A Life in Ancient Greek: The Secret Diary of Karl Benedikt Hase (1780–1864)
A project dedicated to the presentation and study of Karl Benedikt Hase’s ‘secret’ diary, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and hosted by the University of Innsbruck (Grant DOI 10.55776/Y1519).

The LAGOOS project has featured on a recent episode of the podcast “Neo: What’s Going On on the Sixth Floor?” The podcast hosted by Simon Ellinger and Riccardo Stigliano at the Institut für klassische Philologie und neulateinische Studien of the University of Innsbruck. In this episode, our team member Mariia discusses her ongoing work on
Alongside the project’s analysis of Hase’s work as a scholar and his biography, the LAGOOS team has as a principle aim the digital presentation of the nine surviving years of the original diary text. After preparatory work over the last months, the website for the online presentation of the text is now ready: https://app.transkribus.org/sites/lagoos In
The LAGOOS project is delighted to have had the opportunity to welcome Professor Baukje van den Berg, Central European University (CEU) for a guest lecture in Innsbruck. An expert in Byzantine education and literary thought, Prof. van den Berg’s spoke to us on “Ancient Texts and their Byzantine Readers: Byzantine Reflections on the Value of