Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Neo-Latin Studies

PONTES X – Ancient Literature and the Scientific Revolution

PONTES X (23–25 September 2021) is dedicated to the reception of ancient literature in the natural sciences of the early modern period. In the age of the Scientific Revolution, the modern sciences emerged in the medium of a literature that was written primarily in Latin and drew, directly or via the Arab Tradition, on ancient classics like Hippocrates, Euclid, or Lucretius as sources or models.

Wie macht man einen Heiligen? – Matthäus Raders Lebensbeschreibung des Hl. Petrus Canisius aus dem Jahr 1614

Die Dompfarre St. Jakob und das Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Neulateinische Studien laden zum Vortrag von assoz. Prof. Dr. Florian Schaffenrath ein.

am Donnerstag, 1. Juli 2021, 18.30 Uhr,
im Pfarrsaal der Propstei- und Dompfarre (Domplatz 6, 6020 Innsbruck)
Der Eintritt ist frei.

On 2^nd and 5^th of July, there will be a workshop organised on the history of the work ethic with the goal of discussing the precirculated draft chapters of a volume provisionally entitled “Rethinking the work ethic in early modern Europe” to be published with Palgrave in 2022. The workshop is hosted by the institute but will take place on Zoom.

Professor Christopher Celenza at the LBI

On 6^th June, Professor Christopher Celenza, James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University presented his paper “The Italian Renaissance and the Origins of the Modern Humanities: Lorenzo Valla, Philology, and Emotion” as a virtual guest lecture at the LBI for Neo-Latin Studies. The paper dealt with the scholarly life and methods of Lorenzo Valla. The work of this Italian humanist, Prof. Celenza argues, invites us to trace the place of the emotions in the history of philology and related academic fields. Prof.

Bader Prize for the History of Science for Sarah Lang

LBI Fellow Sarah Lang received the Bader Prize for the History of Science from the Austrian Academy of Science and the Bader foundation for her work on the digital analysis of alchemical texts and more specifically, their characteristic stylistic device called Decknamen. The prize is meant to support early career scholars engaging in history of science involving advisors and cooperation partners covering both science and historical studies. The whole LBI team congratulates Sarah!