Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Associate Professor (Classical Philology), tenure-track. I am the principal investigator of the project "Digital Grammar of Greek Documentary Papyri" (ERC Starting Grant 2017). Before that I was a postdoctoral researcher in the project Act of the Scribe. Transmitting Linguistic Knowledge and scribal Practices in Graeco-Roman Antiquity funded by the Academy of Finland. A previous project of my own as a postdoctoral researcher of the Academy of Finland was called: SEMATIA: Linguistic Annotation of the Greek Documentary Papyri. In general, I am interested in languages and linguistic variation, language contact and bilingualism using mainly Greek papyrological sources. Especially digital resources in the study of the ancient languages are my focus area. My PhD dissertation (2011) was about bilingual notaries in Hellenistic Egypt (published as Bilingual Notaries in Hellenistic Egypt. A Study of Greek as a Second Language. Collectanea Hellenistica 5. Brussel).
I am also a member of a research group (led by Professor Jaakko Frösén) publishing the carbonized papyrus dossier from the Byzantine period, found in Petra, Jordan.
Education/Academic qualification
Greek language and literature, PhD, University of Helsinki
Fields of Science
- 6121 Languages
- Greek language and literature
- Latin language and Roman literature
- Papyrology
- Language contact and bilingualism in antiquity
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications 2000 2019
Copying practices in Ptolemaic Egypt: A discussion based on agoranomic contracts from Pathyris
Vierros, M., 2019, In : Tyche : Beiträge zur alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 33, p. 207–230 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Languages, Scripts, Literature, and Bridges between Cultures
Vierros, M. K. & Torallas Tovar, S., 2019, A Companion to Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt. Vandorpe, K. (ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell, p. 485–500 16 p. 31Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
2. Three minor documents
Vierros, M. K. & Lehtinen, M. S., 2018, The Petra Papyri V. Arjava, A., Frösén, J. & Kaimio, J. (eds.). American center of oriental research, Vol. 5. p. 246–251 6 p. (American Center of Oriental Research Publications; no. 8).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
65. Request for transfer of taxation
Vierros, M. K., 2018, The Petra Papyri V. Arjava, A., Frösén, J. & Kaimio, J. (eds.). Amman: American center of oriental research, Vol. 5. p. 216–220 5 p. (American Center of Oriental Research Publications; no. 8).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
66. Request for transfer of taxation
Vierros, M. K., Gagos, T. & Koenen, L., 2018, The Petra Papyri V. Arjava, A., Frösén, J. & Kaimio, J. (eds.). Amman: American center of oriental research, Vol. 5. p. 221–225 5 p. (American Center of Oriental Research Publications; vol. 8).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Projects 1968 2023
Digital Grammar of Greek Documentary Papyri
Vierros, M., Dahlgren, S. A. K., Henriksson, E. & Valentinova Yordanova, P.
European Commission / Horizon 2020
01/03/2018 → 28/02/2023
Project: Research project
ActS: Act of the Scribe. Transmitting linguistic knowledge and scribal practices in Graeco-Roman Antiquity.
Leiwo, M., Halla-aho, H., Vierros, M. & Dahlgren, S. A. K.
01/09/2015 → 31/08/2019
Project: Research project
SEMATIA: Linguistic Annotation of the Greek Documentary Papyri – Detecting and Determining Contact-Induced, Dialectal and Stylistic Variation
01/09/2012 → 31/08/2015
Project: Research project
Kreikankielisten papyrusten julkaiseminen
Frösen, J., Arjava, A., Buchholz, M., Kaimio, J. J., Kaimio, M., Purola, T., Salmenkivi, E., Satama (ent. Vesterinen), M. & Vierros, M.
01/01/1968 → 31/12/2017
Project: Research project
Activities 2001 2019
Getting funded: Insider tips for successful applications
Marja Vierros (Invited speaker)25 Jan 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
15th Congress of the Fédération internationale des associations d'études classiques (FIEC) and the Classical Association annual conference 2019
Marja Vierros (Speaker: Presenter)7 Jul 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum (Journal)
Marja Vierros (Reviewer)2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Using Ancient Treebanks
Marja Vierros (Speaker: Presenter), Polina Valentinova Yordanova (Speaker: Presenter)21 Sep 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Gaudeamus (Publisher)
Marja Vierros (Reviewer)2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Press / Media
Tarunhohtoinen rauniokaupunki Petra - kuinka hiiltyneet papyrukset paljastivat salaisuutensa kerros kerrokselta
28/06/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media