Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Neo-Latin Studies

Dietmar Till: “Persuasive and non-persuasive rhetorical concepts between antiquity and modernity”

On Tuesday, 23^rd November, Dietmar Till, professor of rhetoric at the university of Tübingen, will give a virtual guest talk about “Persuasive and non-persuasive rhetorical concepts between antiquity and modernity”. The talk will be in German, will be streamed via zoom and is open to all interested listeners. Please find and abstract and the zoom link in the invitation.

From 12^th until 13^th November 2021, a hybrid workshop on the topic of “Pathos in Neo-Latin Scientific Writing”, co-organized with the LBI for Neo-Latin Studies, was held in Innsbruck. A close look at Neo-Latin scientific works—be they encyclopaedic treatises or dialogues, experiment reports or monographs—shows, in a stunning number of cases, high emotions, enthusiastic expressions of gratitude, praise, wonder and much more.

Simon was invited to talk about his work on Basinio da Parma at Moscow State University on 16 October. On the Russian capital’s university hill, he spoke to staff and students from the Art History department about the ways in which Basinio plays with the Greek and Latin epic traditions. He also looked how Basinio’s work was received in the twentieth century, especially by the authors Henry de Montherlant and Ezra Pound. The students, who attended in great number, were well versed in general Renaissance culture.

On 29 October 2021, the Neolatinistendaag, i.e. the annual meeting of Dutch speaking Neo-Latinists, took place in Antwerp. At this event, Dirk Sacré was presented with a festschrift entitled "Dulces ante omnia Musae", edited by Fabio della Schiava, former LBI fellow, together with Jeanine De Landtsheer, who sadly passed away much too early, and Toon Van Houdt. The LBI, represented in Antwerp by Florian Schaffenrath, also congratulates Dirk Sacré, to whom we are very grateful for his work on the Academic Advisory Board!

ERC NOSCEMUS and LBI Workshop “Pathos in Neo-Latin Scientific Writing”

The upcoming ERC NOSCEMUS workshop, to be held on the 12^th–13^th November 2021 in Innsbruck, is co-organized with the LBI for Neo-Latin Studies and dedicated to the topic of “Pathos in Neo-Latin Scientific Writing”: A close look at Neo-Latin scientific works—be they encyclopaedic treatises or dialogues, experiment reports or monographs—shows, in a stunning number of cases, high emotions, enthusiastic expressions of gratitude, praise, wonder and much more.