David Hernández de la Fuente

PhD in Classical Philology. PhD in Social History of Antiquity. BA Degrees in Classical Philology, Hispanic Philology and Law. His main lines of research are Religion and Greek Mythology (esp. Oracles and Pythagoreanism), Society and Literature in Late Antiquity (Nonnus of Panopolis, Early Byzantine poetry and society), Classical Tradition and History of Platonism (Laws and Neoplatonism). He has been a lecturer and researcher at the universities of Potsdam, Carlos III of Madrid, Saint Louis University (Madrid Campus) and UNED, and is currently Full Professor of Greek Philology at the Department of Classics of Complutense University of Madrid, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Classical Philology, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies and Translation Studies. He has authored several essays on literature, philosophy and classical mythology -among them “Bakkhos Anax. Un estudio sobre Nono de Panópolis” (2008) “Oráculos griegos” (2008, 2019), “Vidas de Pitágoras” (2011, 2014, 2020), “Mitología clásica” (2015), “Breve historia de Bizancio” (2014), “El despertar del alma: Dioniso y Ariadna, mito y misterio” (2017), “El hilo de oro: los clásicos en el laberinto de hoy” (2021) or "Pequeña historia mítica de España (2024) and numerous articles in his specialty in academic journals. As academic editor he has edites or co-edited volumes such as “New Perspectives on Late Antiquity” (2008), “New Perspectives on Late Antiquity in the Eastern Roman Empire” (2014) or “Shaping the ‘divine man’. Holiness, Charisma and Leadership in the Graeco-Roman World” (2022). He has participated as principal investigator in numerous projects and research groups at regional, national and European level and has directed 7 doctoral theses. He is editor or member of the editorial board of several journals and collections of monographs: he directs two collections of books "Temas de Historia Antigua" at Editorial Síntesis and "Biblioteca de Ciencias de las Religiones" (UCM). Since 2021 he is editor in chief of the academic journal "Estudios Bizantinos". He has received several national and international distinctions for his research career, such as the "Pastor Foundation" Award for Classical Studies (2005), the Burgen Scholarship Award of the Academia Europaea (2014) or the Humboldt-Forschungsstipendium (2009) or the Premio Acción Cívica (2022). He has been awarded prestigious postdoctoral grants such as the Juan de la Cierva (2005), José Castillejo (2007), Beatriu de Pinós (2011) and Ramón y Cajal (2011). He has been a researcher or guest lecturer at centers such as Columbia Univ., Univ. di Firenze, CNRS (Paris), Akademie der Wissenschaften (Berlin), Univ, Paris-X or Freie Univ. Berlin, among other international institutions. He is an active member of several groups (UCM, UC3M, UNED, Berlin-Potsdam, Franche-Comté, Castellón, Oviedo, etc.) and societies such as the Spanish Society of Classical Studies (he is currently a member of its Madrid section) or the Spanish Society of Rhetoric (he is currently its secretary). As translator of classics, he has translated and edited "Dionysiaca" by Nonnus, "Parallel Lives" by Plutarch, "Meditations" of Marcus Aurelius, "Handbook" of Epictetus or the fragments of Epicurus. In addition, as a ficción writer, he is the author of seven books, including "Las puertas del sueño" (2004) or "A cubierto" (2011), for which he has received literary awards from the Community of Madrid and the Diputación de Valencia, respectively. As literary critic he collaborates in several national newspapers (La Razón and El País) and he participates often in radio programs of the National Spanish Broadcast (RNE), such as Agora, with a section on Ancient Philosophy.