Form and Genre in Humanist Greek. Program
Day 1 June 2, 2021
16.00 CET (Berlin, Paris, Lund)/17.00 EET (Athens, Tartu)
Opening (Janika Päll)
16.00–17.30 Hexameter poetry in Humanist Greek
Stefan Weise, The Greek Hexameter Paean by Theodosius Fabricius: Formal Experiments and Literary Manierism in Humanist Greek, Abstract
Janika Päll, Oratio metrica Graeca for religious festivals, Abstract
Martin Steinrück, Battieris Form, Abstract
17.30 Discussion
A short virtual tour to the web exhibition of Tartu University Library’s Plantine prints https://plantiinid.weebly.com/
Introduction of HUMGRAECA Database testversion
Day 2, August 26, 2021
16.00 CET (Berlin, Paris, Lund)/17.00 EET (Athens, Tartu)
Opening
16.00–17.30 Humanist Greek Prose and Poetry
Charalampos Minaoglou, Early Modern Greeks using Humanistic Greek: causes, aims, realities Abstract
Roberto Peressin, The life and works of Nicolaus Zoravius (1595-1665) within the tradition of Humanist Greek in Poland Abstract
Marcela Slavíková, Τοίη οὖν Πράγης ἐπεὶ ἐστ᾿ Ἀκαδημία ἡμῖν: Genres and Metres in Humanist Greek Graduation Poems Originating from the University of Prague and Beyond (1580-1622) Abstract
17.00 CET (Berlin, Paris, Lund, Wrocław)/18.00 EET (Athens, Tartu, Helsinki, St Petersburg)
Opening
17.00–18.30 Newly found Humanist Greek texts from manuscripts
Grigory Vorobyev, Self-translation and mutual correction: Three inedited Greek epigrams from Italy (around 1616) now kept in Saint Petersburg Abstract
Antoine Haaker, A Wrocław manuscript and the genre of “cryptic” Writings in Humanist Greek Abstract
Elena Ermolaeva, Two Greek poems by Leichoudes brothers Abstract
18.30 Discussion
Day 4, September 16, 2021
17.00 CET (Berlin, Paris, Lund, Wrocław)/18.00 EET (Athens, Tartu, Helsinki, St Petersburg)
Opening
17.00–18.00 Humanist Greek texts from Nordic Academies
Tua Korhonen, “Learning to write is learning to think”. Functions of short prose texts in Greek composed in the Royal Academy of Turku (Finland) Abstract
Johanna Akujärvi, Content and function: The genre(s) of congratulatory texts in university dissertations Abstract
18.00 Discussion (papers & planned volume)
Day 5, November 17, 2021
17.00 CET (Berlin, Paris, Lund, Wrocław)/18.00 EET (Athens, Tartu, Helsinki, St Petersburg)
Opening
17.00–18.00 Humanist Greek texts from Nordic Academies
Raf van Rooy, Greek gold or gibberish? From Erasmus’ plain iambs to concrete poetry in the 16th-century Low Countries Abstract
William L. Little, Social Capital, Imitation, and the Use of Greek in Collective Poetry of the French Renaissance Abstract
18.00 Discussion (papers & planned volume)
NB! CHANGE! Day 6, December 6, 2022
17.00 CET (Berlin, Paris, Lund, Leuven, Wrocław, Basel)/18.00 EET (Athens, Tartu, Helsinki, Kyiv)/16.00 GMT (London)
Erkki Sironen, Ein akrostichisch-pangrammatisches Gedicht für Olavus Ungius
Kristiina Kase, Christmas oration by David Cunitius (Rostock 1642), its form and genre
18.00 Discussion and roundtable
Day 7 (on further notice, soon)
the launch of HUMGRAECA database