Category: News
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Antonia Foggia and Ada Migliazza, predoc researchers in SP 1 (Coordination Project), took part in the Summer School INtegrating TRAditional and Digital Approaches in Manuscript Studies (INTRADAMS), held at the University of Milan from 8th to 19th June 2026, in collaboration with the Department of History and Cultures of the University of Bologna and the University…
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From 18 to 19 June 2026, our colleagues in Orléans organised a conference on the theme of ‘The Suffering of the Epic Body’ (Malheurs du corps épique). Over the course of two days, the speakers explored the theme of the body and its disfigurement in epic poetry. In addition to ancient Greek and Roman epics, the…
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On 17 June 2026, our department had the honor of hosting Dr. Larisa Ficulle Santini (Austrian Academy of Sciences) and Professor Anna Maria Taragna (University of Turin). They presented a joint paper in a double Guest Talk, organized by our fellow Riccardo Stigliano, titled: In and Beyond the Female Body. Between Reproductive Control and Renunciation…
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Veronica Papotti, PhD researcher in Subproject 7 Canons of Neo-Latin Texts, has been awarded a Seminarium Fellowship for the academic year 2027–2028 at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Under the supervision of Raf Van Rooy and Nicholas de Sutter, she will investigate the role of Periochae in the formation and transmission of the Neo-Latin dramatic canon in Early…
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Domenico Graziano (SP1 – Coordination Project) recently completed a period of training and scientific collaboration in Florence at SISMEL (International Society for the Study of Medieval Latin) and the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (8–11 June), as part of the 11th International Training Course on Manuscript Studies. During his stay, under the supervision of Prof. Gabriella Pomaro (SISMEL),…
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On 11 June 2026, William M. Barton contributed to the Text and Transmission Research Seminar (TeTra) organized by the universities of Vienna and Leuven. His talk “Byzantine Letters in Golden-Age Spain: On Vicente Mariner’s translation of Theophylact Achridensis’ Correspondence” is available on youtube.
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On 8 June 2026, Prof Dr Michaela Wiesinger from the Institute of German Studies (Innsbruck University) visited our SRA. We presented to her in particular those research projects that are closely related to German humanism (Delila Jordan, Ivan Mazhaev, Benedikt Zett), and in turn gained insights into her work, particularly her ERC project “German Arithmetical…
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Domenico Graziano (SP1 – Coordination Project) and Orsola Lorena Purcaro (SP5 – Neo-Latin Translations – Bilingual Books for Early Modern Readers) participated in the international conference Transfer of Knowledge in Auxiliary Texts to Greek and Latin Literature (14th–16th c.): The Making of the Late Medieval and Renaissance Canon, organized by Giandamiano Bovi and Vincenzo Damiani (Catania, 4–5 June…
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Veronica Papotti, PhD student in Sub Project 7 Kanones of Neo-Latin Texts, participated in the biennial conference L’Approximation en latin, organised by the Centre Alfred Ernout and held at Sorbonne Université (Paris) from 1 to 3 June 2026. During the conference, she presented a paper devoted to the use of deixis in Roman comedy, focusing…
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Patryk M. Ryczkowski, PI in the Sub-Project 6 Neolatin and the Newcomers and currently also a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow at the Vilnius University, participated in the 15th annual REFORC conference in Wrocław from 19 to 21 May 2026. Pursuing the leading topic of the Christian materiality, he organised a panel devoted to the material representations…