Research: Primary Teaching in Rome. The figure of the pedagogue.
Sergio Turrisi (1989).
PhD candidate in Philology and History of the Ancient World (historical curriculum), tutor: Gian Luca Gregori; cotutor: Francesca Romana Berno.
Graduated in Classics in Sapienza in 2011 with a thesis in Aegean Civilizations (110/110 cum laude), he continued his studies in the same university with a master's degree in Philology, Literature and History of the Ancient World in 2014 (110/110 cum laude).
He later qualified to Literary Disciplines, Latin and Greek in high schools and has been a tenured Teacher in high schools since 2017.
Enrolled in the XXXVIII cycle of the PhD in Philology and History of the Ancient World with a project on the history of education in the Roman world entitled: Primary Teaching in Rome. The figure of the pedagogue. The aim of the project is a systematic study of all the documentation relating to the figure of the paedagogus with particular regard to Rome, comparing literary and epigraphic attestations.
Author with others of a chapter in the forthcoming volume Education and Dialogue in Polarized Societies. Dialogic Perspectives in Times of Change edited by O. Erstad, B. E. Hagtvet, J. V. Wertsch (forthcoming June 5, 2024).
Other articles forthcoming:
- Il paedagogus, una figura marginale nell’istruzione del puer? Osservazioni sulla documentazione epigrafica e letteraria a Roma tra repubblica e principato, in Scienze dell'Antichità.
- Il ruolo del pedagogo nella famiglia romana, Atti del II Congreso Internacional y Multidisciplinar sobre el Mundo Antiguo, UNED Cantabria.