The “Argenis” at 400: John Barclay’s writing and its impact through the centuries

When

17 – 18 November 2022

Where

Scottish House, 95 Horseferry Road, Westminster, London SW1P 2DX

Society for Neo-Latin Studies (SNLS) and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies (LBI)

 

DAY 1: Thursday, 17 November 2022

Theme – “Understanding Barclay’s works and their context”

12:30–13.00 Arrival and registration

13:00–13:15 Opening remarks from conference organisers

13:15–14:00 Jacqueline Glomski (London): Barclay’s Argenis and the Baroque

14:00–14:45 Florian Schaffenrath (Innsbruck): How Argenis Became an Epic Poem: The Viennese Argenis ligata

14:45–15:00 Coffees, teas and biscuits

15:00–15:45 Nicolas Correard (Nantes): As many heads, so many opinions: the diversity of people in Euphormio’s Satyricon and the Icon animorum

16:00–17:15 SNLS ANNUAL LECTURE: Stefan Tilg (Freiburg i. Br.): Barclay and the roman-à-clef: his relation to the tradition and his impact SNLS AGM

17:30–18:30 SNLS AGM (for members of the Society for Neo-Latin Studies)

19:00 DINNER

 

DAY 2: Friday, 18 November 2022

Theme – “The Reception of Barclay”

10:00–10:45 Isabella Walser-Bürgler (Innsbruck): Between Typification and Realism: The Modelling of Characters in the Neo-Latin Novel

10:45–11:30 Jennifer Nelson (Berkeley): “Habeo ego quoque librum [Argedini] non longe dissimilem”: Echoes of Barclay in Gian Vittorio Rossi’s Eudemia

11:30–12:00 Coffees, teas and biscuits

12:00–12:45 Valérie Wampfler (Reims): Barclay’s Argenis vs Morisot’s Peruviana. Two Views of Monarchical Power and Court Life in the Early 17th Century

12:45 CONFERENCE CLOSE & LUNCH

 

Conference participation is free, but please register with a short message to: sybevna.fpunssraengu@arbyngva.yot.np.ng