About us

Pasquale Massimo Pinto
(coordinator)

His research focuses mainly on the Attic Orators, ancient rhetoric, Greek historiography and the history of classical scholarship.

Rosa Otranto
(coordinator)

Her main research fields are the history of the ancient book and libraries, book forms and transmission of texts, the manuscript tradition of Greek and Latin authors, the history of classical studies, Demosthenic tradition and exegesis, ancient lexicography, ancient school.

Nunzio Bianchi
(secretary)

His research centers on the tradition of Greek and Latin texts (especially novels), Byzantine literature and philology, the reception of classics through the Middle Ages down to Early Modern and Modern Age.

Claudio Schiano

His research is centered on the manuscript tradition of Greek and Latin scientific texts (especially geography and medicine), the dialogues between Christians and Jews, the circulation of Greek culture in Medieval south Italy, the history of classical scholarship and reception of classics from Humanism to the 20th century.