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Call for Papers Divina – Days of Andreas Divus from Iustinopolis

10th Anniversary Symposium
Published on: March 4, 2026

Call for Papers

Divina – Days of Andreas Divus from Iustinopolis

10th Anniversary Symposium

Koper, Slovenia, 22–23 October 2026

 

Dear colleagues,

The organizers are pleased to announce the 10th anniversary edition of the international symposium Divina – Days of Andreas Divus from Iustinopolis, to be held in Koper (Capodistria), Slovenia, in 2026. We warmly invite colleagues working on medieval and early modern Latin texts, intellectual history, and the history of medicine to join us in Koper for this special edition of Divina, celebrating both a decade of scholarly exchange and the enduring legacy of Santorio Santorio.

Over the past decade, Divina has established itself as a meeting place for scholars working on Latin texts from the Middle Ages to the early modern period, with particular attention to intellectual history, philology, translation, and cultural exchange within the Latin world.

This year’s symposium forms part of the official Santorio Santorio Year, celebrated in Koper in 2026, and marks the 400th anniversary of Santorio Santorio’s Commentary on Avicenna’s Canon (Commentaria in primam fen primi libri Canonis Avicennae, Venice 1625). In commemoration of this important intellectual milestone, the 2026 symposium will be dedicated to Santorio Santorio (1561–1636) – physician, scholar, and pioneer of quantitative experimental medicine – while continuing the broader mission of Divina to promote the study of medieval and early modern Latin literature and intellectual culture: at least one panel will be devoted to broader questions in medieval and early modern Latin literature beyond medical and/or philological discourse.

 

Thematic Panels

1. Santorio Santorio, His Texts and Early Modern Medicine (dedicated panel)

This panel will be devoted exclusively to Santorio Santorio and related contexts. Possible topics include:

  • Santorio’s writings in historical and philological perspective
  • Latin medical commentary traditions
  • Commentary traditions and the engagement with earlier medical authorities from the ancient world and beyond

2. Medieval and Early Modern Latin Literature and Culture: the Broader Intellectual and Medical Milieu of the Venetian and Adriatic Regions

  • Latin poetry and prose from the Middle Ages to the seventeenth century
  • Humanism and neo-Latin writing
  • Translation, commentary, and textual transmission
  • Latin intellectual networks and scholarly communication
  • Manuscript and print culture

3. Open Panel: General Themes in Medieval and Early Modern Latin 

  • Literary genres and stylistic developments
  • Latin and vernacular interactions
  • Educational and rhetorical traditions
  • Philological, codicological, and editorial studies
  • Interdisciplinary approaches to Latin texts

 

Submission Guidelines

Abstracts (300–500 words) in English, Italian, or Latin

Short biographical note (max. 100 words)

Please indicate the panel for which you are applying

Deadline for abstract submission: 15th June 2026

Notification of acceptance: 30th June 2026

Conference language: English

Please upload your submissions to the Google Form: Divina 2026

Selected papers will be considered for peer-reviewed publication in the series Bibliotheca Iustinopolitana 2027.

 

On behalf of the organizing committee,

Gregor Pobežin (ZRC SAZU / University of Primorska, Faculty of Humanities)

&

Peter Štoka (The Library of Srečko Vilhar, Koper)