Colloquium: Young Researchers on New Ancient Greek and Neo-Latin Studies
The Εργαστήριο Μελέτης Λατινικής Γλώσσας, Γραμματείας και Πολιτισμού (ΣΤΕΛΑ/LARES) of the Department of Humanities at Democritus University of Thrace, in collaboration with the Humanities and Social Sciences Group of KU Leuven and the Division of Classics of the Department of Philology at the University of Ioannina, is organizing an online colloquium entitled:
“Young Researchers on New Ancient Greek and Neo-Latin Studies”
The colloquium aims to provide a space for the exchange of ideas and scholarly dialogue among young researchers — PhD candidates and postgraduate students — from Greek and international universities.
- The ένατη διάλεξη will take place on Τρίτη, 5 Μαΐου 2026, στις 19.00 (ώρα Ελλάδος).
Ομιλήτρια: Francesca De Luca (Università di Macerata)
Τίτλος διάλεξης: Matteo Bonfini and the Opuscula Grammaticalia: Towards New Research Perspectives
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- The όγδοη διάλεξη will take place on Τρίτη, 21 Απριλίου 2026, στις 19.00 (ώρα Ελλάδος).
Ομιλήτρια: Ioanna Laftsi (Democritus University of Thrace)
Τίτλος διάλεξης: The Self-portrayal of Francesco Filelfo in His Carmina: A Poetic Mirror
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- The έβδομη διάλεξη will take place on Τρίτη, 17 Μαρτίου 2026, στις 19.00 (ώρα Ελλάδος).
Ομιλητής: Florian Klein (University of Coimbra)
Τίτλος διάλεξης: A Latin Declamation as an Interpreting Key of René Le Bossu’s Traité du poëme épique (1675)
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- The έκτη διάλεξη will take place on Τρίτη, 24 Φεβρουαρίου 2026, στις 19.00 (ώρα Ελλάδος).
Ομιλήτρια: Martina Iovanna (Universita’ degli studi di Padova)
Τίτλος διάλεξης: In Search of an Author? About Some Anonymous Early Sixteenth-century Commentaries on Virgil
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- The πέμπτη διάλεξη will take place on Τρίτη, 3 Φεβρουαρίου 2026, στις 19.00 (ώρα Ελλάδος).
Ομιλητής: Erlend Myklebust (University of Oslo)
Τίτλος διάλεξης: Hibernice: Interpreting the Irish Vernacular in 17th-century Latin Scholarship
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- The τέταρτη διάλεξη will take place on Τρίτη, 20 Ιανουαρίου 2026, στις 19.00 (ώρα Ελλάδος).
Ομιλητής: Alessandro Bonvini (KU Leuven)
Τίτλος διάλεξης: Constructing a Greco-Latin Miscellany in Renaissance Europe: Erasmus’ Adagiorum Chiliades
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- The τρίτη διάλεξη will take place on Τρίτη, 16 Δεκεμβρίου 2025, στις 19.00 (ώρα Ελλάδος).
Ομιλήτρια: Dimitra Dovoni (University of Ioannina)
Τίτλος διάλεξης: Giovanni Cotta’s Dialogue with Marino Sanudo
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- The δεύτερη διάλεξη will take place on Τρίτη, 25 Νοεμβρίου 2025, στις 19.00 (ώρα Ελλάδος).
Ομιλήτρια: Orsola Lorena Purcaro (Universita’ degli studi di Napoli ‘Federico II’)
Τίτλος διάλεξης: Entering the Philological Laboratory of a Humanist: The Printer’s Copy of Parrasio’s Commentary on Claudian’s De raptu Proserpinae
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- The first lecture will take place on Tuesday, 4 November 2025, at 19:00 (Greek time).
Speaker: Mariia Timoshchuk (KU Leuven)
Lecture title: Graece utuntur, ut a nemine intelligantur: Comparing Erasmus’ and Brandolini’s Reflections on Latin-Greek Code-switching
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Further information about the programme and the speakers is available here.