Cork Centre for Neo-Latin

[Terry S.]

The Centre for Neo-Latin in the University of Cork seems to be becoming a little flicker of light in the dimlit world of Classics. They have struck deals with Tunberg's Kentucky and will host the Neo-Latin Symposium on alternate years. https://www.ucc.ie/en/cnls/symposium2017/

They will also hold a Kentucky style intensive week of living Latin in June, 2017. https://www.ucc.ie/en/cnls/spokenlatin/

And then there's this:

At least I know what I'll be doing from 6-12 June next year (unless I'm in hospital or similar...).

 

[Callaina]

At least I know what I'll be doing from 6-12 June next year (unless I'm in hospital or similar...).

Any information regarding cost? The website doesn't say.

 

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

Presumably you're supposed to email them to find out. Pleading that you're a poor student deserving of any possible bursaries.

 

[Hawkwood]

Any information regarding cost? The website doesn't say.

"The tuition fee (including text books) for the 8-week course is €1900."

There's a thread about it in Latin Language Resources.

 

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

Which is not the week-long course referred to in the first post.

 

[Hawkwood]

Ah, apologies. Serves me right for posting whilst shopping.

 

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

The website is not the easiest to navigate, and seems to go round in circles. On this page it refers to free course, by which I assume they mean something that goes on once a week or so during term time. Or maybe not. But the page it sends you to sends you back to this one for more information, and I gave up.

 

[rothbard]

Does anyone know which textbook(s) they use for the course?

 

[Terry S.]

Which course?

The eight-week course uses 'Reading Latin' by Jones & Sidwell. I'd say the one week course has no textbooks since it's modelled on what they do at Kentucky. As far as I know they discuss a variety of texts and use various exercises to get/keep people talking in Latin. I haven't a clue what they use for the MA.

 

[rothbard]

Sorry, I meant in their MA, and presumably also in their Spoken Latin summer school. The video mentions that the students use some textbooks from the Renaissance.

 

[Terry S.]

I wouldn't mind finding that out myself. I'd say Jason Harris is the man to direct that question to: [email protected] .

 

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

In my head I am hearing Latin in the voice of Mick Fitzgerald. It is disconcerting.

 

[Terry S.]

I had to Google him. It could be worse; it might have been the John McCririck.

 

[rothbard]

Thanks Terry S., I have written to him. I'll let you know if hear anything back.

 

[Terry S.]

Please do! I hope to head down there for the symposium in April and see things for myself, but I don't want to take up the guy's time just yet in case I won't get the time off.

 

[rothbard]

As of today, still no reply unfortunately.

 

[Terry S.]

I wrote a month ago and thus far have received the same reply as you.