Laetae Segetes IX

International PhD and Young Researchers Conference, Brno, Czech Republic, 19-21 November 2025

The Department of Classical Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, is pleased to announce the Laetae Segetes IX International PhD and Young Researchers conference. Since its inception in 2005, this biennial event has provided an inspiring platform for emerging researchers to present their work, exchange ideas, and build connections in a supportive academic environment. We invite proposals from PhD students and early-career researchers (up to 35 years old, including postdocs) in the fields of Classical Philology, Medieval Latin, Byzantine, and Modern Greek Studies.
Contributions should address one or more of the following topics:
1. Digital Methods and Tools in Latin and Greek Philology 2. Language Change and Language Contact in the Greek and Roman World from Antiquity to Modern Times 3. Ancient and Medieval Culture and History in the Mirror of its Sources
For more information, see the CFP at https://classics.phil.muni.cz/en/news-and-events/news/call-for-papers-laetae-segetes-ix.
Shall you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at LaetaeSegetes2025[at]phil.muni.cz.

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission Deadline: 30 May 2025
Author Notification: 30 June 2025
Fee Payment Deadline: 30 September 2025

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
prof. Dionysis Goutsos, Department of Linguistics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
prof. Peter Kruschwitz, Department of Ancient History, Epigraphy and Papyrology, University of Vienna
Michail I. Marinis, Ph.D., Laboratory for Greek Dialectology, The Ohio State University, USA
prof. Vasileios Vasileiadis, Department of Philology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Mgr. Ivan Prchlík, Ph.D., Department of Greek and Latin Studies, Charles University, Prague
Mgr. Lucie Pultrová, Ph.D., Department of Greek and Latin Studies, Charles University, Prague

Lieu de la manifestation : Department of Classical Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Organisation : Department of Classical Studies (Kateřina Bočková Loudová, PhD; doc. Irena Radová)
Contact : LaetaeSegetes2025[at]phil.muni.cz