Author: Peter Kruschwitz
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Thoroughly Shaken
In A. D. 551, disaster struck in Smyrna (today: İzmir, in Turkey) in the shape of a great earthquake. The earthquake is mentioned in a poem that has been included...
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A busy summer (and autumn) for Team MAPPOLA!
We have not been as active on our blog recently as we used to be – not a sign of general inactivity, but quite the opposite! The last months have...
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Guest blog: Strangers in a strange city
Davide Massimo writes about his work and time at Vienna, where he was a visiting researcher of Team MAPPOLA in February and March 2022, enabled by kind support of Österreichischer...
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ARCHEO feat. MAPPOLA
We at Team MAPPOLA think that it is absolutely crucial to explain what we do to audiences beyond academia. A few months ago, for example, we reported on our activities...
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Mirko Tasso receives the Premio di Laurea Lucilla Ranzato 2021-22
We at Team MAPPOLA celebrate the award of the prestigious Premio di Laurea Lucilla Ranzato (2021-22) to our doctoral researcher Mirko Tasso. The premio is awarded by the University of...
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A memorial for a tough woman
In previous years, on occasion of International Women’s Day, we celebrated a selection of women from across the Roman Empire: you may read our pieces here and here. In 2022,...
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The first casualty of war is truth
In 1916, just over one-hundred years ago, when the First World War was still in full swing, the Russian epigraphist Vasilij V. Latyšev (1855-1921) published a volume of the inscriptions...
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Enriching experiences
There are a number of moments and events in my life that have, if not shaped my academic career, certainly defined the way in which I approach my subject. This...
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Poetic dispatches from the Dacian Limes
Team MAPPOLA (Chiara Cenati, Alexander Gangoly, Victoria González Berdús, Tina Hobel, Peter Kruschwitz, Denisa Murzea, Mirko Tasso) report on their first epigraphical expedition. A Romanian version of this piece has...
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Workshop: But is it art? Exploring the aesthetic limits of Roman poetry (30 September – 1 October 2021)
Following our Call for Papers and Posters, we are delighted to announce the preliminary programme of our second MAPPOLA workshop “But is it art? Exploring the aesthetic limits of Roman...