The Hellas Belgica project organizes an international conference devoted to the vibrant but understudied phenomenon of New Ancient Greek (NAG) or Humanist Greek literature (also known as e.g. Neo-Greek). This body of texts, composed primarily during the Renaissance and the early modern period but by no means limited to it, sought to revive and reinvent classical Greek as a living literary language, bridging antiquity and Byzantium with the authors’ contemporary intellectual landscapes.
Conference title: New Ancient Greek Literature. Contexts, Audiences, Legacies
Dates: 8-10 July 2026
Location: Leuven
Conveners: Liese Dictus, Dries Nijs, Raf Van Rooy, Reinhart Ceulemans (KU Leuven, HellBel)
Keynote speakers: Tua Korhonen, Filippomaria Pontani, Han Lamers
More information in the attached call for papers and through www.dalet.be/hellbel.