Conference the Legacy of Joseph Scaliger (1540-1609)

On 5-6 November 2009 The Scaliger Institute of Leiden University, the Warburg Institute of the University of London & The Huygens Instituut Den Haag will organize a two-day conference on the Legacy of Joseph Scaliger (1540-1609).

On 5 and 6 November the Scaliger Institute and the Warburg Institute will organize a two-day conference on The Legacy of Joseph Scaliger. The keynote speaker of the conference is Prof. dr. Anthony Grafton of Princeton University. Several other specialists from The Netherlands and abroad will speak about the relation between Scaliger and Heinsius, Bentley as a reader of Scaliger, Vossius and Scaliger, Scaliger and linguistics and Scaliger and the oriental languages. The conference will also include a lecture open to all public by Dirk van Miert (Warburg Institute and editor of the Correspondence of Scaliger) on The ‘French face’ of Scaliger; his lieux de mémoire in France.

In 2009 the Scaliger Institute of Leiden University Library commemorates the quatercentenary of the death of the great humanist Josephus Justus Scaliger. On the 21st of January, the actual day of his death, a laudatio was delivered by Professor Anthony Grafton of Princeton University. In spring there an exhibition was organized in Leiden University Library. The subject of the exhibition was Scaliger and the Oriental languages and involved the co-operation of a large number of scholars from The Netherlands and abroad.

You are most welcome to attend the symposium and/or the public lecture, but please register in advance by sending an e-mail to scaliger@library.leidenuniv.nl