Category: Florian Schaffenrath
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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 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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On 21 and 22 May 2026, our related project Scanderbegus Latinus (PI Stefan Zathammer), in collaboration with Prof. Gentiana Kera (Department of History, University of Tirana), hosted a two-day international workshop dedicated to the representation of Skanderbeg in Early Modern literature at the University of Tirana. The workshop was formally opened by Prof. Mark Marku,…
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On 27 April 2026, the two members of the Innsbruck-based Lemnius team for the first time visited their project partners, Florian Hitz and Georg Heinzle, at the Staatsarchiv Graubünden in Chur. The meeting provided an opportunity to review the project’s progress and to view manuscripts of the Raeteid as well as relevant secondary literature in…
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At this year’s Long Night of Research (Lange Nacht der Forschung), our SRA organised a special reading of Neo-Latin literature: Neo-Latin texts by early modern woman writers. Johanna Luggin (PI of our SFB’s subproject ‘Latin of Queens, Abbesses, Scientists – Women’s Voices in Neo-Latin’) introduced three woman writers from the 16th, 17th, and 18th century,…
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From 14 to 17 April 2026, Florian Schaffenrath took part in the so-called ‘standard setting’ process in Vienna: c. 25 people were preparing the Greek and Latin (including Neo-Latin) texts that are set for the final examination at the end of secondary school throughout Austria. The group of people working on these texts consists of…
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On Friday, 6 March 2026, Marie Jeannot-Tirole defended her PhD thesis at the University of Strasbourg. Her thesis is an annotated edition of the Sylva epistolaris seu barba by the Alsatian humanist Johannes Sapidus (1490–1561), a colourful text that includes, among other things, a paradoxical praise of the beard. Florian Schaffenrath was a member of…
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On 3 February 2026, the meeting (Klausurtag) of the Research Programme (FSP) ‘Cultural Encounters – Cultural Conflicts’ took place in Innsbruck. Florian Schaffenrath presented the new SFB Neo-Latin in the Modern World. The brief presentation was followed by a lively discussion in which the participants also explored possible collaborations.
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Our speaker assoc. Prof. Dr. Florian Schaffenrath welcomes every member of the new project. We are really looking forward to working together as a new team. (7.1.2026)