Marco Formisano

Supervisor

Department of Literary Studies

Faculty of Arts and Philosophy

Professor of Latin Literature in the Department of Literary Studies, a senior member of the GCLA (Ghent Center for Late Antiquity) and a member of the Doctoral School "Migrazioni, Differenze, Giustizia Sociale" at the University of Palermo, Italy. Before coming to Ghent I held positions and fellowships in France, Italy, Germany, the UK and the USA, experiences which have enabled me to appreciate a range of academic systems, languages and styles of thought and have made me particularly sensitive to topics related to intellectual migration. In my current book project, tentatively entitled "The Nomadic Alternative: Another Way of Looking at Classics and Beyond," I approach the interpretation of ancient and modern literature from a nomadic perspective which is conceived as fundamentally different from the conscious and unconscious sedentarism broadly characterizing scholarly inquiry. This project is also inspired by many visits to Brazil, whose history, culture and language distinctly influence my current work.

Email: marco.formisano@ugent.be