Prof. Paul Gwynne
- Associate Professor of Classics
- B.A., University of Reading
- M.A., University of York
- Ph.D., The Warburg Institute, University of London
- Diploma Palaeographica Diplomatica Archivistica, Vatican
Paul Gwynne received his Ph.D. in Combined Historical Studies from the Warburg Institute, University of London and since living in Rome has successfully completed the two-year diploma in Palaeography and Diplomatics from the Scuola di Paleografia, Archivistica e Diplomatica at the Archivio Secreto Vaticano. As well as teaching a wide variety of courses in Classics, Professor Gwynne is also responsible for Interdisciplinary Studies. His research interests include the reception of the Classical Tradition with particular emphasis on the development of Humanism in Renaissance Rome. His first book, entitled Poets and Princes: the Panegyric Poetry of Johannes Michael Nagonius, will be published by Brepols as the first in a new series on Medieval and Renaissance Court Cultures. He is currently completing an annotated edition of the works of the Neo-Latin poet Francesco Sperulo (fl. 1490-c.1530) and researching the artistic and literary patronage of the infamous Cesare Borgia.
