Call for Papers

ルーベン・カトリック大学のSimon Smets博士より、2026年5月に開かれる研究会合の発表募集のお知らせがありました。以下、転載します。

Call for Papers

Psalms and Paraphrases

The Book of Psalms is a little Bible, as Martin Luther famously wrote. It is also a rich poetry collection that has inspired authors and composers alike. The Psalms offered a model for private prayer, a prism for theological enquiry, the vehicle of scientific and encyclopaedic knowledge. Their enduring literary force challenged translators, poets and scholars to rework and revise their verses into different languages and formats.

This conference studies the ways in which paraphrases and translations of the Psalms functioned as literary exercises, interpretive statements, and educational tools. We invite contributions that explore the poetic, religious and intellectual negotiation of meaning in these texts, where Jewish poetics, Christian worldviews and classical forms come together. We also solicit insights in the original Hebrew text for a better understanding of the subsequent versions.

We welcome perspectives from transnational languages such as Hebrew, Latin, Arabic, and Byzantine Greek, as well as vernacular languages until 1800. Interdisciplinary approaches which discuss, for example, musical settings of or book historical questions related to relevant texts are equally welcome. Given the conference’s longue durée perspective, we encourage papers that deal with long-distance reception or cross-linguistic comparisons.

Practical
The conference takes place at KU Leuven, from 12-13 May 2026; accommodation costs will be covered by the organisation and (partial) compensation for travel costs is foreseen, especially for students and scholars with limited funds. Abstracts on the text, the translation and the rewriting of Psalms from their original composition until early modern times can be submitted to [e-mail] by 15 January.

The conference is supported by KU Leuven Institute LECTIO and the FWO-funded Scientific Research Network Literatures without Borders.

Local organising committee: Dr Simon Smets, Prof. Dr Raf Van Rooy, Prof. Dr Reinhart Ceulemans, Prof. Dr Pierre Van Hecke

「フィールドワークと性暴力・セクシュアルハラスメントに関する実態調査アンケート」報告書＜第一報＞

共同研究グループ「フィールドワークとハラスメント（Harrassment in Fieldwork, HiF）」の実施した「フィールドワークと性暴力・セクシュアルハラスメントに関する実態調査アンケート」の報告書＜第一報＞がWEB公開されました
https://safefieldwork.live-on.net/survey/report1-jp/

Call for Papers for a Roundtable on Gender in Latin Studies

women as authors of Latin literatureを主題とした国際学会の報告募集がありました。
2025年3月11日に、zoomで開催予定、報告応募については同年1月13日までとのことです。
詳細については下記の文面、あるいはこちらをご覧ください。

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Dear Colleagues,

In the past two years, the research group relics organised online roundtable discussions on the future of Latin studies and education. Excellent impulse talks and vivid discussions made the events a success, which is why we have decided to continue the effort. We continue to focus on topics which last years’ discussions highlighted as particularly relevant for the field. This year, we will look at women as authors of Latin literature from various points of view.

In recent years the study of women authors has grown in importance in Latin studies. This invites us to rethink the field’s boundaries and traditions. We seek perspectives on women, past and present, who used Latin to express themselves. Some view modern feminist theories as vital to the field, while others question their applicability. Does integrating today’s feminist and gender theories risk overlooking the unique contexts of historical texts? Another point of interest is the role of social class and other identity markers in shaping women’s representations. Questions of representation and canon formation remain at the heart of these debates: which texts are privileged, and how do we teach these texts? Finally, we seek input on regional variations in approaches to gender in Latin studies. How do perspectives from different countries interact, and is it possible to trace broader regional approaches shaped by distinct cultural and scholarly traditions? We invite scholars of all career stages to share their ideas on gender in Latin studies with us.

We plan to hold the event on 11 March 2025 over Zoom. The exact time will be decided on the basis of participants’ time zones and will be communicated later. For now, we invite concrete expressions of interest: short thoughts that you would consider worth discussing or more elaborate proposals for a substantial contribution to the discussion. From this, we will select speakers to give impulse talks of five minutes that will serve as a basis for the ensuing discussion.

Proposals and any remaining questions should be sent by 13 January to [e-mail].

With kind regards,
Alex Tadel (University of Warwick)
Simon Smets (KU Leuven)

Call for papers: Literatures without Borders

2025年６月中旬にブリュッセルで開かれる学会の発表募集の案内が参りました。
下に文面を転載いたします。
応募締め切りは2024年12月31日となっております。
前近代の幅広い文学が対象ですので、関心のありそうな方にも適宜お知らせください。

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Dear colleagues,

The international Scientific Research Group (SRN) ‘Literatures without Borders’, funded by the Research-foundation Flanders (FWO) organizes a conference on premodern transnational literatures in the Palace of the Academies in Brussels on 19 and 20 June 2025.

The conference aims to investigate how transnational/cosmopolitan literatures function, and if a conceptual framework could be devised that better characterizes, defines, and understands premodern literary transnationalism.

Keynote speaker will be Prof. dr. Karla Mallette (U-Michigan), whose work on premodern literary cosmopolitanism (e.g. Lives of the Great Languages, 2021) forms an important cornerstone of the current scholarly debate.

We seek 250-word proposals for 30-minute papers that examine the phenomena of cosmopolitanism and transnationalism in premodern Arabic, Byzantine-Greek, Hebrew-Yiddish-Ladino and Latin literatures, as well as their interactions with various vernaculars. More information can be found on our website.

We invite scholars of all career stages to submit their proposals to [e-mail] by December 31st, 2024. Selected participants will be notified by the end of January 2025.

Kind regards,
Ivo Wolsing
Simon Smets
On behalf of the Scientific Research Network Literatures Without Borders

日本西洋古典学会ブログ上の一部コンテンツがGoogle Chromeで閲覧できない不具合について

2023年10月21日現在，日本西洋古典学会ブログ上のpdfファイルなどをGoogle Chromeで開こうとすると404エラーが生じる事態が報告されています．
これは，httpsに対応していない本ブログ上のファイルに，Google Chromeが自動的にhttpsでアクセスを試みることによるものと考えられます．
対応としては，

　1. EdgeやFirefox, SafariなどのChrome以外のブラウザでアクセスする
　2. Chromeで404エラーが出た際，アドレスバーに表示されたURL中の「https」を「http」に改めて再読み込みする
　3. Chromeで404エラーが出た際，アドレスバーの鍵マークをクリックし，［サイトの設定］＞［プライバシーとセキュリティ］＞［安全でないコンテンツ］から設定を一時的に［許可する］に変えたうえで再読み込みする

をお試しください．

藤下幸子さんから、映画上映会の案内が参りました

ギリシャの作家ニコス・カザンザキスの作品「キリストは再び十字架にかけられる」を『日曜はダメよ』のジュール・ダッサン監督が映画化した『宿命（1957年）』が大阪大学の福田耕佑氏、明星大学の吉川弘晃氏その他の方々のご尽力により、日本語字幕で９月９日（土）京都大学で開催されます。ご興味をお持ちの方はどうぞご自由にご参加くださいませ。詳細はこちらをご覧ください。