Category: Lagoos
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From 24 to 29 August 2026, the University of Vienna hosted the 25th International Congress of Byzantine Studies (ICBS), the world’s largest academic gathering dedicated to the Byzantine Empire, its history, and its culture. Held under the patronage of Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen and themed “Byzantium beyond Byzantium,” the congress attracted approximately 1,500 scholars…
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For research at the Archives Nationales and the Bibliothèque Mazarine (Institut de France), our researcher Chiara Telesca (related project LAGOOS) spent several weeks in Paris. She was exploring the inscriptions of the Luxor Obelisk and the epigraphic collections from colonial Algeria.
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On the 8-10 July, the conference New Ancient Greek Literature: Contexts, Audiences, Legacies took place at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Organised by the Hellas Belgicaproject, the conference brought together perspectives on the long history of New Ancient Greek as a dynamic cultural phenomenon from scholars working across Europe, the UK and United States. The Innsbruck…
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On 2nd July 2026, a group of seven team members visited the library at Stift Wilten to explore the monastery’s collection of Greek materials. The group, brought together by W. Barton under the aegis of the SRA’s Early Modern Classics project, was particularly interested in rare editions of classical works on the library’s shelves, prominent Byzantine authors…