Upcoming
Αἴγυπτος – Egypt
9th January – 27th February 2021
Herodotus' Histories discussed in Ancient Greek
Upcoming
Falsa mysteria
9th January – 27th February 2021
Introduction to Giovanni Pascoli's Poemata Christiana
Latinitas Perpetua
Permanent – a two-part seminar every month
A program entirely in Latin with a focus on classical, medieval, and modern Latin literature
Hermaphroditus
Jan. 15th and Jan. 22nd, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CET
One of the most obscene books of Italian Renaissance (Ovid, Martial, Antonio Beccadelli).
Trium latronum mortes
Feb. 12th and Feb.19th, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CET
A group of Greek bandits (Apuleius).
De obitu Laurae
Mar. 19th and Mar. 26th, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CET
Petrarch on the death of his beloved Laura (Francesco Petrarca).
Vita rustica
Apr. 16th and Apr. 23rd, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CEST
Roman villas and country life (Cato, Cicero, Horace, Columella).
Laus stultitiae
May 21st and May 28th, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CEST
Erasm's "Praise of Folly" and its context (Vergil, Seneca the Younger, Erasmus, Thomas More).
Astrologi
Jun. 18th and Jun. 25th, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CEST
Ancient astrologers and Zodiac's interpreters.
Roma triumphans
Jul. 23rd and Jul. 30th, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CEST
Triumphs in ancient Rome (Suetonius, Plutarch, Biondo Flavio, Andrea Mantegna).
De corrupta eloquentia
Aug. 20th and Aug. 27th, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CEST
The worst demagogues of Ancient World (Cicero, Petronius, Quintilianus, Tacitus).
Tertulliani Apologeticum
Sept.17th and Sept. 24th, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CEST
The fight between christians and pagans in Late Antiquity (Pliny the Younger, Tacitus, Tertullianus).
Priapus
Oct.15th and Oct. 22nd, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CEST
A seminar on this strange deity, keeper of ancient gardens (Horace, Tibullus, Martial, Priapea).
Cyclopes
Nov. 19th and Nov. 26th, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CET.
The monstrous forgers of gods (Virgil, Ovid, Pietro Carrera).
Britannia
Dec. 10th and Dec. 17th, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CET
Ethnography of ancient Britain (Caesar, Pliny the Elder, Tacitus).