Since the 1990s, authors have increasingly invaded the web, participating in the world of blogs and social networks and experimenting with new forms of hypermedia. Online communities and cooperatives of writers have led to an overt reconfiguration of the relationship between authorial, readerly and editorial instances. These new practices have a clear impact on the (until now poorly defined) notion of the literary institution as a scholarly institution, and in particular on the traditional editorial economic model. Faced with such mutations—which can be considered a type of editorialization—, we may be tempted to claim that the role of the author is weakening in favour of a multiplication of collective works which further challenge the institutional role of publishers. It is nevertheless possible to observe a simultaneous emergence of original writing practices online, where authorial figures depict themselves, playing with tensions between the author, the writer, the writer’s persona and the actual person. This paradox represents a starting point enabling reflection on the status of the author in the digital era, a consideration that aims to measure the real impact of new technology on the concept of authorship.
Aeneid Reading as part of the Festival Européen Latin Grec
March 23, 2023 Mathilde Verstraete cohosts, with the Center for Classical Studies of the University of Montreal, on March 23, 2023 from 9 a.m. (EST) in the Jean-Brillant Building of the University, a public reading of Virgil's Aeneid as part of the Festival Européen Latin Grec.
March 28, 2023 Italian conference held by Marcello Vitali-Rosati and Mathilde Verstraete at the Department of Humanities at the University of Naples - Federico II on March 28, 2023 at 10 a.m. (EST) on Jitsi
March 26, 2023 The Chair's team is invited to take part in a day-long Wikithon organised by Productions Rhizome in partnership with Littérature québécoise mobile, of which Marcello Vitali-Rosati is a collaborator.
March 23, 2023 Mathilde Verstraete cohosts, with the Center for Classical Studies of the University of Montreal, on March 23, 2023 from 9 a.m. (EST) in the Jean-Brillant Building of the University, a public reading of Virgil's Aeneid as part of the Festival Européen Latin Grec.
March 4-7, 2023 As part of the partnership established in 2015 with the Liceo classico Luca de Samuele Cagnazzi, Altamura, two days of workshops will take place in Paris, held by Servanne Monjour (CELLF Sorbonne), Marcello Vitali-Rosati and Mathilde Verstraete, with the objective of bringing a theoretical and concrete reflection on the issues and practical potentialities raised by the collaborative digital edition of the Greek Anthology.
February 28 - March 1, 2023 Emmanuelle Lescouet co-hosts, from February 28 to March 1, 2023, at the Maison des Sciences et de l'Homme in Brittany, the colloquium "Entre science et magie : les savoirs dans les cultures de l'imaginaire" (Between Science and Magic: Knowledge in Speculative Cultures) with the Laboratoire des imaginaires.
February 17, 2023 As part of the eighth edition of the CRIHN's DH Showcase, which will take place at Concordia University on February 17, 2023 at 9 a.m. in the Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705 (EV Building), the Chair's team will be presenting its various projects.
November 17-18, 2022 Yann Audin is co-president of the VocUM International Conference's 2022 Edition, organized by students of the Université de Montréal, all from different fields of study relating to language.
November 7, 2022 The Building 21 Project of McGill University invites Marcello Vitali-Rosati, on November 7 at 1:30 p.m. (EST), to discuss artificial intelligence in the humanities. In person at Building 21, and online (link to come on the project's website).
October 28, 2022 Emmanuelle Lescouet co-hosts, on October 28, 2022 at the Maison des Sciences et de l’Homme en Bretagne, the "Le choix dans les cultures de l'imaginaire" (Choice in Speculative Cultures) colloquium with the Laboratoire des imaginaires. Follow the colloquium online starting from 3 p.m. (EST).
October 27 to 29, 2022
The Canada Research Chair on Digital Textualities holds, from October 27 to 29, 2022 in the Lionel-Groulx building of the University of Montreal, the symposium "Anthological Navigations: The Greek Anthology in the Era of Digital Classics". Details, schedule and registration here!