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Conference: Using, Misusing and Abusing Latin in the Early Modern Period
Latin is the necessary working language for many early modern scholars. However, the very fact that (and the ways in which) Latin is used in the early modern period often has its own significance. With this conference, our aim is to reflect on a variety of aspects of the usage of Latin. It will address both the technical and the theoretical issues of translating, appropriating, adapting, and rewriting Latin texts and the Classics in general in Early Modernity and in present day Early Modern studies.
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