For a joint project financed by the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF) on ' Basinio da Parma's Hesperis – A Digital Critical Edition ' we seek to appoint
1 predoc research fellow (75%) for 30 months
Responsibilities:
- Edition of the epic poem Hesperis
- Organization of an international conference
Requirements:
- MA or equivalent degree
- Focus on Neo-Latin research for the duration of the appointment
Preference will be given to candidates who offer:
On Tuesday, 29th May 2018, Prof. Colette Nativel gave the talk:
De Dominique Lampson à Rubens: humanisme et art à l’époque moderne
The talk was followed by a discussion.
On Tuesday, 22 May 2018, her excellency Dr Vesna Cvjetković, the embassador of the Republic of Croatia in Austria, visited the Tyrol. Beside meeting the governor and the rector of the University of Innsbruck, she also came to see the LBI: Before her diplomatic carreer, Dr Cvjetković was in academia and is still a member of the classics department of the University of Zagreb. Her excellency showed great interest in the manifold activities of the institute, and it goes without saying that she especially appreciated the collaboration between the LBI and the Neo-Latinists in Croatia.
On Wednesday, 23th May 2018, Marion Rutz gave the talk:
Von der Jagd auf den Wisent und den Erfahrungen eines Spaniers: Lateinische Klassiker im Kanon der altbelarussischen Literatur
The talk was followed by a discussion.
On April, 21th, the edited volume “Neo-Latin contexts in Croatia and Tyrol: challenges, prospects, case studies”, co-edited by two members of the LBI, Lav Subaric and Johanna Luggin, has been presented at the 28thColloquium Marulianum in Split.
On Wednesday, 9th May 2018, Wolfgang Schmale gave the talk:
Europa – die männliche Form. Ein geschlechtergeschichtlicher Blick auf die Identifizierung Europas im 18. Jahrhundert als Zivilisation
The talk was followed by a discussion.
The LBI was applying for a third party funded project on Basinio da Parma's epic poem Hesperis with the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF). This year, the project has been granted, and starting on 1 August 2018, the team around Anna Chisena, Marco Petolicchio, and Florian Schaffenrath will work on this critical edition. What is the project about?
Following an official invitation of the Austrian Embassy in Albania and the Austria Library (Österreich-Bibliothek) at Shkodra, Stefan Zathammer presented his book "Marinus Barletius, De obsidione Scodreni" (published with Holzahusen Vienna in 2017, cf. http://buch.verlagholzhausen.at/) at the university library of Shkodra on April 18, 2018.
On Monday, 23rd April 2018, Alejandro Coroleu Lletget gave the talk:
The Dissemination of Angelo Poliziano’s Latin Works in the German-Speaking Territories (1500-1550): Two Viennese Case-Studies
The talk was by a discussion.
On Wednesday, 11th April 2018, Dr. habil. Péter Kasza gave the talk:
The Royal Historiographer of I. Ferdinand Wolfgang Lazius and his Forgotten Work Rerum Austriacarum Decades
The talk was followed by a discussion.