The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies (LBI) (german: Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Neulateinische Studien) in
Innsbruck
Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...
is a research institute of the Austrian
Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft
The Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft (LBG) is an Austrian network of specialized research institutes that are not part of a university. It was founded in 1961 and named after physicist Ludwig Boltzmann
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (; 20 February 18 ...
.
[Jahresbericht des Zentrums für Alte Kulturen] Partner organizations of the LBI are the
University of Innsbruck
The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669.
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, the
University of Freiburg
The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public university, public research university located in Freiburg im Breisg ...
, the
Austrian National Library
The Austrian National Library (german: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek) is the largest library in Austria, with more than 12 million items in its various collections. The library is located in the Neue Burg Wing of the Hofburg in center of V ...
in Vienna, and the Pontificio Comitato di Scienze Storiche in Rome.
The LBI was founded in 2011 and is dedicated to the study of
Neo-Latin
New Latin (also called Neo-Latin or Modern Latin) is the revival of Literary Latin used in original, scholarly, and scientific works since about 1500. Modern scholarly and technical nomenclature, such as in zoological and botanical taxonomy ...
literature. It particularly focuses on the significance of Neo-Latin literature in the formation of Early Modern Europe. The LBI attempts to flesh out the idea that today's Europe would look very differently without the contribution of Neo-Latin literature. This idea is explored by means of examples from three lines of research.
Lines of research
Each line of research is represented by two specific projects:
* Neo-Latin and religion: 1) Catholic school drama of the 18th century and its relation to the Enlightenment. - 2) Neo-Latin hymnography and its significance for contemporaneous piety.
* Neo-Latin and politics: 1) The role of Neo-Latin literature in the multilingual Habsburg Empire. - 2) The early-modern grammaticalization of the vernaculars on the model of the Latin language.
* Neo-Latin and 'histoire des mentalités': 1) The 'discovery of the mountains' in Neo-Latin authors of the 16th century. - 2) The anticipation of a 'romantic' poetics of individual expression in Neo-Latin poetry.
References
External links
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies
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Research institutes in Austria