{"id":6602,"date":"2023-12-22T15:28:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T14:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/?post_type=events&p=6602"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:44:07","slug":"etymological-explanations-in-ancient-and-medieval-scholarship-across-cultures-and-media","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/hias-hamburg.de\/en\/events\/etymological-explanations-in-ancient-and-medieval-scholarship-across-cultures-and-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Etymological explanations in ancient and medieval scholarship across cultures and media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This workshop aims to bring together scholars at different stages of their career to discuss the use of etymological interpretation in ancient and medieval scholarship and beyond, across different cultures (Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, Avestan, West African, Tamil et al.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aim is not only to discuss in depth test-cases from the individual cultural spheres, but also to examine whether there are any cross-cultural links as well as the differences between these cultures in the way their scholars deploy etymological interpretation in elucidating literary or scientific works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The speakers will address different types of content: some will discuss highly complex and well-articulated works with an important transmission history (e.g., Isidor of Seville, Etymologies<\/em>); others will deal with more \u2018spontaneous\u2019 content, i.e. mostly anonymous notes jotted down in the margins or between the lines of written artefacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Athanassios Vergados<\/a>, Newcastle University
Christian Brockmann, Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg, Etymologika Vorhaben
Jos\u00e9 Maksimczuk, Universit\u00e4t Hamburg\/Center for the Study of Manuscript Cultures<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n