{"id":236,"date":"2026-09-27T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/claim.univie.ac.at\/?p=236"},"modified":"2026-09-27T12:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T12:54:09","slug":"new-colleague-martina-vercesi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/claim.univie.ac.at\/?p=236","title":{"rendered":"First to join CLAIM: Martina Vercesi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Martina is the first postdoc to join the Claim project, to be working on the Latin corpus. <em><strong>Welcome to Vienna, Martina!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/claim.univie.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Martina-Vercesi-691x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/claim.univie.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Martina-Vercesi-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/claim.univie.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Martina-Vercesi-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/claim.univie.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Martina-Vercesi-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/claim.univie.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Martina-Vercesi-1036x1536.jpg 1036w, https:\/\/claim.univie.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Martina-Vercesi-1381x2048.jpg 1381w, https:\/\/claim.univie.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Martina-Vercesi-scaled.jpg 1727w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Martina holds a degree in Classics from the Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Milano, where she began working on textual criticism and the Synoptic Gospels, and completed her PhD at the University of St Andrews (2022) under the supervision of Mark W. Elliott. Her doctoral research examined the text and interpretation of Revelation 19\u201321 in early North African Christian communities. In 2021, Martina moved to Glasgow to work on the ERC project\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kephalaia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Titles of the New Testament: A New Approach to Manuscripts and the History of Interpretation<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(TiNT), led by Garrick V. Allen, studying the paratextual traditions of the Gospels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2024, she has been a researcher at KU Leuven on the ERC project <a href=\"https:\/\/theo.kuleuven.be\/en\/research\/research_units\/ru_bible\/lemma\/bicross-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BICROSS:\u00a0<em>The Significance of Bilingual Manuscripts for Detecting Cross-Language Interaction in the New Testament Tradition<\/em><\/a>, led by Christina M. Kreinecker. There, she works on bilingual Greek\u2013Latin New Testament manuscripts, with a particular focus on \u201cWestern\u201d readings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Her research interests include New Testament manuscripts, textual criticism, biblical exegesis, the Latin New Testament, the Gospels, and the Book of Revelation. Her first book is <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mohrsiebeck.com\/buch\/revelation-19-21-in-the-exegesis-of-early-christian-roman-africa-9783161626906\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revelation 19-21 in the Exegesis of Early Christian Roman Africa<\/a><\/em>, published with Mohr Siebeck in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martina is the first postdoc to join the Claim project, to be working on the Latin corpus. Welcome to Vienna, Martina! 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