Conference: ‘Psalms and Paraphrases’

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…

Invitation: Roundtable ‘Decolonizing Latin Literary Studies in Practice’

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.

Conference: ‘Medieval Texts and their Social Contexts: Performance, Performativity, Agents and Genres’

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.

Conference: ‘Waterways and Literary Channels of the Pre-Modern World’

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…

Bron: Harley Trilingual Psalter (before 1153). British Library, Harley MS 5786.

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).