Her Royal Highness Princess Margrethe's Scholarship for scientific studies at the Danish Institute in Rome.
The Danish Institute in Rome on 16 April 2025
Elisabetta Barili is this year's recipient of Her Royal Highness Princess Margrethe's Scholarship for scientific studies at the Danish Institute in Rome. The purpose of the scholarship is to enable qualified individuals to undertake scientific studies at the Danish Institute in Rome in the fields of classical archaeology, history, classical and Romance languages.
Barili is a postdoc at the University of Southern Denmark as part of the Semper Ardens Accelerate project (funded by the Carlsberg Foundation) "A Rhetoric for the Empire" (PI Aglae Pizzone).
Barili works with Byzantine intellectuals in the Middle Ages and their use of earlier Roman authors who wrote in Greek. Central to this work is Barili's use of previously unpublished and often unknown medieval manuscripts, which can only be accessed at the Vatican Library.
Barili's recent PhD has given her the necessary expertise in Byzantine Greek to read these manuscripts. Barili has published her research internationally and is currently working on a monograph based on her PhD thesis. She recently won the SDU Humanities Prize for best PhD for this thesis. During her stay here at the Institute, we experienced Barili as an ambitious, hard-working researcher at an international level.
The institute looks forward to offering her another stay when it fits into her busy schedule.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Danish Institute in Rome
Mads Kähler Holst, Chairman of the Board
The Danish Academy in Rome, April 16, 2025
Elisabetta Barili is this year's recipient of Her Royal Highness Princess Margrethe's Grant for Scholarly Studies at the Danish Academy in Rome.
The purpose of the grant is to enable qualified individuals to carry out scholarly studies at the Danish Academy in Rome within the fields of classical archaeology, history, and classical and Romance languages.
Barili is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Southern Denmark, working on the Semper Ardens Accelerate project (funded by the Carlsberg Foundation) "A Rhetoric for the Empire" (PI Aglae Pizzone).
Barili studies Byzantine intellectuals of the Middle Ages and their use of earlier Roman authors writing in Greek. A central aspect of her work is the use of previously unpublished and often unknown medieval manuscripts, which can only be accessed at the Vatican Library.
Her recently completed PhD has provided her with the necessary expertise in Byzantine Greek to read these manuscripts. Barili has published her research internationally and is currently working on a monograph based on her dissertation. She recently won SDU's (University of Southern Denmark) Humanities PhD Prize for best dissertation. During her stay at the Academy, we experienced Barili as an ambitious, hard-working scholar of international calibre.
The Academy looks forward to welcoming her back for another stay when her busy schedule allows.
On behalf of the Board of the Danish Academy in Rome
Mads Kähler Holst, Chairman of the Board
The Danish Institute in Rome, 16 April 2025
Elisabetta Barili is this year's winner of the Borsa di Studio di Sua Altezza Reale la Principessa Margrethe for scientific studies at the Accademia di Danimarca in Rome.
The purpose of the scholarship is to enable qualified persons to pursue scientific studies at the Accademia di Danimarca in Rome in the fields of classical archaeology, history, and classical and Romance languages.
Barili is a post-doc researcher at the University of Southern Denmark for the project "A Rhetoric for the Empire" (responsabile scientifica: Aglae Pizzone) nell'ambito del programma Semper Ardens Accelerate (finanziato dalla Fondazione Carlsberg). Gli studi di Barili riguardano gli intellettuali bizantini del Medioevo e il loro uso di autori in lingua greca di età romana. A central aspect of his work is the use of unpublished and often unrecognised medieval manuscripts, which can only be consulted in the Vatican Library.
Il dottorato di ricerca recentemente concluso le ha fornito la necessaria competenza per poter leggere i manoscritti nel greco bizantino. Barili has published the results of his research internationally and is currently working on a monograph based on his thesis. Ha recentemente ricevuto il Premio per la Miglior Tesi di Dottorato in ambito umanistico della University of Southern Denmark. Durante il suo soggiorno presso l'Istituto, Barili si è distinta come determinata e laboriosa studiosa di calibro internazionale.
L'Istituto attende con piacere di poterliere di poterla accogliere nuovamente per un altro soggiorno, quando i suoi impegni lo permetteranno.
A nome del Consiglio dell'Accademia di Danimarca a Roma
Mads Kähler Holst, Presidente del Consiglio