A workshop is being held to explore the role of waterways in pre-modern literary culture and language. The event, organized by ‘Literatures without Borders’, will discuss the geographical influence of waterways on the transregional movement of authors, texts, and styles, the symbolism of water in various traditions, and its role as a character within texts. Invitations for presentations and poster contributions are open. The program includes presentations, discussions and a keynote lecture by Prof. Dr. Albrecht Classen.
4-5 April 2024
The research group RELICS will be organising an online roundtable discussion on the future of Latin Studies.
2nd of February 2023
The monthly blog series ‘In Focus’ is conceived as a way to show the scope and diversity of the RELICS research group. Each blog post one of us will reflect on a current or recently finished project, and how it connects to the aims and vision of RELICS. Through this, by drawing from our own personal experience, we want to show in which ways Latin cosmopolitanism came to the fore from antiquity until modern times. This month: Elodie Paillard on Roman literary drama.
RELICS was awarded a royal grant for the establishment of a Scientific Research Unit by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO)! The so-called WOG, entitled “Literatures without Borders. A Historical-Comparative Study of Premodern Literary Transnationality” will allow RELICS to coordinate international collaboration for a period of 5 years (with possible extensions).
May 12, 2026 to May 13, 2026 (Europe/Brussels / UTC200)Mgr. O. Romerozaal (02.10), Collegium Veteranorum (109-20), Sint-Michielsstraat 2-4 , 3000 Leuven Registration: https://www.kuleuven.be/lectio/events/conference-psalms-and-paraphrases The Book of Psalms holds a central place in both Jewish and Christian traditions, acting as a prayerful bridge between the…
Can we effectively unlearn and dismantle the harmful, neocolonial structures of knowledge that have shaped Latin into the field of study it is today? If so, how can we relearn Latin? Together, the six speakers, the audience, and the organizers will partake in a collective project of imagining and developing a toolkit for un/relearning Latin.
Our next conference on “Medieval Texts and their Social Contexts: Performance, Performativity, Agents and Genres” will take place in Ghent from 13–14 November 2025. All are warmly invited to join us in person! Registration via: https://event.ugent.be/registration/medievalperformance.
In Focus: The Dutch Humanist and the Strong Female Character
The monthly blog series ‘In Focus’ is conceived as a way to show the scope and diversity of the RELICS research group. Each blog post one of us will reflect on a current or recently finished project, and how it connects to the aims and vision of RELICS. Through this, by drawing from our own personal experience, we want to show in which ways Latin cosmopolitanism came to the fore from antiquity until modern times. This month: Elodie Paillard on Roman literary drama.