Dr. Michele Solitario
Bachelor’s and Master’s studies in Classical Studies at Sapienza University of Rome. During these studies, I completed an Erasmus stay at Heidelberg University (summer semester 2007) as well as a research stay at Sorbonne University (09/2009–03/2010). This was followed by a further research stay at Heidelberg University (01/2011–06/2012) and a short-term position in the digitization of the papyrus collection (12/2011–01/2012).
From 2013 to 2016, I pursued a doctorate in Classical Philology (Ancient Greek) within the framework of a cotutelle agreement between University of Trento and University of Göttingen under the supervision of Prof. Dr. H.-G. Nesselrath and Prof. T. Gargiulo. In parallel, I completed teacher training studies in Greek and Latin at University of Göttingen, including a two-month teaching internship at Max-Planck-Gymnasium Göttingen (02–03/2017).
Following a postdoctoral position at the Graduate School of Humanities Göttingen (GSGG) (05–10/2017), I worked as a research associate at the Department of Classical Philology, University of Tübingen (Chair of Greek, Prof. Dr. I. Männlein: 2018–2023). Subsequently, I completed my habilitation thesis at University of Göttingen in the context of independent research activities (submitted in February 2026); since October 2025, I have also been teaching there as a lecturer. At the same time, I participated in several chair-based research projects at University of Tübingen (Chair of Greek, Prof. Dr. I. Männlein: 2024–2025).
Since May 2026, I have been working as a research associate at Ulm University Medical Center, Institute for the History, Theory and Ethics of Medicine. Also in May 2026, I was awarded an FWF-funded research project at University of Graz (FWF Project: PAT3449225).
Research Interests
Socratic literature; Hellenistic literature; Lucian of Samosata and Imperial Greek literature; Motherhood Studies; Reception Studies.