Conferences and Workshops
Ghent Seminars on the Language of the Greeks
Lectures organized by Ugo Mondini (UGent), and Andrea Cuomo (UGent)
The research group on Medieval Greek Linguistics at Ghent University is organizing the inaugural series of lectures Ghent Seminars on the Language of the Greeks in 2025. This lecture series is devoted to all aspects of the Greek language, from its expressions in antiquity to the early modern period, with a particular emphasis on the pivotal role of Medieval Greek, considered within the broader, three-millennia continuum of the Greek linguistic tradition.
The Ghent Seminars on the Language of the Greeks explore the intersection of language and literature by considering sources written in various variants and registers and across different media, from papyri and manuscripts to inscriptions and seals. We aim to study the relationship that language professionals from antiquity to the Renaissance had with their grammatical, rhetorical, and literary heritage. We highlight the relevance of teaching and literary practices in the Greek-speaking areas of the medieval Mediterranean both for studying the transmission of ancient, ‘classical’ texts and their reception as well as for understanding the foundations of modern Greek language and literature. We also examine the methods of describing and teaching Greek from the Hellenistic to the early modern period.
Each Ghent Seminar of the series consists of an impulse lecture delivered by an invited scholar on topics related to their current research. The lectures are followed by a discussion with the in-person and online audience. All our seminars are held in a hybrid format, though in-person participation is recommended.
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Programme
Teaching and Learning Greek in Byzantium 2: Learning and Using Vocabulary in Byzantium and Beyond
Conference organized by Andrea Cuomo (UGent), Baukje van den Berg (CEU), and Katharina Preindl (UGent)
Fotos
Ghent, Faculteitsraadzaal, Blandijn, Campus Boekentoren, October 4, 2024.
Medieval Contact Zones. Literary Encounters Around the Greek-Speaking World
Panel organized by Ugo Mondini at the 49th Annual Byzantine Studies Conference of the BSANA
With “Power and Legitimacy in Context: John Kantakouzenos’ Rhetoric of Power Addressed to the Pope, the People of Constantinople, and the Mamluk Sultan”, a paper presented by Andrea Cuomo
Vancouver, Simon Fraser University, October 26-29, 2023.
Trends in Classics – Greek & Latin Linguistics 1: Synchronic and diachronic issues of Postclassical Greek
With “The Linguistics of Medieval Greek: Sources, Methodologies, Challenges, and Opportunities”, a paper presented by Andrea Cuomo
Thessaloniki, October 12-14, 2023.
Teaching and Learning Greek in Byzantium 1: Schedography
Workshop organized by Andrea Cuomo, Ugo Mondini, and Katharina Preindl
Programme, Abstracts, and Registration
Ghent, June 2, 2023.
OIKOS Day and Annual Disciplinary Meetings
With “Teaching and Learning Greek in Byzantium: Tools, Methods, and Research Challenges”, a paper presented by Fanis Tsiampokalos and Grigory Vorobyev
Leusden, May 26, 2023.
Programme OIKOS Day 26 May 2023
OIKOS Crash Course in Greek Palaeography
With the participation of Andrea Cuomo and Grigory Vorobyev
Gent, May 22-23, 2023.
The Treachery of Language or “Ceci n’est pas attique”: Language Training and Metalinguistic Considerations in the Greek Middle Ages
Panel organized by Andrea Cuomo at the 48th annual Byzantine Studies conference
Los Angeles, California, November 3-6, 2022.
https://bsana.net/annual-conference/ ; https://cmrs.ucla.edu/conference/byzantine-studies/
Applied Historical Sociolinguistics. New Methods and Approaches to the Users and Uses of Medieval Greek
Round Table Discussion organized by Andrea Cuomo alongside Klaas Bentein: at the 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies Byzantine
Venice and Padua, August 22-27, 2022.
https://byzcongress2022.org/programme/
Invited Talks
The Treachery of Language: The metalinguistics of Medieval Greek. Attic and Koine Greek in Planoudes’ and Moschopoulos’ Teaching
Invited talk at the Postclassical Greek Network 3rd meeting, organized by Dr. Giuseppina di Bartolo and Prof. Daniel Kölligan PGN_3_Programm
Köln, December 2, 2022
https://postclassicalgreeknetwork.uni-koeln.de/
Poster presentations