NEWS: The new program of our Center for Hellenic Studies of Ghent University (Griekenlandcentrum) has been announced! Note these dates in your agenda!
π©π»βπ« I love teaching and learning from students. I cherish a romantic yet realistic vision of education, which can be expressed by Seneca's quote "Habebo itaque curae, ut te meliorem tibi reddam quam accepi" (Sen. Ben. I. 8) (And so I shall make it my care to return you to yourself a better person than when I received you)
π©π»βπ« During the school year 2024/2025, I have been teaching Classical languages to Flemish pupils at Sint-Leo secundaire school in Bruges: teaching in Dutch and in a different education system is a challenging but rewarding experience, like colliding with the limits of language and simultaneously circumscribing them. I wish the allerbeste to all my brilliant little classicists there!
π©π»βπ« At Ghent University I have been co-teaching the Classics module of the course Algemene Taalwetenschap II (General Linguistics) for three years, and I have collaborated to the Seminarie Klassieke Talen as guest evaluator. Besides, I have been a guest lecturer in the Zomercursus Grieks, the Winter School on Greek Linguistics, and the course Niet-literaire Oudgriekse teksten. I also regularly take part in exam supervisions, BA and MA thesis committees, and mentoring activities, and I hope many more teaching adventures will be on the way!
π©π»βπ« While studying for my master's degree in Pisa, I have attended a teaching training program for secondary education. Moreover, I have taught Italian to foreigners in a language school as well as to migrants and refugees in a voluntary organisation, which led me to obtain a Certification of competence in teaching Italian as a foreign language (DITALS) from the University for Foreigners of Siena. Teaching your native language is also an incredibly enriching experience which makes you look at it from a different perspective!
π©π»βπ« I believe in the importance of participating in the cultural debate: on the blog "Now and Then", I have published a popularising article on private letters on papyrus and Brazilian cinema (Movi(e)ng letters: Voicing Private Correspondence from Graeco-Roman Egypt to Brazilian Cinema). Moreover, I have written about Hate Speech, and my article about Wikipedia ("Like Athena out of Zeus: Why classicists need to contribute (more) to Wikipedia") has been featured in Brill's blog "Humanities Matter".
π©π»βπ« I am interested in educational activities for a broader public: I serve on the outreach team of the Greek Section, and from 2020 to 2023, I was also Secretary of the Center for Hellenic Studies of Ghent University (Griekenlandcentrum), co-organising the annual lecture series. The lectures are open to everyone curious about Ancient and Modern Greek culture: while in the past years we have explored the topics of theatre, migration, women, and Greek islands, this year our lecture series will be dedicated to the relationship between the Greeks and the East: take a look at the new program!Β
π©π»βπ« I have been part of the Ghent organising team of the Festival EuropΓ©en Latin Grec, with events involving high school students and teachers from all Flanders. In the edition of 2024, where I also gave a workshop for students, we reflected on elections, gender and political satire by reading Aristophanes' Ecclesiazusae, while, in the last edition of 2026, we explored "the art of growing up" through Longus' novel 'Daphnis and Chloe'!
π©π»βπ« The Greek section of Ghent University organises many more outreach initiatives such as workshops and projects for schools during the whole academic year, and our EVWRIT group has an Outreach page as well. Every month a new colleague is interviewed in the news of the Greek section to present their own activities: you can read my interview of 2019.Β