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Attic Oratory and Rhetoric
Cognitive Psychology
Greek History
Greek Literature
My recently defended thesis, "Persuading by paradeigmata: the use of historical examples in Attic oratory", investigates the political role of arguments from past examples in three different settings of delivery, assembly, courts, ceremonial oratory. Drawing on findings of socio-cognitive psychology, I argue that the persuasiveness of arguments from paradeigmata largely depends on the extent to which past events are perceived as familiar and similar to the situation at hand. Speakers, I suggest, resort to paradeigmata in order to generate a strategic impression of a collective and definitive knowledge about the past that enables present audiences to produce plausible inferences about their, otherwise unknown, future. This semblance aims to counteract the uncertainty and insecurity of the present and, therefore, to substantiate – and make more persuasive – proposals that are oriented towards the futures.
CL1550 Greek History & the City State (2017-2018)
CL1550 Greek History & the City State (2018-2019)
CL1550 Greek History & the City State (2019-2020)
CL1534 Roman Literature of the Empire (2019-2020)
2016 MA (cum laude) Philology and Ancient History, Università di Pisa, department of Filologia, Letteratura e Linguistica.
2014 BA (cum laude) Classics, Università di Pisa, department of Filologia, Letteratura e Linguistica.
Scholarships and Awards
2020 George Grote Prize in Ancient History
2018 DAAD Research Grant - Humboldt University
2018 CA Conference - Bursary
2017 CA Conference - Bursary
2016 Reid Scholarship
2015 Erasmus Plus Project-Fellowship
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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