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Giuseppe Pezzini is an Associate Professor of Latin Language and Literature at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor at Corpus Christi College. He holds an MA and DPhil from Oxford and degrees from the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. His research focuses on Early Latin (3rd–1st c. BC), with special attention to Roman theatre, ancient metre, and textual criticism. He has edited Terence's Heautontimorumenos and is completing a commentary on Lucretius' De Rerum Natura Book IV. His interdisciplinary work bridges classical philology with modern literature, including a monograph on Tolkien's imagination (CUP 2025).
- Academic Background: Postdoctoral fellowships at Magdalen College Oxford (2013–2015) and the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2016)
- Teaching: Leads undergraduate Latin literature courses and supervises graduate work on Roman Republican identity and late antique fiction theories
His research integrates digital humanities approaches with traditional philology. Recent collaborative projects include the Oxford Tolkien Network and the Journal of Inklings Studies. He serves as editor for Giornale Italiano di filologia and has published widely on ancient language evolution and classical reception in modern works.
