KU Leuven Institute for the Study of the Transmission of Texts,
Ideas and Images in Antiquity, the Middle Ages
and the Renaissance
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V LECTIO Interdisciplinary Summer School “Translations in the Premodern and Early Modern World”
8-9 September 2026, Old Abbey of Kortenberg.
Masterclasses, research pitches, and a lot of conversations across disciplines!
Program and registration (until 30 June): www.kuleuven.be/lectio/event...
An exciting lecture, which illustrated the challenges and possibilities of HTR as well as some fantastic pages from the Magister Dixit collection of student notebooks. Thanks to Serena and to KU Leuven Special Collections for organising this event!
The call for Visiting Fellowships is open!
In a nutshell:
📚 Open topic (x2) or a more specific theme (x3)
⏳ 4–6 weeks in the academic year 2026–2027
💶 Non-stipendiary (alas!), but we will cover travel to/from Leuven and accommodation
📆 Apply by 6 March 2026
🔗 www.kuleuven.be/lectio/visit...
Very proud of this truly bottom-up initiative coming from our ECRs!
Another LECTIO volume just out!
One of our Institute's contributions to the celebrations of KU Leuven's 600th birthday in 2025, this volume is available in Open Access. Do have a look!