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Frederick Lauritzen

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Frederick Lauritzen

Scuola Grande di San Marco, Italy

Researcher at Scuola Grande di San Marco
2005 Doctorate (Ph.D.) Classics, Columbia University, New York, with the thesis “Psellos’ Depiction of Character in the Chronographia”
2005 Master (M.Phil.) Classics, Columbia University
2002 Master (M.A.) Literae Humaniores, Oxford University
2002 Master (M.A.) Classics, Columbia University
2000 Laurea (B.A.) Literae Humaniores, Oxford University
Book series editor: Theandrites: Studies in Byzantine Platonism and Christian Philosophy (284-1453)
Journal scientific board and editorial board:
‘Schola’ of the Scuola Grande di San Marco, published by Marcianum Press.
Member of the Académie Internationale des Sciences Religieuses (since 2013)
Member of the association Textes et Histoire de l’Antiquité Tardive (since 2013)
Member of the International Advisory Board of the Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Basin and South-East Europe, Ceraneum, Łódz, Poland (since 2011)
Member of Associazione Italiana Studi Bizantini (since 2006)
Research positions at public institutes in Italy or abroad:
2017 Historian at the Scuola Grande di San Marco, Venice Italy
2015-2019 Project evaluator Ministry of University and Research of Romania
2012 In charge of Valutazione della Qualità della Ricerca (VQR) for the Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose Giovanni XXIII, Bologna
2004 Research assistant for the exhibition “Alexander the Great; Treasures from an Epic Era of Hellenism.”, Onassis Foundation, New York
2004 Official guide for the exhibition “Coming of Age in Ancient Greece”, Onassis Foundation, New York
2003 Official guide for the exhibition “Ishtar to Aphrodite, 3000 years of Cypriot Hellenism”, Onassis Foundation, New York
2002-3 Official guide for the exhibition “Post-Byzantium: The Greek Renaissance” Onassis Foundation, New York
Reviewer for the following journals: Atti dell’Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, Byzantion, Engramma, JÖB, Ricerche Slavistiche, Studia Ceranea

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April 28, 2026, 10 a.m.International Conference “Searching for Spiritual Values in Times of Uncertainty.”
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On April 7 at 10:00 on Zoom, the next ISVS Invited Lecture will feature Janis John Ozolins presenting a very special topic: Australian Aboriginal culture and spirituality. 
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March 3, 2026New ISVS Project on Values and Spirituality in Context (https://instvs.org/values-and-spirituality-in-context/).

 

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Wishing all of you a great and inspiring New Year 2026! Our Newsletter gathers the achievements of a fruitful 2025.
 

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November 30, 2025 – New Issue of Methexis Journal –  Issue 9 of ISVS Publication, Methexis Journal has been released.

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