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Croatian Embassador Visits the LBI

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.

Marion Rutz: 'Lateinische Klassiker im Kanon der altbelarussischen Literatur'

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.

Book-launch “Neo-Latin contexts in Croatia and Tyrol: challenges, prospects, case studies”

On April, 21^th, 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 28^thColloquium Marulianum in Split.

Wolfgang Schmale: 'Europa – die männliche Form'

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.

Event Details

Date:

Wed, 09/05/2018 - 18:00

Location:

Langer Weg 11, Atrium SR 5

FWF project on Basinio Da Parma's Hesperis granted

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?

Neo-Latin Goes Albania

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.