Athanassios Vergados#
| Membership Number: | 7050 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.ncl.ac.uk/hca/people/profile/athanassiosvergados.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-3875-644X |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020, 08 - present Professor of Greek, Newcastle University
- 2017, 03 - 2020, 07 Reader in Greek, Newcastle University
- 2013, 10 - 2017, 02 W3 Professor für Klassische Philologie/Griechische Literaturwissenschaft, Universität Heidelberg
- 2012, 08 - 2013, 06 Assistant Professor of Classics, University of Tennessee/Knoxville (tenure-track)
- 2010, 09 - 2012, 08 Research Fellow Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Seminar für Klassische Philologie, Universität Heidelberg (postdoctoral fellowship)
- 2007, 07 - 2010 - 2006 Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Philological commentaries
- Classical philology
- Ancient etymology and linguistic thought
- Ancient Greek poetry, particularly hymnic and didactic
- Greek and Latin language and literature
- Lists and catalogues in literature
Honours and Awards
- 2023, 09 - 2024, 06 Research Fellow of the Hamburg Academy of Sciences at the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study
- 2022, 05 - 2022, 07 Visiting Professor at the Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Antichità, Sapienza Università di Roma
- 2010, 09 - 2012, 08 Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- 2004, 08 - 2006, 07 The University of Virginia Society of Fellows (Junior Fellow: 2004–2005, "Senior" Junior Fellow: 2005 - 2006)
