summa cum laude) in Classics from the University of Innsbruck, trained as a manuscript expert.

Her current project involves a critical edition and monograph Totum Nihil (under contract with Oxford University Press) on a newly uncovered 13th-century Latin poem. She has published extensively on medieval manuscripts, including works on Würzburg, Mainz Charterhouse, and St. Catherine’s palimpsests.

Her publications highlight interdisciplinary intersections between Classics, Medieval Studies, and Digital Humanities. She founded the Princeton Paleography Lab (PPLab) and contributes to cross-disciplinary programs at the Humanities Council.

• Scientific Award: 2024–25 Old Dominion Research Professor.

Her teaching includes Latin paleography, classical reception, and the history of the book. She supervises undergraduate and graduate students and collaborates on projects analyzing Latin texts’ material and intellectual contexts.

Labs/Teams: Founder and director of the Princeton Paleography Lab (PPLab), fostering manuscript studies and interdisciplinary research.