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William M. Calder III Fellowship 2008 Recipient
 2008
American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awarded the 2008 William M. Calder III Fellowship for Classical Studies to Dr. Wolfgang Polleichtner.
Dr. Polleichtner studied Classics, German, and philosophy at various universities in Ireland, Switzerland, the US, and Germany. He received his MA in 2000, his "1. Staatsexamen" in 2001, his PhD in 2005, and his "2. Staatsexamen" in 2007. His MA thesis dealt with the influence of Plato's techniques in constructing dialogues on Thomas More. His dissertation investigated the philosophical and literary background of Aeneas' emotions in Vergil's Aeneid. Currently he is working on his Habilitation at the Ruhr-Universität at Bochum, Germany, on Thucydides. Part of that project will be a study on Livy's debt to this great Athenian historian. To conduct this study, Wolfgang Polleichtner will go to work with Timothy Moore at the University of Texas at Austin. The Calder Fellowship will greatly facilitate and support this cooperation.
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