Dr. phil. Clara Nüßlein
University of Würzburg
Centre for Philology and Digitality
Emil-Hilb-Weg 23
Campus Hubland Nord
D-97074 Würzburg
- 10/2025: “Building New Fundaments for the Education of an Emperor. The Temples of Dido and the Senate in the Punica (Sil. 1.81-103; 1.609-629), and Latinus’ Temple in the Aeneid (Verg. Aen. 7.170-191)” (Symposium Vesuvianum 2025: “Verses from a Campanian Tomb? Vergil and Silius Italicus’ Punica”, Cuma)
- 03/2025: “Fiktionale Welten als Argumente in der antiken Philosophie” (Fictional Worlds as Arguments in Antic Philosophy) (Project-Pitch) (“Dux femina facti (Verg. Aen. 1.364) – Frauen*(netzwerk) in der Klassischen Philologie”) (Women’s Network in Classics, Marburg)
- 09/2024: “Didactic Tragedy. Tragic Figures in Silius Italicus’ Punica as Warning exempla for Domitian” (International Conference “Greek and Roman Tragedy in Flavian Epic Poetry – Exploring Intersections, Influences, and Adaptions through Literature and Material Culture”, Athens)
- 06/2024: “Göttliche Vorbilder? Herkules und Romulus als exempla in Silius Italicus’ Punica” (Divine Role Models? Hercules and Romulus as exempla in Silius Italicus’ Punica) (2. Jungmitgliedertreffen der Mommsen-Gesellschaft) (2. Jungmitgliedertreffen der Mommsen-Gesellschaft, Göttingen)
- 11/2023: “Saved by Art – Doomed by Art. Ennius and Mopsus in Silius Italicus’ Punica” (10. Walter deGruyter-Seminar der Mommsen-Gesellschaft) (10. Walter DeGruyter-Seminar der Mommsen-Gesellschaft, Wittenberg)
- 07/2023: “Die Lehren der Gegenwart. Silius Italicus’ Punica und Domitian” (The Lessons of the Present. Silius Italicus’ Punica and Domitian) (Volturnia-Tagung) (Volturnia, Regensburg)
Job History
- since 06/2026: Research associate at the Centre for Philology and Digitality (University of Würzburg)
- since 11/2025: Student assistant at the Chair of Mobile Systems (University of Bamberg)
- 05/2025 - 05/2026: Working student in the Latin editorial department (C.C.Buchner, Bamberg)
- 04/2022 - 12/2024: Research associate at the DFG-project "Narragonia Latina" (University of Würzburg)
- 01/2022 - 12/2024: Editorial staff member of the "Würzburger Jahrbücher für die Altertumswissenschaft" (University of Würzburg)
- 07/2021 - 12/2024: Research associate at the "Kolleg Mittelalter und Frühe Neuzeit" (University of Würzburg)
Education
- since 04/2025: Master (M.Sc.) Computing in the Humanities (University of Bamberg)
- 04/2022 - 03/2025: PhD in Classics/Latin Philology (University of Würzburg)
- 10/2015 - 03/2022: Studies of Latin, Ancient Greek and German Philology (1. Staatsexamen) (University of Würzburg)
