[MGSA-L] Harvard's Mahindra Humanities Center: Seminar on Modern Greek Literature and Culture, 9/19, 6pm

[Roilos, Panagiotis]

Dear all,

I would like to invite you to the following event.

Sincerely,
Panagiotis Roilos

Panagiotis Roilos
George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies  and Professor of Comparative Literature
Faculty Associate, The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
Harvard University
Member of the Governing Board, European Cultural Center of Delphi

Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard

Seminar on Modern Greek Literature and Culture

Natasha Constantinidou-Taylor, University of Cyprus
Printing Greek Books in Sixteenth-Century Paris

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 6:00pm
Room 133, Barker Center
Abstract

This paper will present an overview of Greek printing in sixteenth century Paris, a topic that scholarship still does not know much about. Though Greek printing arrived in France much later than the Italian states, and although it took a while for the new venture to be established firmly in the French capital, the inauguration of the Collège des lecteurs royaux (later Collège Royal) by Francis I in 1530, together with the introduction of the role/office of the Royal Printer of Greek and the royal patronage that this implied, quickly propelled the printing of Greek in Paris to the extent that it surpassed the production of the other main center for Greek printing and learning, Venice. This paper will draw examples from various printers and publishers active in the sixteenth century (e.g. Chrestien Wechel, Robert I Estienne, Adrien de Turnèbe et als) in order to address questions such as: what were the main trends of this venture? Which authors attracted the attention of publishers and readers? What was the role of the editors and professors of Greek in the process? Finally, what do these (mostly understudied) publications tell us about the spread of humanism and the learning of Greek in sixteenth century France?



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