{{Short description|German classical philologist}} '''Gesine Manuwald''' is currently a Professor of Latin and Head of the Department of Greek and Latin at [[University College London]]. She focuses on Roman drama, [[Epic poetry|epic]] and oratory (particularly [[Cicero]]) and the reception of Roman literature, especially [[Neo-Latin]] poetry. In June 2025, she became General Editor of the Loeb Classical Library<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.loebclassics.com/loeb/news/2025/June;jsessionid=8077BD8F334F967035AECBAFAF7F407C |access-date=2025-12-07 |website=www.loebclassics.com}}</ref>
== Career == Gesine Manuwald studied Classics and English at the [[University of Freiburg]], with a year as an affiliate student at [[University College London|UCL]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/people/full-time-staff/gesine-manuwald|title=Gesine Manuwald|website=www.ucl.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-07-31}}</ref> She was awarded the [[Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis]] in 2001 for work on classical [[philology]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uni-freiburg.de/universitaet-en/portrait/outstanding-achievements/heinzmaierleibnitzpreis/gmanuwald|title=Gesine Manuwald — University of Freiburg|website=www.uni-freiburg.de|language=en|access-date=2017-07-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dfg.de/en/funded_projects/prizewinners/maier_leibnitz_prize/index.html|title=DFG, German Research Foundation - Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize|website=www.dfg.de|language=en|access-date=2017-07-31}}</ref> From there she did her Ph.D. on [[Gaius Valerius Flaccus|Valerius Flaccus]] and a post-doctoral ''[[habilitation]]'' on the Roman dramatic genre ''[[fabula praetexta]].'' During this time she also worked on a research project on Roman tragedy, which then led to a five-year research fellowship in which she was able to produce her commentary of Cicero's ''Philippics'' 3–9 (2007).<ref name=":0" />
In 2007, Gesine Manuwald joined the UCL Department of Greek and Latin.<ref name=":0" /> She became a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Manuwald_Gesine|title=Academy of Europe: Manuwald Gesine|date=4 August 2014|website=www.ae-info.org|access-date=2017-07-31}}</ref>
== Publications == * ''Die Cyzicus-Episode und ihre Funktion in den Argonautica des Valerius Flaccus'', Göttingen 1999 (''Hypomnemata'' 127) * ''Fabulae praetextae. Spuren einer literarischen Gattung der Römer'', München 2001 (Zetemata 108) * ''Pacuvius – summus tragicus poeta. Zum dramatischen Profil seiner Tragödien'', München / Leipzig 2003 (BzA 191) * ''Römische Tragödien und Praetexten republikanischer Zeit: 1964–2002'', [[Lustrum (journal)|Lustrum]], Jahrgang 2001, Band 43, 2004, 11–237 * ''Cicero, Philippics 3–9. Edited with Introduction, Translation and Commentary''. Vol. 1: Introduction, Text and Translation, References and Indexes; Vol. 2: Commentary, Berlin / New York 2007 (Texte und Kommentare 30) * Cicero. ''Philippics''. Edited and translated by D.R. Shackleton Bailey. Revised by John T. Ramsey and Gesine Manuwald, 2 vol., Cambridge (MA) / London 2009 (Cicero XVa / b; LCL 189 / 507). * ''Roman Drama: A Reader'', London 2010 * ''Roman Republican Theatre'', Cambridge 2011 * ''Tragicorum Romanorum Fragmenta'' (''TrRF''). Volumen II. Ennius, Göttingen 2012 * ''Nero in Opera. Librettos as Transformations of Ancient Sources'', Berlin / Boston 2013 (''Transformationen der Antike'' 24) * Cicero, London 2015 (Understanding Classics)
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