A Life in Ancient Greek: The Secret Diary of Karl Benedikt Hase (1780–1864)

A project dedicated to the edition and study of Karl Benedikt Hase’s ‘Secret’ diary, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and hosted by the University of Innsbruck

Category: Conferences


  • Workshop Programme – Diaries of Scholarship (19.09.2025)

    The LAGOOS Project (www.lagoos.org) is hosting the workshop “Diaries of Scholarship. Comparative Perspectives on Diary-writing in Early Modern and Modern Europe” on 19th September 2025 at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, in the city’s Palais Claudiana . The workshop’s programme (available here below) brings together nine speakers whose work deals with examples of scholarly diaries from across

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  • LAGOOS at IANLS 2025 in Aix-en-Provence

    The Nineteenth International Congress of the International Association for Neo-Latin Studies took place at Aix-Marseille University from 14 to 19 July 2025 in Aix-en-Provence. The LAGOOS team was represented in Aix in a special session entitled “Carolus B. Hasius”. During his life-time Charles-Benoît Hase (1780–1864) was best known as a Professor of Greek in Paris,

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  • LAGOOS at the 3rd International Late-Antique and Byzantine Studies Conference

    The 16th and 17th of May 2025 saw the third edition of the International Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Graduate Conference organised by the Late Antique and Byzantine Student Colloquium (LABS) between the Central European University and the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, University of Vienna. The theme of this year’s meeting was

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  • “Books of Faith”: Religious Manuscripts Colloquium, Innsbruck

    A two-day colloquium organised between the Institut für Bibelwissenschaften und Historische Theologie and the Institut für Klassische Philologie und Neulateinische Studien in Innsbruck takes place on 02.05.–03.05.2025. The event brings together scholars from across Austria (Vienna, Salzburg and Innsbruck) to offer perspectives on current studies on manuscripts of faith. Financed by the the Forschungsschwerpunkt „Kulturelle

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  • LAGOOS Workshop: “Diaries of Scholarship” 19.09.25 – CfP

    The LAGOOS Project (www.lagoos.org) is pleased to announce it’s upcoming workshop “Diaries of Scholarship. Comparative Perspectives on Diary-writing in Early Modern and Modern Europe” The event will take place on 19th September 2025 at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. The workshop intends to explore the role of private diaries in recording and shaping intellectual life

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  • K. B. Hase at the International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association Annual Conference

    From Wednesday 10th to Friday 12th July 2024, the LAGOOS team were at the University of Durham, UK, for the inaugural conference of the International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association (INCSA). The conference brought together a range of experts of the 19th century from academic and heritage organisations, as well as and galleries, libraries, archives and museums

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  • LAGOOS in Vienna at Conference “Telling Byzantine History”

    On the 24th-25th May 2024, our team member Lev Shadrin took part in the 2nd International Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Graduate Conference, co-organized by the University of Vienna and Central European University.  Researchers focused on a variety of topics, from decolonizing Byzantine history to exploring non-Constantinopolitan narratives and the role of Byzantium in contemporary

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  • LAGOOS Paper on YouTube – Lev Shadrin at TUC24

    On the 14th–15th February 2024, the LAGOOS team was pleased to be able to present some of the results of the project’s first year at the Transkribus User Conference 2024 (TUC24). The conference took place, following tradition, at the University of Innsbruck, and allowed us the opportunity to catch up with fellow digital humanists, while

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  • Transkribus User Conference (TUC24) – LAGOOS

    The Transkribus User Conference took place on the 15th-16th February at the University of Innsbruck. The event brought together users from around the world to discuss both their experiences with the tool and the future of AI-assisted transcription. The LAGOOS project was represented at the TUC with a Lightening Talk and a Scholarship Presentation, which

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  • Invited Lecture at the Austrian Byzantine Society (ÖBG)

    William Barton presented the latest results from the ΛΑΓΩΟΣ project in Vienna as part of the Austrian Byzantine Society’s (ÖBG’s) lecture series on the 29th January 2024. William first gave an overview of Hase’s life and work, along with an introduction to the story of his “secret” Greek diaries. The presentation then continued with a

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