Last year, the research group RELICS organised an online roundtable discussion on the future of Latin studies. Excellent impulse talks and vivid discussions made the event a success, which is why we have decided to continue the effort. Future roundtables will focus on topics which last year’s discussion highlighted as particularly relevant for the field. This year, we will look at the teaching of Latin from various points of view.
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
On the 2nd of February 2023, three members of RELICS, Simon Smets, Elodie Paillard and Dinah Wouters, organized a virtual roundtable to discuss the future of Latin studies. This blogpost aims to capture the highlights of that discussion.
The research group RELICS will be organising an online roundtable discussion on the future of Latin Studies.
2nd of February 2023
“On March 8, RELICS researchers held an informal meeting at Ghent University in which we presented pitches of our current projects and discussed forthcoming events for our network. We are excited to announce that our next RELICS conference will be…
Last year, the research group RELICS organised an online roundtable discussion on the future of Latin studies. Excellent impulse talks and vivid discussions made the event a success, which is why we have decided to continue the effort. Future roundtables will focus on topics which last year’s discussion highlighted as particularly relevant for the field. This year, we will look at the teaching of Latin from various points of view.
This workshop explores the various appearances and meanings of water in pre-modern literary cultures. What role did the geography of waterways play in the transregional movement of authors, texts, styles, and poetics? What commonalities and differences can we identify across…
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RELICS 
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.