The LBI is delighted to be able to congratulate Martin Korenjak on his successful bid for an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council. The project that Martin is bringing to Innsbruck is entitled Noscemus (Nova Scientia. Early Modern Scientific Literature and Latin). The ERC project’s theme and approach will complement the LBI’s own newly developed Science research line beginning in 2018.
On Wednesday, 15th March, Prof. Karl August Neuhausen (Bonn), co-editor of Neulateinisches Jahrbuch and the series Noctes Neolatinae. Neo-Latin Texts and Studies visited the LBI. Its members gave him an idea about their current projects and used the opportunity to thank him for the fruitful cooperation over the last years, out of which came several articles written by LBI members in Neulateinisches Jahrbuch as well as two volumes in the series Noctes Neolatinae, edited by Johanna Luggin and Valerio Sanzotta (vol. 27 and 28).
On the 8th of February 2017, William Barton's new book, Mountain Aesthetics in Early Modern Latin Literature, was presented at the TirolBerg area in the heart of St Moritz, in the context of the Alpine Skiing World Cup 2017. After introductory words by Karlheinz Töchterle, professor of Latin at the University of Innsbruck, and by Florian Schaffenrath, director of the LBI, William presented his book in front of many participants – among them Dora Filli, director of the library of St Moritz – and gave a couple of interviews to the journalists who came specifically for this event.
The 38th edition of the Metageitnia conference took place from 20-21 January 2017 at Bern. Among the 46 talks and papers given, several were dedicated to Neo-Latin topics. The LBI was represented by Martin Korenjak, who gave the opening lecture, and Johanna Luggin, who presented a paper about Neo-Latin in the Italian fascist era.
On Wednesday, February 15th 2017, Luigi Silvano gave the talk:
Witnessing the Catastrophe: Two Contemporary Accounts of the Fall of Constantinople (AD 1453)
The talk was followed by a discussion.
William Barton's new book, Mountain Aesthetics in Early Modern Latin Literature, was presented in collaboration with the Austrian Alpine Club at the Alpenverein-Museum & Archiv. After some words of welcome from Univ.-Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Töchterle, Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen, Universität Innsbruck and Robert Renzler, Generalsekretär of the Austrian Alpine Club, William presented his book in the fitting surroundings of the Alpine Club's current exhibiton Hoch Hinaus! Wege und Hütten in den Alpen.
Conference hosted by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies in Innsbruck
Thursday, November 30th – Saturday, December 2nd 2017
Call for Papers
Organised by: Nicolas Detering (Freiburg i. Br.), Clementina Marsico (Innsbruck), Isabella Walser (Innsbruck)
On Thursday, January 19th 2017, Ronny Kaiser gave the talk:
Erste Beobachtungen zur Rezeption mittelalterlicher Geschichtstexte in Editionen deutscher Humanisten
The talk was followed by a discussion.
Jean-François Cottier, Professor for Latin Language and Literature at Université Paris Diderot – Paris VII, is visiting the Institute for two weeks to collaborate with William Barton on the translation of Justus Pascasius’ De Alea (1561). The text, the first treatise ever dedicated entirely to the subject of gambling, has emerged as a critical document for the understanding of gaming and the history of gambling addiction in the late Renaissance and early modern period.
On Thursday, December 15th 2016, Dr. Bernhard Schirg gave the talk:
The Daphnic Fate of Camerarius, or: Sweden’s first printed Emblem Book revealed in Olof Rudbeck the Younger’s Botanical Dissertation (1686)
The talk was followed by a discussion.
A 30 minutes podcast report on Olof Rudbek: http://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/wissen/olof-rudbeck/-/id=66037...