Isabella Walser-Bürgler

PD Dr. Isabella Walser-Bürgler is a professor at the University of Innsbruck's Institute for Classical Philology and Neo-Latin Studies. She specializes in early modern Latin literature, rhetoric, and European cultural history. Her work focuses on Neo-Latin texts, Habsburg historiography, and the intersection of literature with political and religious discourse.

Education: Completed studies and habilitation in classical philology at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck. Key roles include organizing conferences like 'Early Modern Discourses on Europe' and leading the FWF-funded project 'The Dissertations of the Academia Taxiana.'

Research interests span Neo-Latin literature, European identity formation, and the rhetoric of academic inaugural orations. Awards include the Rhetorica Prize (2022) and the Preis der Landeshauptstadt Innsbruck (2024). Her publications include monographs on Anton Wilhelm Ertl and Giovanni Battista Graser, and co-edited volumes on the Neo-Latin novel and European discourses.

Teaching includes advanced Latin literature seminars and courses on rhetorical theory. Active in educational initiatives like 'Mittel- & Neu-Latein macht Schule,' promoting Neo-Latin texts in school curricula. Engaged in peer review for journals such as History of European Ideas and book series like Acta Conventus Neolatini.