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Tommaso Gazzarri

Tommaso Gazzarri

Professor of Classics
Director of the Law and Humanities Minor
ORCID: 0000-0001-9915-5405
Lamont House #305
(518)-388-6389
gazzarrt@union.edu
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Classics, Law and Humanities

Areas of expertise

  • Roman Philosophy
  • Silver Latin Literature
  • Textual Criticism
  • Cognitive Linguistics
  • Gender Studies
  • Roman Comedy

Research interests

Professor Gazzarri is the author of five books: three philological editions of Roman authors from the Republican and early Imperial periods, published in 2010, 2015, and 2024, respectively; a monograph addressing the theory and practice of metaphorical language in Seneca (2020); and an edited volume focusing on the enigmatic figure of Roman cinaedi (2023). He has contributed numerous articles and curated three thematic special issues of LAS (Lucius Annaeus Seneca), the "International Journal of Senecan Studies," which he co-founded and co-directs. Additionally, he holds the position of Director for the interdepartmental program in Law and Humanities.

Teaching interests

Professor Gazzarri teaches a diverse range of courses related to the ancient Mediterranean world. In addition to providing instruction in Latin and Ancient Greek, he routinely offers a variety of classes encompassing an vast array of literary topics, as well as courses on classical civilization, including Roman Law and Sex and Gender in Classical Antiquity.

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Academic credentials

Italian Laurea, Università degli Studi di Pisa; M.A., The Johns Hopkins University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University