Marcus Deufert#
| Membership Number: | 3770 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2014 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.uni-leipzig.de/~klassik/kph/mitarbeiterinnen_und_mitarbeiter/frames_content_deufert.htm |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1995 – 2001 Research and Teaching Assistent Seminar für Klassische Philologie, University of Göttingen
- October 2001 – September 2002 Feodor-Lynen-scholar, King's College London
- October 2002 - October 2003 Interim Professor of Classics University of Leipzig
- Since November 2003 Full Professor of Classics (Chair of Latin), University of Leipzig
Fields of Scholarship
- Textual transmission of ancient literature
- History of Classical scholarship
- Ancient comedy (especially Plautus)
- Ancient biography of poets and their literary reception
- Early Latin literature and metre
- Lucretius and the humanistic engagement with Lucretius
