Master s Candidate in Classical Studies - History Teacher
Resume:
Eleonora Grotteria
Graduate student in Classical Studies at Boston University
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Work Experience
Teaching Fellow - Classical Studies, Boston University January 2026 - May 2026
Roman History (Instructor: Professor Zsuzsanna Varhelyi)
● Graded midterms and finals;
● Led review sessions and discussion sessions.
September 2025 - December 2025
The Good Life in the Ancient World (Instructor: Professor Zsuzsanna Varhelyi)
● Graded midterms and finals;
● Led review sessions and discussion sessions.
Teaching Fellow at Boston University - Program: Classical Studies
January 2025-May 2025
Roman History (Instructor: Professor Zsuzsanna Varhelyi)
● Graded midterms and finals;
● Led review sessions and discussion sessions.
September 2024-December 2024
History of Ancient Medicine (Instructor: Professor James Uden)
● Graded midterms and finals;
● Led review sessions and discussion sessions.
Instructor of Latin, Ancient Greek and Italian (private classes)
September 2020- December 2022
● Strengthened students’ reading and writing proficiency in ancient Skills
● Interdisciplinary teaching
● Curriculum planning and
lesson design
● Differentiated instruction
(teaching students with
different
abilities/backgrounds)
● Classroom management and
positive discipline
● Student-centered /
discussion-based teaching
● Supporting critical thinking
and analytical writing
Languages
Italian (native speaker)
English, Ancient Greek, Latin
(proficient)
German (Intermediate)
Spanish (Intermediate)
languages.
Seminars
University of Bologna, Italy – Greek Historiography
● Pausanias and the Recovery of the Arcadian Tradition
● Classical History and Cultural Tradition of Phigalia and Stymphalus Master’s Degree in Ancient History
University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum), Italy — July 2022 Majors: Greek and Roman History
Thesis: Divine Signs in Plutarch’s Lives and Pausanias’ Periegesis: Historical Addendum on the Imperial Age
Final Grade: 110/110, Summa Cum Laude
Master’s Degree in Classical Philology
University of Bologna — May 2021
Major: Roman Literature
Thesis: Event and Cultural History of the Poleis of Phigalia and Stymphalus with a Historiographical Addendum on Pausanias’ Methodology Final Grade: 110/110, Summa Cum Laude
Bachelor’s Degree in Classics
University of Bologna — October 2018
Major: Greek Literature
Thesis: Wisdom and Knowledge in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon
● Historical, Linguistic, and Emotional Analysis of the Dialogue March, April, October 2022
between Cleon and Diodotus (Thucydides, Peloponnesian War III.36–40; 42–48)
Education
Master’s Degree in Classical Studies (In progress - expected in May 2026)
Boston University, Boston, MA
September 2023 - May 2026
Major: Ancient Greek.
Final Grade: 99/110
High School Diploma in Classics
Liceo Classico D.A., Sassari, Italy — June 2015
Focus: Classical Literature and Ancient Languages
Thesis: Shame culture in Homer’s Iliad - an interdisciplinary approach
(connections with Fascism and early 20th-century Italian writers, such as Pavese and Montale).
Publications & Conferences
Papers
Identità civica e pratiche cultuali a Figalìa e Stinfalo
(Civic Identity and Religious Practices in Phigalia and Stymphalus) Conference: Tekmeria 1 – International Doctoral Conference, University of Salerno, Oct 2023
Journal: Ἑλληνικά. Studi di storia greca — December 2024 Reviews
Romolo. La leggenda del fondatore (Romulus and His Legend) Mythos – Rivista di storia delle religioni — December 15, 2023 Conferences
Religious Faith as a Way to Reduce Anxiety during Global Epidemics Tracce di Identità – International Doctoral Conference University of Naples Federico II — February 2024
Manipulation of Mass Identity in 5th-Century Athens: Between Civic Ideals and Religious Cults
Tekmeria Conference – University of Salerno — October 2023 Civic Identity and Religious Practices in Phigalia and Stymphalus IAFOR Paris Conference on Arts and Humanities — June 2024
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