I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam. I obtained a BA in Classics (cum laude) from VU University, a MA in Linguistics (magna cum laude) from KU Leuven, and a PhD (magna cum laude) from Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. My current research focuses on Roman Comedy.

2022–present Diachronic Metalepsis

The DFG-funded network on Diachronic Metalepsis (coordinated by the University of Heidelberg) investigates "whether and how specific metaleptic phenomena (transgressions of narrative boundaries) take different forms and functions in different historical contexts and to what extent one can trace continuities and developments". Within the network, which analyses texts from different time periods, I focus on the metaleptic quality of the comedies of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus. I examine the various kinds of metalepsis found in Plautus' plays and their effect on the spectators, and I address the nature of metalepsis in drama in general.

2022–present Constructing Fantastical Worlds: From Antiquity to the Present

Together with my colleagues at the University of Amsterdam (Caterina Fossi and Koen Vacano), I organized a workshop in June/July 2022 about the construction of fantastical worlds throughout time. The workshop explored, from various theoretical and methodological perspectives, the techniques and devices used to build fantastical worlds in ancient and medieval literature, contemporary theatre, and modern games. We are currently preparing the edited volume.

2019–present Common ground management in Roman Comedy

As a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam, I study anchoring devices in ancient Roman comedy. I am especially interested in the strategies used by the comic poets Plautus and Terence to keep their spectators engaged and entertained. My research is part of the Anchoring Innovation project, in which I collaborate with scholars from various disciplines to investigate how new ideas are grounded in old knowledge in the ancient world. As part of this project, I spent January of 2020 at the Laboratoire d'Analyse Statistique des Langues Anciennes (LASLA) of the University of Liège.

2016–2019 Spatial deixis in (diachronic) language development

My doctoral research focused on deixis. Based on a sample of 180 languages, I investigated the syntax, semantics, and iconicity of spatial demonstratives worldwide. Moreover, based on corpus data, I analyzed the (inter)subjectivity of demonstratives in Latin. This resulted in a PhD thesis titled Demonstratives in space and discourse: A synchronic and Diachronic analysis. My PhD project was part of the DComm European Training Network, a highly international research network that focused on deictic communication in various disciplines (linguistics, (developmental) psychology, neuroscience, robotic engineering, architecture). During this project, I completed research stays at the University of Aarhus (Denmark) and the University of Manchester (UK).

2019–present: Postdoctoral researcher (University of Amsterdam)

Project title: Common ground management in Roman comedy

Anchoring Innovation project (NWO gravitation grant, 2017) (https://www.ru.nl/oikos/anchoring-innovation/)

2016–2019: Doctoral candidate (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)

PhD obtained (magna cum laude) in January 2020

Thesis: Demonstratives in space and discourse: A synchronic and diachronic analysis

Marie Skłodowska-Curie ESR in the DComm European Training Network (http://www.dcomm.eu/)

2015–2016: MA in linguistics (KU Leuven)

MA obtained (magna cum laude) in September 2016

2011–2015: BA in Latin and Ancient Greek Language and Literature (VU University Amsterdam)

BA obtained (cum laude) in July 2015

I have taught and designed several courses in Latin language and linguistics at the University of Amsterdam. I have also taught and designed Latin language courses for high school teachers as part of the Alfa4all/SCHOLAE-project, and I will teach Livy at the Amsterdam Summer School of Classics. I obtained my BKO (University Teaching Qualification) in 2021.

2022-2023

Latin for high school teachers II (Alfa4all/SCHOLAE)

2021-2022

Livy (Amsterdam Summer School of Classics)

Latin for high school teachers II (Alfa4all/SCHOLAE)

2020-2021

Latin linguistics (UvA)

Latin for beginners II (UvA)

2019-2020

Latin for beginners II (UvA)