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Professor Anna Chahoud

CHAIR OF LATIN (1870) (Classics)
ARTS BUILDING
      
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Professor Anna Chahoud

CHAIR OF LATIN (1870) (Classics)
ARTS BUILDING

 chahouda@tcd.ie

 3531896 1984


I studied Classics in Bologna (Laurea in Lettere Classiche, 1991) and Pisa (Dottorato di Ricerca in Filologia greco-latina, 1996), and worked in England (Reading, 1997-8, and Durham, 1998-1999) before coming to Ireland in 1999. My research concentrates on early Latin and the transmission of Latin texts from antiquity to the early modern period. I have long been engaged in the study of fragmentary Republican satire, working on a new edition of, and the first English-language commentary, on the fragments of Lucilius. I am the author of a systematic study of Lucilius, of articles on Republican Latin and the grammatical tradition, and co-editor (with E. Dickey) of Colloquial and Literary Latin (Cambridge University Press 2010). I contributed to the New Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and am consulting editor for the Bryn Mawr Classical Review. I am a Fellow of Trinity College (FTCD[2007]) and College Public Orator.
  Early Latin literature   Language and/or Literature, Classical Latin   Language change   Latin grammatical tradition   Latin poetry   LINGUISTICS   Transmission of Latin texts
Project Title
 Lucilius, Satires
From
In Progress
To
Summary
Critical edition with commentary of the fragments of the 2nd century BC satirist C. Lucilius (Cambridge University Press)
Project Type
Edition with commentary
Project Title
 Latin Texts in Ireland
From
2009
To
2010
Summary
I have initiated a collaborative project with European partners on the study and possible digitization of select Medieval and Renaissance Latin manuscripts in Trinity College, for which I obtained a small but very valuable grant from the LRH; the project is intended to encourage international research on TCD resources and as a first step towards establishing a Trinity-based centre for the study of Latin transmission and textual criticism, in conjunction with the MPhil in Classics programme.
Funding Agency
Long Room Hub (PRTLI4)
Programme
Long Room Hub New Initiative
Project Type
Trinity Treasures, Exploratory Workshop (24/09/10)
Project Title
 Latin Identities: Post-Reformation Sources in Europe
From
16/09/2010
To
18/09/2010
Summary
The workshop was intended as a scoping exercise, with a view to setting up a European network for the study of Greco-Roman influences in early modern Latin texts of the counter-Reformation, with an emphasis on non-canonical genres (e.g. praise poetry, satire) and minority areas of reception of classical culture (e.g. Scottish Puritan Latin). Such texts (a) provide a corrective to the picture of the role of classical influences in the formation of European literature, (b) supply a primary-source context for cultural, political and religious debates in early modern Europe; and (c) afford opportunities for research on largely unpublished material.
Funding Agency
European Science Foundation
Programme
Exploratory Workshop
Project Type
LIPSE Exploratory Workshop September 2010
Project Title
 Augustus Bimillennium at Trinity College Dublin
From
May 2013
To
June 2014
Summary
Series of grouped under the title 'The Augustan Space' aim to explore the impact of the cultural programme of the Emperor Augustus (d. AD 14) on the formation of European identities. Questions addressed include tradition and transformation; nationalism and inclusiveness; monumentalisation of history and destabilising power of literature. Events include an international conference; poetry and music recital; exhibition of artwork based on digitised items from College collections (manuscript, maps and coins).
Funding Agency
Long Room Hub
Programme
Research Incentive Scheme 2013-14
Project Type
Academic conference, multi-media events and publication

Details Date
ERC SH5 Cultures and Cultural Production Panel Member/Chair 2015-2022
MC Member [IS1407 IE] to COST Action IS1407 Ancient European Languages and Writing (AELAW) 2015-2019
Manuscript, Book and Print Cultures Research Theme, TLRH, Trinity College 2014-2023
NWO Summit Grant Panel member 2023-24
Classics Advisory Board, Trinity College Dublin 2009-Present
Scientific Evaluator, Anvur Italian Universities VQR 2004-2010 2012-13
External Examiner, Maynooth University 2012-2015
External Assessor, Quality Review, Classics, University College Cork 2007-8
TCD Representative, Central Council of the Classical Association of Ireland 2006-7
Scientific Evaluator, European Science Foundation 2010-12
Evaluator, Ireland Undergraduate Awards 2010-11
Evaluator HH Stewart Scholarship, National University of Ireland 2007-12
Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
Italian Fluent Fluent Fluent
Details Date From Date To
Dictionary of Medieval Latin from Celtic Sources (Royal Irish Academy), Editorial Board 2024 Present
Internationale Thesaurus-Kommission, Thesaurus Linguae Latinae, Bavarian Academy of Sciences (Munich), Irish Delegate (nominated by the Royal Irish Academy) 2024 present
Bryn Mawr Classical Review, Consulting Editor 2005 Present
Commentarius Rinuccinianus Editorial Board 2003 2010
Classical Association of Ireland 2000 Present
Réseau Poesie Augustéenne, Associate member 2006 Present
Editors Introduction in, editor(s)Anna Chahoud, Giuseppe Pezzini , The History of Latin: J. N. Adams, Collected Papers, Cambridge, 2026, pp2 - 6, [Anna Chahoud, G> Pezzini], Book Chapter, SUBMITTED
Ancient Textual Criticism (Latin) in, editor(s)W. de Melo and S. Scullion , The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Latin Textual Criticism, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2026, pp77 - 93, [Anna Chahoud], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS
The History of Latin: J. N. Adams, Collected Papers, Anna Chahoud, Giuseppe Pezzini, Cambridge:, 2026, - 1567 pp., Critical Edition (Book), SUBMITTED
Ennius Satires and the Registers of Personal Poetry in, editor(s)J. Hill and C. W. Marshall , Ennius Beyond Epic, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2025, pp241 - 270, [Anna Chahoud], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  URL
Anna Chahoud, Revisiting Roman Hellenism, Nationalism, origins and the politics of Latin literature, Harvard University, 19"20/09/25, 2025, I. Peirano Garrison, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Anna Chahoud, Fronting and Focus in Republican Hexameters: Exploratory Study of Three Select Features, Poetry, prosody and pragmatics: linguistic insights from/on verse in Indo-European traditions, Trinity Long Room Hub, 19"20/06/2025, 2025, Boris Kayachev, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Anna Chahoud, I frammenti di Ennio e Lucilio in Prisciano, Rome, Sapienza, 12.12.2025, 2025, M. Rosellini, E. Spangenberg Yanes, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Anna Chahoud, Boris Kayachev, Poetry, prosody and pragmatics: linguistic insights from/on verse in Indo-European traditions, 19-20 June 2025, 2025, Trinity Long Room Hub, Meetings /Conferences Organised, PRESENTED
Monica R. Gale, Anna Chahoud, The Augustan Space: The Poetics of Geography, Topography and Monumentality, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2024, Book, PUBLISHED  DOI
Anna Chahoud, Non-literary Latin, standards and stylisation: Some observations on 'archaism', Thesaurus Linguae Latinae International Summer School on Latin Lexicography,, Munich, Bavarian Academy of Sciences, 31 July 2024, 2024, Thesaurus Linguae Latinae, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
  

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L'esilio del tiranno in, editor(s)A. Lombardo , Quaderni della Palabra 6, Venice, Centro Internazionale della Grafica, 2025, [Anna Chahoud, C. Kerrigan, L. Fort, and G. Della Pietà], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Not Dark Yet, Non è ancora notte in, editor(s)A. Lombardo , Quaderni della Palabra 5, Venice, Centro Internazionale della Grafica, 2024, [Anna Chahoud, C. Kerrigan, L. Fort, and G. Della Pietà], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
La poesia insegna a vivere. Omaggio a Mario Geymonat in, editor(s)A. Lombardo , Quaderni della Palabra 4, Venice, 2023, [A. Chahoud, C. Kerrigan, L. Fort, G. Della Pietà], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
A. Chahoud, Latino arcaico e lingua d'uso negli Studi luciliani, La filologia di Italo Mariotti, Bologna, 19.04.23, 2023, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
A. Chahoud, Lucilio uetustissimus? La testimonianza di Prisciano, L'Ars grammatica di Prisciano come fonte di tradizione indiretta (ERC AdG PAGES), Rome, 6-8/09/2023, 2023, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Le donne e la guerra. Tre testi in omaggio a Mario Geymonat in, editor(s)Anna Lombardo , Quaderni della Palabra 3, Venice, 2022, [Anna Chahoud, C. Kerrigan, L. Fort, and A. Lombardo], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
A. Chahoud, Lingua d'arte e lingua d'uso Latina, University of Genoa, 19-28/04/22, 2022, Notes: [10 lecture hours], Invited Talk, PRESENTED
A. Chahoud, Latino `arcaico" e Petronio: qualche osservazione, Cantiere Petroniano IV, University of Florence, 26/05/22, 2022, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
A. Chahoud, Respondent to Latin Session, The Politics of Archaism in the Imperial Period, University of Bristol, 1/7/22, 2022, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
A. Chahoud, Variazioni di registro nell'Ennio Minore, University of Florence, 27/10/22, 2022, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

  


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Award Date
FTCD 2007
TLRH Research Incentive Scheme, €4000 2013
Trinity Association and Trust, €3000 2013
Visiting Scientist, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa 2012
PRTLI IV (LRH New Initiative) €5000 2008
ESF Exploratory Workshop, €6000 2009
My research focuses on two main areas - Early Latin language and literature and the transmission of Latin texts from antiquity to the early modern period. I am especially interested in the interaction between literary and spoken language in the process of formation of genre-specific poetic diction in Roman Republican literature. My primary interest is in early Roman satire; my commentary on the fragments of Lucilius (in progress) investigates the relationships between hexametrical poetry and the comic register on the one hand and stylized prose on the other. I am also working on an edition of fragments of Republican Latin satire, political invective and popular verse for Harvard University Press, which explores the relationship between the literary genre and colloquial, sub-literary and non-literary Latin. My concern with the survival of fragmentary texts through the grammatical and scholarly tradition of Classical and Late Antiquity has led to a wider study of ancient Latin linguistics in its own right.