our latest activities
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At our weekly team meeting on 4 February 2026, we were honoured to be visited by the Dean of our faculty, Prof. Dr Jürgen Fuchsbauer. He gave us an overview of the ongoing strategic planning process and emphasised how much he values the work of our institute. He wished the SRA all the best and…
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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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On 28 January 2026, our Neo-Latin Fellow Alessandro Bonvini who contributed to our SRA as one of our Neo-Latin Fellows gave his final talk “Anxiety and Authority:Erasmus’s Dialogue with Italian Humanism” in Innsbruck. We are glad that Alessandro Bonvini spent some months at our department and wish him all the best for the future!
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On 21 January 2026, our Neo-Latin Fellow Micol Muttini who contributed to our SRA as one of our Neo-Latin Fellows gave her final talk “Risus in ore doctorum: Aristophanes’ Nubes in Latin Dress” in Innsbruck. We are glad that Micol Muttini spent some months at our department and wish her all the best for the…
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During the turmoil of the Thirty Years’ War, Greek Orthodox officials sought closer ties with important Protestant institutions in Germany and beyond. At the 45th Metageitnia, an annual conference that brings together classical philologists from Austria, Germany, Switzerland and France, Tobias Heiss presented findings from his doctoral research. He linked an oration delivered in Ancient…
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During the 45th Metageitnia which took place in Innsbruck from 16-17 January 2026, some of our younger team members gave talks about their research. Delila Jordan: Allegoria und imitatio in Servius’ Eklogenkommentar: Tobias Heiss: Metrophanes Kritopoulos’ griechische Rede zum Weihnachtsfest 1625 an der Universität Altdorf: Maximilian Pierl: Lehrgedicht, gelehrte Dichtung, gedichtete Lehre? Zur Definition und…
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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)
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William Barton, one of our principal investigators, sparks enthusiasm for ancient languages in pupils. (12/2026)
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A few weeks before the start of our SRA, some team members who were already in Innsbruck met at the Christkindlmarkt next to the Goldenes Dachl to have a cup of hot drinks together. (17.12.2026)