Marco Fantuzzi Granted Humboldt Research Award

This October, Marco Fantuzzi, Member (2012) and Visitor (2013) in the School of Historical Studies, was named a winner of a Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Humboldt Research Awards recognize researchers whose “fundamental discoveries, new theories or findings have had a lasting effect on their discipline beyond their immediate research area and who are expected, moreover, to continue producing outstanding research in the future.” 

Fantuzzi is a classicist whose research interests span Greek literature and drama, philology, and literary criticism, among other fields. He is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies in London. Much of Fantuzzi’s work in the last two decades has been dedicated to the fourth-century tragedy Rheus, ascribed to Euripides. His 2020 edition and detailed historic and philological commentary (Cambridge University Press) is now being followed by a literary interpretation of the most ambitious poetics of that tragedy, forthcoming from Bloomsbury Academic.

In addition to the grant, award winners are invited to conduct research for up to a year at any research institute in Germany, time which is supplemented by individualized support and language courses. Fantuzzi will be hosted by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) in München, Germany. During his time at LMU, Fantuzzi will co-lead a graduate seminar on Hellenistic poetry alongside his fellow IAS scholar Regina Hoeschele, Member (2011) in the School of Historical Studies. He will also continue work on his current book project, "Bucolic Loves," which is under contract with Oxford University Press.

Reflecting on the pivotal role that the Institute has played in his academic journey, Fantuzzi remarked, "IAS is an institution that most gallantly supported and believed in my scholarship, time and again over many years."

Read more about Fantuzzi’s award on the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation website.