Victoria Marie Mostue

Victoria Marie Mostue is a PhD candidate (Researcher) at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Humanities, within the Department of Philosophy, History of Ideas and Art, and Classical Languages. Her research centers on the reception of antiquity and the cultural history of Latin.

Her educational background:

• BA in Classical Languages (2018), University of Oslo
• MA in Classical Languages (2020), University of Oslo

Mostue's research examines how Latin and antiquity have been used/misused historically, with her PhD project analyzing 19th-century Norwegian classical philology development and its interaction with cultural/political trends. Her master's thesis investigated Ovid's Metamorphoses reception in Handel's opera Semele, bridging classical studies with cultural history through interdisciplinary analysis of textual adaptation and musical interpretation.

Her publications reveal consistent focus on Latin's cultural transmission, exploring philological history in Norwegian contexts and Latin's role in Baroque opera. Key trends include Scandinavian classical reception studies and interdisciplinary methodologies combining philology with musicology.

Scientific recognition includes:

• Georg Morgenstierne Award for outstanding master's achievement (2021)

Mostue served as research assistant for Prof. Han Lamers (2018-2020) on the "Anchoring the Fascist Revolution" project and contributes to research groups examining Antiquity in Norwegian intellectual history, with ongoing work exploring 19th-century philological networks and Latin's cultural legacy in Scandinavian academia.