C. M. van der Keur studied classics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and obtained his PhD at the same university in 2015 with a commentary on Silius Italicus' Punica 13. He taught Latin as a university lecturer in Amsterdam and Groningen from 2010 to 2021, and now works as an independent scholar. His research interests include Flavian epic, intertextuality, genre, and narrative structure. He has written a number of articles on Silius Italicus, Virgil, and
Livy.