# Gesine Manuwald

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German classical philologist

**Gesine Manuwald** is currently a Professor of Latin and Head of the Department of Greek and Latin at [University College London](/source/University_College_London). She focuses on Roman drama, [epic](/source/Epic_poetry) and oratory (particularly [Cicero](/source/Cicero)) and the reception of Roman literature, especially [Neo-Latin](/source/Neo-Latin) poetry. In June 2025, she became General Editor of the Loeb Classical Library[1]

## Career

Gesine Manuwald studied Classics and English at the [University of Freiburg](/source/University_of_Freiburg), with a year as an affiliate student at [UCL](/source/University_College_London).[2] She was awarded the [Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis](/source/Heinz_Maier-Leibnitz-Preis) in 2001 for work on classical [philology](/source/Philology).[3][4] From there she did her Ph.D. on [Valerius Flaccus](/source/Gaius_Valerius_Flaccus) and a post-doctoral *[habilitation](/source/Habilitation)* on the Roman dramatic genre *[fabula praetexta](/source/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).[2]

In 2007, Gesine Manuwald joined the UCL Department of Greek and Latin.[2] She became a member of the [Academia Europaea](/source/Academia_Europaea) in 2014.[5]

## 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](/source/Lustrum_(journal)), 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)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** *www.loebclassics.com* [https://www.loebclassics.com/loeb/news/2025/June;jsessionid=8077BD8F334F967035AECBAFAF7F407C](https://www.loebclassics.com/loeb/news/2025/June;jsessionid=8077BD8F334F967035AECBAFAF7F407C). Retrieved 2025-12-07. {{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: Missing or empty |title= ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#citation_missing_title))

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_2-2) ["Gesine Manuwald"](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/people/full-time-staff/gesine-manuwald). *www.ucl.ac.uk*. Retrieved 2017-07-31.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Gesine Manuwald — University of Freiburg"](https://www.uni-freiburg.de/universitaet-en/portrait/outstanding-achievements/heinzmaierleibnitzpreis/gmanuwald). *www.uni-freiburg.de*. Retrieved 2017-07-31.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["DFG, German Research Foundation - Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize"](https://www.dfg.de/en/funded_projects/prizewinners/maier_leibnitz_prize/index.html). *www.dfg.de*. Retrieved 2017-07-31.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Academy of Europe: Manuwald Gesine"](http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Manuwald_Gesine). *www.ae-info.org*. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 2017-07-31.

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