‘… unsere Ohren haben ja auch Erfahrung: Der Mensch hört ja nicht nur dieses Stück’ ~ Hanns Eisler (Heiner Goebbels, Eislermaterial, Hörstück I)
‘There is no idea, however ancient and absurd, that is not capable of improving our knowledge’ ~ Paul Feyerabend, Against Method
Yanick Maes, PhD 2005, is teaching fellow for Latin at the Department of Literature. Previously he was employed as a lecturer at Ghent University and at the University of Groningen. He has written on reading practices and schooling in Antiquity, the aesthetics of Neronian literature, intertextuality, Lucan, Seneca and Lucretius. He also wrote some textbook articles on the reception of Sallust. His treatment of these subjects is informed by a dialogical approach. Currently his interest lies with Latin literature after classical antiquity. It is his conviction that this is where the future for Latin studies is to be found.