Marco Fantuzzi

Marco Fantuzzi is a Professor of Classics at the University of Roehampton since 2017. He previously held academic positions at Columbia University (Visiting Professor of Greek, 2006-2015), University of Macerata (Professor of Ancient Greek Literature, 2000-2017), University of Florence (Associate Professor, 1993-2000), and University of Trento (Lecturer, 1986-1993).

• Education: Laurea summa cum laude in Humanities (Classical Curriculum) from University of Bologna (1979); Graduate Fellowship at University of Pisa (1984-1986).

His research spans Homer, Greek drama, ancient literary criticism, epigram, pastoral traditions, and Greek-Latin medical texts. His recent publications focus on intertextuality in Hellenistic poetry, choral ekphrasis in Euripides, and the intersection of myth and emotion in classical works.

Scientific awards include a Loeb Classical Library Foundation Fellowship (2022), Higher Education Academy Fellowship (2018), Onassis Scholarship (2014), and research grants from the Italian Ministry of Education and Research (2001-2007). He has held visiting fellowships at Princeton, Cambridge, and King’s College London.