William will base his project entitled “A Life in Ancient Greek: The Secret Diary of K. B. Hase (1780–1864)” (with the acronym: LAGOOS) at the Institute for Classical Philology and Neo-Latin Studies at the University of Innsbruck. The aim is to study the previously unknown diaries of classicist and byzantinist Karl Benedikt Hase, a central figure in 19th-century France’s philhellenic movement, an enthusiastic participant in Parisian nightlife, and a sometimes unscrupulous editor of supposedly genuine historiography, written in ancient Greek. For six years, William Barton and his team will sift through, edit, and study these diaries.
Dr. William M. Barton, has been awarded one of this year‘s six START Grants by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). The news was announced at a ceremony on Wednesday 22nd June at the Palais Schönburg in Vienna. The grant was awarded in the presence of Federal Minister Martin Polaschek and FWF President Christof Gattringer.
LAGOOS [λαγωoς] 