Margarethe Billerbeck#
| Membership Number: | 2032 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2000 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://lettres.unifr.ch/fr/langues-litteratures/philologie-classique/collaborateurs/margarethe-billerbeck.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2010 President of Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique
- 1987 Professor of Classics at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- 1978-1987 Senior Lecturer at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- 1974 Dr. Phil. at the Free University of Berlin
Fields of Scholarship
- Greek and Roman popular philosophy
- Latin poetry of the Imperial period (esp. Seneca’s tragedies)
- Greek lexicography (esp. Stephanos of Byzantium (Ethnika))
Honours and Awards
- Member of Academia Latinitati Fovendae in Rome
- Member of Academia Europaea (2000)
- President of Fondation Hardt pour l’étude de l’Antiquité classique
- Member of Scientific Committee of Trends in Classics
- Member of Institute for Advanced Study Princeton
