Overview
Our Special Research Area is divided in eight sub-projects (SPs) of which each has a principal investigator and researchers.
SP 1 : Coordination Project
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The Coordination Project is the heart of the SFB. It has to fulfill different functions: the general administration, the fundamental data management, and serving as window to the outside world.
SP 2 : Early Modern Classics – New Ancient Greek and Neo-Latin in the World
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SP 3 : Viva Vox – Oral Neo-Latin
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The sub-project „Viva vox“ is dedicated to a comprehensive description and interpretation of the oral use of Neo-Latin, using the methods of Classical Philology as well as those of modern conversational lingustics to that end.
SP 4 : Latin of Queens, Abbesses, Scientists – Women’s Voices in Neo-Latin
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This subproject investigates new issues within the history of female Neo-Latin and neglected Neo-Latin women writers.
SP 5 : Neo-Latin Translations – Bilingual Books for Early Modern Readers
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A comprehensive study on multilingual editions published in the Early Modern Period.
SP 6 : Neo-Latin and the Newcomers – Catholic Inculturation(s)
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Looking particularly into Eastern Catholicism and Catholic monastic communities, this sub-project investigates what was the role of Latinity in the processes of inclusion into Catholic culture.
SP 7 : Kanones of Neo-Latin Texts
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The aim of this sub-project is to clarify which Neo-Latin texts were attributed greater importance through canon-building processes, like editions, inclusion in curricula, or citations.
SP 8 : The Nachleben of Neo-Latin Literature
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