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.
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New collaboration on transnational Yiddish and Ladino
On 23 February the Scientific Research Network Literatures without Borders set up a research group which will investigate the translational character of Yiddish, Ladino and other Jewish languages and cultures.
Roundtable on the Future of Latin Studies
The RELICS research network is delighted to invite you to attend our virtual roundtable on The Future of Latin Studies. Join us on Thursday 2 February 2023 at 4.00-5.30pm (CET).
In Focus: Medici Panegyrics in the Making
The blog series 'In Focus' is conceived as a way to show the scope and diversity of the RELICS research group. A member of our team reflects on a current or recently finished project, and how it connects to the…
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.
In Focus: Was Roman literary drama ‘cosmopolitan’?
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.
New grant (WOG) allows RELICS to strengthen ties with international partners for upcoming 5 years
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).
In Focus: From Slave to Poet: The Schoolmaster Juan Latino in Sixteenth-Century Granada
The monthly blog series 'In Focus' is conceived as a way to show the scope and diversity of the RELICS research group. Each month 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: Maxim Rigaux on the sixteenth-century poet Juan Latino.
In Focus: Cosmopolitanism on stage: how classical Latin literature formed our comic identity
The monthly blog series 'In Focus' is conceived as a way to show the scope and diversity of the RELICS research group. Each month 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: Chrysanthi Demetriou on cosmopolitanism and Roman comedy.
In Focus: The ‘Features’ of Cosmopolitanism: Computers & Latin Literary Studies
The monthly blog series 'In Focus' is conceived as a way to show the scope and diversity of the RELICS research group. Each month 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: Jeroen De Gussem on computers, stylometry and Latin literary studies.
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