Martina Astrid Rodda

Martina Astrid Rodda is a Leventis Early Career Researcher in Ancient Greek at Merton College, University of Oxford. Her academic background includes a BA and MA from the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore (UniPI/SNS Pisa), and a DPhil from Oxford (Oxon). She specializes in interdisciplinary approaches to Greek literature, combining classical philology with contemporary linguistic theories and computational methods.

Her research focuses on disability and gender in Greek literature, particularly analyzing representations of disability in Lucian’s works and their intersection with identity categories. She employs quantitative methods to study Homeric formulae and has contributed to fields like Construction Grammar and Distributional Semantics. Her work bridges Classics with Disability Studies and digital humanities, exemplified by co-organizing the 'Neurodiverse Classics: Constructive Connections' panel at the 2022 Classical Association Conference.

Rodda teaches Greek Literature modules for Oxford’s Classics programs (Mods and Greats) and has experience in language instruction (Latin and Greek). Her publications span computational approaches to ancient Greek semantics, Homeric studies, and syntactic analysis of classical texts. Current projects include revising her doctoral thesis on early Greek hexameter poetry for publication and advancing computational frameworks in classical philology.

Her interdisciplinary collaborations include work with computational linguists and disability scholars, reflecting her commitment to integrating traditional and modern methodologies. She maintains active research interests in Hellenistic epic, Greek theatre, and Jewish literature and culture.