Giandamiano BOVI

Giandamiano BOVI is a Research Fellow at the University of Catania’s Department of Humanities, working on the PRIN 2022 PNRR EXCERPTA project focused on ancient excerpts in 15th/16th-century Sicilian miscellanies. He holds a joint PhD from the University of Parma and Université de Tours, with a dissertation on Catullian reception in Italian Renaissance poetry.

• Education:
  • Joint PhD in Philological-Literary, Historical-Philosophical and Artistic Sciences (Parma/Tours, 2023)
  • MA in Historical and Oriental Studies (Bologna, 2018)
  • BA in Classical Letters (Bologna, 2016)

His research spans classical philology, manuscript studies, and Renaissance textual culture, with a focus on Latin literature’s reception in early modern Italy and France. Current work includes cataloging Sicilian Renaissance miscellanies and preparing a monograph on Catullian influence in 16th-century Italian poetry.

Recent publications analyze Catullus, Seneca, and Scaliger in Renaissance contexts, while ongoing projects explore anonymous writings and Scaliger’s Poemata. He is a member of editorial boards for journals Paideia and Parole Rubate, and part of the Catullian Study Center at Parma.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Qualified as Maître de conférences (French university teaching qualification, 2024)
  • Research grant at Fondation Barbier-Mueller (Geneva, 2022)

BOVI has taught Latin at Université de Strasbourg (2022–2024), Université de Tours (2021–2022), and University of Parma (2019–2020), with courses ranging from introductory Latin to advanced Virgil and Ovid studies.

The EXCERPTA project involves codicological analysis of Sicilian Renaissance miscellanies, cross-referencing digital and printed catalogs (Manus online, Lucchesiana, Alagoniana, etc.). This work aims to uncover textual variants, phrasing marginalia, and humanist compilation practices, with potential expansion to other Italian regions and international collaborations.