Jacopo Cavarzeran

Jacopo Cavarzeran is a Research Fellow at the Department of Humanities, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, currently working on the PURA project. He has taught Greek, Latin, and Italian at classical high schools since 2016 and served as a teaching assistant for Introduction to Classical Culture courses at Ca' Foscari (2019-2022).

Education

• PhD in Linguistic, Philological and Literary Sciences, University of Padua (2015)
• Master's in Ancient Sciences, Ca' Foscari University of Venice (2011)
• Bachelor's in Literature, Ca' Foscari University of Venice (2009)

Research Focus

Cavarzeran specializes in Classical Philology with emphasis on Byzantine-era scholarship. His work centers on critical editions of Euripidean scholia, Byzantine lexicography (particularly Pollux's Onomasticon), and analysis of Greek manuscript traditions from antiquity through the Renaissance. Key research areas include textual transmission, scholiastic traditions, and humanistic reception of classical texts.

Publication Trends

His scholarly output demonstrates consistent focus on Byzantine philology, with recent work (2022-2025) concentrating on Pollux's lexicographical legacy and Comnenian/Palaeologan-era scholia. Earlier publications (2014-2019) established expertise in Renaissance manuscript analysis and Euripidean textual criticism. Methodologically, his research combines paleography, textual criticism, and historical contextualization across 40+ publications.