LATIN Seminars
Led by Lee Lanzillotta
Using Marcantonio Flaminio’s first book of poems as a framework, we will discuss the many meters used by Catullus and his Renaissance imitators. We will also cover the intellectual environment in which Flaminio wrote, touching on other Latin and Italian authors of the period (early 16th century) within his intellectual orbit.
Taught in Latin
Recordings Available
Fri, 2.00 PM EDT (US East) / 8:00 PM CEST (Central Europe)
Sept 4 – Dec 11
15h total
LED BY ADRIANA CABALLER RICART
This course offers an active introduction to Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, one of the most original and captivating works of Latin literature. Blending elements of the novel, the marvelous tale, and satire, the text presents a rich sequence of stories featuring travelers, bandits, witches, slaves, gods, and animals, inviting students into both the imaginative and everyday worlds of Roman life.
Taught in Latin
Recordings Available
Thu, 12.00 - 1:30 PM EDT (US East) - 18:00 – 19:30 CET (Central Europe) .
Oct 1 - Feb 4
24 hours total
Led by Alexander Olave
This course introduces John Cassian’s Collationes, a foundational text of Latin monastic thought and a key witness to the ancient psychology of attention, discipline, and interior struggle. We will explore how monastic experience is transformed into a reflection on focus, distraction, and the governance of the mind.
Taught in Latin
Recordings Available
Tue, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT (US East) / 6:00 – 7:30 PM CEST (Central Europe)
Sept 13 – Nov 1
12h total
LED BY ADRIANA CABALLER RICART
This course provides an active, conversation-based complement to Latin language study, designed to reinforce grammar and vocabulary through guided oral practice. Through interactive activities centered on Roman history, mythology, and daily life, students will develop greater fluency, confidence, and intuitive command of Latin while transforming passive knowledge into active linguistic competence.
Taught in Latin
Recordings Available
Tue, 12.00 - 1:30 PM EDT (US East) - 18:00 – 19:30 CET (Central Europe)
Oct 6 - Feb 2
24 hours total
Led by Laurent Daumale
This guided reading seminar explores monsters in Latin literature through a carefully selected corpus of authentic texts from Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Early Modern period. Participants will improve their reading fluency while discovering how Latin authors imagined and described mythological monsters, werewolves, vampires, fabulous beasts, and other extraordinary creatures.
Taught in Latin
Recordings Available
Sat 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT (US East) / 6:00 – 7:30 PM CEST (Central Europe)
Sept 19 – Nov 21
Duration: 90 minutes
15h total
Led by Alexander Olave
This course introduces students to the most salient and evocative portions of Vergil’s Georgics, a didactic poem that ostensibly teaches the practices of agriculture, yet unfolds into a richly layered meditation on labor, nature, and human civilization.
Taught in Latin
Recordings Available
Thu, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT (US East) / 6:00 – 7:30 PM CEST (Central Europe)
Sept 10 – Oct 29
12h total
LED BY ADRIANA CABALLER RICART
Using Greco-Roman history and mythology as a framework, we will bridge the gap between basic LLPSI grammar and classical literature. Through guided conversation, storytelling, and active image description, we will explore the essential characters, myths, and historical events that form the cultural background of Roman thought, strengthening both your spoken fluency and Latin reading comprehension.
Taught in Latin
Recordings Available
Mon, 1.00 - 2:30 PM EDT (US East) - 17:00 – 18:30 CET (Central Europe) .
Oct 5 - Feb 1 (2027)
24 hours total