Laura Bottenberg

Laura Bottenberg is a Researcher at the University of Tübingen within the Faculty of Humanities' Department of Classical Philology. She previously served as a part-time lecturer at Justus-Liebig-University Gießen (2022–2023) and completed her PhD in Greek Philology at Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (2022). Her work focuses on ekphrastic techniques, Greco-Roman friendship paradigms, and the transformation of Platonic dialogue in the Imperial Age.

• Education: MA in Classical Philology (Heidelberg), PhD in Greek Philology (Pisa)
• Current Projects: Dux femina facti conference on gender in Classical Philology; habilitation on Hellenistic rhetoric

Her research spans Imperial Literature, Intercultural Textual Analysis, and Rhetorical Studies, with a focus on 2nd-century CE literary adaptations. Recent publications explore Lucianic dialogues, Plutarchic moral philosophy, and Renaissance textual reception of classical works.

• Key Collaborations: Workshop with Dr. Francesco Padovani (2023), Marburg conference (2025)

Bottenberg received a doctoral stipend from Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (2017–2021) and has published extensively on friendship theory, ekphrastic art description, and rhetorical evolution in antiquity.