The “Argenis” at 400: John Barclay’s writing and its impact through the centuries
17 – 18 November 2022
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