Several of our colleagues went to the U4 Winter School dealing with Classical Antiquity and its reception. This year, the Winter School took place in the Eternal City of Rome. We can see here Geert De Mol, Benjamin De Vos, and Cristina Cocola (being excited!). Tineke Melkebeek, Emmanuel Roumanis, Antonia Apostolakou, prof. Mark Janse and prof. Danny Praet were also present. Apparently, the Romans did not trust Benjamin with his Bucatini all’ Amatriciana (they were right).
In December (12-14/12/2018), two of our colleagues, Olivier Demerre and Benjamin De Vos, were in Leuven in order to polemicize, to compete and to network on the occasion of the 8th LECTIO-conference about ‘Polemics, Rivalry, and Networking in Greco-Roman Antiquity’. (http://lectio.ghum.kuleuven.be/lectio/conferences)
On the 29th of November 2018, the European Research Council (ERC) announced the winners of its prestigious Consolidator Grants. One of the laureates is our Prof. Koen De Temmerman (Department of Literary Studies, Greek).
He has been awarded a Consolidator Grant for his new project Novel Echoes. Ancient Novelistic Receptions and Concepts of Fiction in Late Antique and Medieval Secular Narrative from East to West (2019-2024).
Over the years, Koen De Temmerman has established himself as one of the leading scholars in Late Antique and Medieval Greek literary studies. Massive congratulations to Koen!