Novel Saints: Ancient Fiction and Hagiography Research Centre
The novel is currently one of the most popular literary genres worldwide. Yet its early history has hardly been written. The research team of Novel Saints aims to enhance our understanding of this history (both conceptually and cross-culturally) by studying the Greek and Latin novel in antiquity as well as its receptions in later narrative traditions, especially those of Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. Methodologically, the team combines insights from both ancient and modern rhetorical and literary theories.
Principal Investigator: Prof. Koen De Temmerman
Events
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Wed20Nov20244:00 pmFaculteitszaal, first floor Blandijnberg 2Talk
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Thu16Jan2025Fri17Jan2025
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Fri14Mar202510am-4pmFaculty Room, first floor, Blandijnberg 2, 900 Ghent
More events
News
- 30-09-2024: CfP: Romancing Rhetoric: Imperial Fiction and Late-Antique Rhetorical theories and practices
- 06-09-2024: CfP: Narrative approaches to the Lives of Ancient Greek Poets
- 05-02-2024: GUEST BLOG: ‘Putting the female body on the line: from Carolina Bianchi and Pippa Bacca to Thecla’
- 28-04-2023: Blog: History on Repeat: Tradition, Innovation and the Ancient World Winter School
- 20-01-2023: Blog: All Roads Lead to Novels: A brief account from the voices of two ICAN VI travellers
- 13-04-2022: Blog: Teaching Near Eastern rhetoric: the nostos of a BA Class and its awkward teacher
Financial support
Our research team is generously supported by:
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This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under both the European Union’s Seventh framework programme (Starting Grant agreement No. 337344 Novel Saints) and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Consolidator Grant agreement No. 819459 Novel Echoes).