Jose Romero Lotero

Graduate Student

jmr2337@columbia.edu

Spring 2025 Office hours: TBA

Interests

• Augustan Poetry

• Ovid

• Narratology

• Music and Myth

• Musical Cultures in the Ancient World

• Musicology and Classics

• Classical Traditions in Latin America
  

José Miguel is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Classics Department. Born in Cali, Colombia, José trained as a concert violinist at the Boston Conservatory of Music (B.M.), with further studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London. After a short but lively performing career as a solo violinist and member of the Macondo Chamber Players, José decided to pursue his passion for classical literature, earning a B.A. in Classical Philology at the University of Vienna and a Master’s degree at the University of Chicago. His Master’s paper focused on the role of nurses, servants, and other minor characters in Euripides’ tragedies.

José’s current interests center on Augustan Poetry, especially Ovid and Tibullus, narratology, myth, and the general role of music and performance in ancient literature and cultures. He also likes to explore the performative force of texts by setting poems to music and is eager to collaborate with musicologists and performers in the study of ancient poetry.

In his spare time, José enjoys brewing Colombian coffee and cooking his favorite recipes. He also continues to perform and is an amateur critic of concerts, operas, and records.