Dr. Irene Salvo
Main research areas
- Social and cultural history of the ancient Greek world
- Gender and religion
- Magic
- Anthropological and cognitive approaches
- Pollution and Purification
- Social construction of emotions
Academic career
- Since 2019 Leventis Postdoctoral Research Associate in Hellenic Studies, Universität of Exeter, UK
- 2015-2019 Research Assistent within the SFB 1136, Teilprojekt C 01 "Aufgeklärte Männer - abergläubische Frauen? Religion, Bildung und Geschlechterstereotypen im klassischen Athen"
- 2013-2015 Gerda Henkel Scholar in Ancient History at the Royal Holloway, University of London, Project: "Gendered Inscriptions? Re-reading Women's Agency in Ancient Greek Religion"
- 2009-2011 Research Assistant at the University of Oxford, Faculty of Classics, within the European Research Council Project "The Social and Cultural Construction of Emotions: The Greek Paradigm" (Principal Investigator: Professor Angelos Chaniotis, http://emotions.classics.ox.ac.uk)
- Since 2006 Research and teaching positions also at the Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa), University of Roehampton (London), University of Pavia, and Italian Embassy in Tirana.
Academic degrees
- 2011 PhD in Ancient History, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
- 2005 Licenza in Classical Civilizations, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
- 2005 Laurea in Classics and Anthropology of the Ancient World, University of Pisa
Grants and Visiting Fellowships
- Gerda Henkel Stiftung, Research Scholarship, 2013-2015.
- University of Pavia, Research Scholarship, 2010.
- St John's College, University of Oxford, Visiting Scholarship, 2008-2009.
- Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Faculty of Arts, Doctoral Scholarship, 2005-2008.
- Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Religionswissenschaft, Visiting Scholarship, 2006.
- Zürich Universität, Seminar für Griechische und Lateinische Philologie, Visiting Scholarship, 2004-2005.
- Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Faculty of Arts, Undergraduate Scholarship, 2000-2004.
Professional Memberships
- Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies
- British Epigraphy Society
- Association Internationale d'Epigraphie Grecque et Latin
- EuGestA Network, European Gender Studies in Antiquity
- Women's Classical Committee UK (founding member; LGBTQI liaison officer)
- International Society for Cultural History
