Summer School Palaeography. Latin Handwriting
From August 26 to September 06, 2024, the 10th Summer School 'Paleography. Latin Handwriting' took place at Heidelberg University.
An End-of-course photo can be found below. You will be informed about the 10th summer school here.
Contents
The subject of the course is the Latin script (from the beginning to the XXth century) and the teaching of its basics. Questions about the history of writing are discussed using traditional and modern approaches. Participants will acquire dating and localisation skills and reading skills covering two millennia of writing.
The main form of organisation is the exercise: copies of pages from menuscripts are read together, results are worked out in plenary and methodological approaches and research literature are discussed.
The exercise is flanked by work on originals and events in which special palaeography topics and recent research findings are presented.
The language of instruction is German.
Enrolment:
Please apply with a concise CV in which you also state your combination of studies. We also ask you to provide a brief explanation of your interest in the course (no more than one page in your native language). Students of Heidelberg University please apply without a CV, but with a short letter of motivation.
Please send applications to: mittellatein@uni-heidelberg.de . The application deadline is 31.V.2024.
All participants will receive an ungraded certificate. It is also possible to obtain two graded certificates of achievement (8 ECTS).
The course is offered free of charge. Travel and accommodation must be organised and financed independently.
Feedback on the 7th summer course:
"Historical overview of writing forms from late antiquity to modern times and concrete 'tools' for working with and on the same; balanced ratio of active participation and frontal teaching; very high commitment and professional expertise of all lecturers; excellent organization; interesting selection of participants from all subjects, semesters and countries and creation of a collaborative atmosphere."
"The course is relevant not only to students of Medieval Latin, but to the humanities as a whole, in the fields of literature, culture, and linguistics, as well as history, art history, and archaeology. That courses on paleography are not offered at many universities is to be regretted. All the more, the summer course represents a valuable professional and didactic exception, which should definitely be maintained and promoted."
End-of-course photo of the 9th Summer Course (28. August-8. September 2023).
End-of-course photo of the 8th Summer Course (August 29-September 9, 2022).
End-of-course photo of the 7th Summer Course (August 30-September 10, 2021).
From September 7-11, 2020, the 6th summer course "Paleography.Latin Script" took place as a one-week online course due to the contact restrictions in place.
End-of-course picture of the 5th summer course (September 2-13, 2019).
End-of-course picture of the 4th summer course (August 27-September 7, 2018).
From September 4-15, 2017, the 3rd Summer Course 'Paleography. Latin Script' took place at the University of Heidelberg. It was covered by Campus TV. You can download the video here or watch it via Youtube. A group picture can be found here.
End-of-course picture of the 2nd summer course (August 29 - September 9, 2016).
End-of-course picture of the 1st summer course (September 7-18, 2015).
