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William M. Barton is an Assistant Professor at the Institut für Klassische Philologie und Neulateinische Studien, Universität Innsbruck. He holds a PhD in Classics from King’s College London (2015) and has held research roles at institutions including the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies (since 2011). His academic career includes postdoctoral fellowships in Helsinki, Paris, and Spain, and he leads the FWF-START project 'LAGOOS: A Life in Ancient Greek.'
- Education: BA Classics (UCL), MA Greek and Roman Studies (University of Calgary), PhD Classics (King’s College London)
- Key Roles: Research Group Leader (2017–2022), Project Leader (LAGOOS since 2023), Guest Professorships in Barcelona and Mexico
Research focuses on Neo-Latin & Neohellenic literature, Classical Reception, Ecocriticism, and early modern science. Major publications include monographs on mountain aesthetics and the Pervigilium Veneris, and editing works on Vicente Mariner and Karl Benedikt Hase.
- Awards: FWF START Prize (2022), King’s College Outstanding Thesis (2015)
- Projects: €1.19M LAGOOS project digitizing Hase’s Greek diaries
Teaching includes courses on classical reception, Neo-Latin literature, and digital humanities. Active in conference organization and editorial roles for journals like Journal of Latin Cosmopolitanism.
