Sara Chiarini
Research Interests
- literacy in antiquity
- writing practices in antiquity
- ancient Greek linguistics
- ancient Greek epigraphy
- ancient religion
Curriculum Vitae
| 2022 | Habilitation in Classical Philology at the University of Potsdam |
| since 2021 | Teaching Associate at the Chairs of Classical Philology and Ancient History of the University of Potsdam |
| 2020-2025 | Principal Investigator at the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures of the University of Hamburg |
| 2020 | Habilitation in Ancient History at the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität in Magdeburg |
| 2015-2019 | Researcher in Ancient History at the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität in Magdeburg |
| 2013-2014 | Lecturer in Classics at the University of Exeter |
| 2011-2013 | Post-Doc at the Graduiertenkolleg Schriftbildlichkeit of the Freie Universität zu Berlin |
| 2011 | PhD in Ancient Greek at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan |
| 2006 | Master Degree in Classical Philology at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan |
| 2004 | Bachelor Degree in Classics at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan |
Publikationen
Books
(with Jens Fischer). The Interplay of Orality and Literacy in Ancient Religions [forthcoming].
Devotio Malefica. Die antiken Verfluchungen zwischen sprachübergreifender Tradition und individueller Prägung (Hamburger Studien zu Gesellschaften und Kulturen der Vormoderne). Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag 2021.
CRITICAL EDITIONS
“Defixiones ex puteo ad Dipylum sito.” Inscriptiones Graecae consilio et auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Berolinensis et Brandenburgensis editae. Voluminis II et III editio tertia. Pars VIII miscellanea. Fasciculus I Defixiones Atticae. Curbera, Jaime (ed.). Berlin: De Gruyter 2024. Nos. 81-82, 318-328.
Articles & Chapters
“A Map of the Netherworld? On a puzzling drawing preserved on a few ancient curse tablets.” The Transmission of Magical Knowledge in the Graeco-Roman World. Studies in the Honour of Richard Gordon. Sanchez-Natalías, Celia (ed.). Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag [forthcoming].
“Divination zwischen Philosophie- und Religionskritik in den Werken Lukians von Samosata”. Deutungskämpfe um die antike Divination (Historische Zeitschrift Beiheft 81). Schliephake, Christopher / Weber, Gregor (ed.). Berlin: De Gruyter 2024. 151-176.
“Early Christianity and Cursing Rituals.” Verflucht und zugenäht. Antike Fluchtafeln und das Neue Testament. Hölscher, Michael / Lau, Markus / Luther, Susanne (ed.). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2021. 245-274.
“The Power of Writing in Ancient Curses”. Litterae magicae. Studies in the Honour of Roger Tomlin (MHNH Supplementa 2). Sanchez-Natalías, Celia (ed.). Zaragoza: Libros Pórtico 2019. 131-150.
“Per una formularità delle preghiere maligne greche e latine. Il caso della formula ‘di scomposizione’ della vittima.” Δόσις δ᾽ὀλίγη τε φίλη τε. Studi offerti a Mario Cantilena per i suoi 70 anni. Barbantani, Silvia & Porro, Antonietta (ed.). Milano: Vita & Pensiero 2019. 71-91.
“Ἐγώ εἰμι ῾Ερμῆς. Eine dramaturgische Facette der antiken Zaubersprache.” Tyche 31 (2016): 75-101.
Databases
TheDeMa = Thesaurus Defixionum Magdeburgensis
(http://www.thedema.ovgu.de/L_6.php)
no longer active, replaced by:
TheDefix = Thesaurus Defixionum (https://www.thedefix.uni-hamburg.de)
DISSEMINATION OF SCIENCE
2021: „A Coffin, a Doll and a Curse: an ancient Artefact from an Athenian Cemetery“. Artefact of the Month, CSMC: Hamburg (https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/publications/aom/012-en.html)
