“ERGA. Exegesis, lexicography, grammar / La letteratura erudita nella Grecia antica. Esegesi, lessicografia, grammatica” (4th edition)

July 20th – 24th, 2026

University of Hamburg

This summer school offers course-work consisting of theoretical lectures and practical exercises covering the field of research on scholarship in Ancient Greece, with a focus on lexicography, manuscript studies and exegesis. The teaching language will be English.

• Programme [PDF] (last revised 2026-07-10)
• Keynote Lectures [PDF]  (last revised 2026-07-10)

Keynote lectures are open to the public, please sign up by email to <etymologika@awhamburg.de(etymologika"AT"awhamburg.de?subject=ERGA summer school 2026 keynote lecture(s) sign-up)>.

This edition of the summer school is  jointly organised by the Etymologika project of the Academy of Sciences and the Humanities in Hamburg, the University of Hamburg, and the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) (Christian Brockmann, José Maksimczuk, Daniel Deckers), in co-operation with Università della Basilicata (Elena Esposito), Università di Firenze (Francesca Maltomini), Università degli Studi di Genova (Franco Montanari, Lara Pagani, Serena Perrone), Università di Pavia (Fausto Montana), and Università di Roma Tor Vergata (Lorenzo Perilli, Stefano Valente), and will be taught by scholars from all involved institutions. Invited speakers include Eleanor Dickey (University of Reading), Ciro Giacomelli (Università di Padova), and Olga Tribulato (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia).

The summer school has 28 participants, notifications were sent out to all applicants at the end of April. Successful applicants have also received information on travel etc.

Christian Brockmann, José Maksimczuk, Daniel Deckers

 

Details from the original call for applications for your information

We welcome applications from advanced students and young researchers. Participation is free of charge, however attendees have to book their own travel and accomodation, of which we can refund 500 EUR per participant. (Students of the University of Hamburg are welcome to apply to participate, but are not eligible for the refund.)

Application deadline: April 19th, 2026
Notifications of successful application will be sent by: May 10th, 2026

Applications had to including the following items:

• Cover letter explaining motivation for wanting to attend this summer school
• CV
• A description of current thesis or research project or research interests (approx. 200-350 words)