History of IANLS

1. Origin and development

2. List of officers of IANLS

2.1 President
2.2 First Vice President
2.3 Second Vice President
2.4 Secretary
2.5 Treasurer


1. Origin and development

In August 1971 the first International Congress for Neo-Latin Studies was convened at Leuven (Belgium). It was an initiative of the founder of the Seminarium Philologiae Humanisticae, the late Prof. Dr Jozef IJsewijn, assisted by Gilbert Tournoy, Godelieve Tournoy-Thoen, Marie-José Desmet-Goethals and Paul Thoen. During this first congress of the idea of an international association was launched. This association was founded and statutes drafted during the second congress (Amsterdam, 1973). At the next congress (Tours, 1976) the official Latin text of the statutes was approved and hence published in Humanistica Lovaniensia, 26 (1977), 265-27. Since then, congresses have been organised every three years at

Bologna (1979: Lao Paoletti),
St Andrews (1982: I. D. McFarlane),
Wolfenbüttel (1985: W. Ludwig),
Toronto (1988: G. Warkentin),
Copenhagen (1991: Karsten Friis Jensen),
Bari (1994: M. De Nichilo),
Avila (1997: Jenaro Costas),
Cambridge (2000: Philip Ford),
Bonn (2003: Marc Laureys),
Budapest (2006: László Szörényi).

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2. List of officers of IANLS

2.1 President

Ph. Ford 2006-
J.-L. Charlet 2003-2006
S. Revard 2000-2003
G. Tournoy 1997-2000
B. Hosington 1994-1997
F. Tateo 1991-1994
W. Ludwig 1988-1991
L. V. Ryan 1985-1988
A. Michel 1982-1985
I. D. Mcfarlane 1979-1982
R. J. Schoeck 1976-1979
J. IJsewijn 1973-1976

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2.2 First Vice-President

M. Skafte Jensen 2006-
Ph. Ford 2003-2006
J.-L. Charlet2000-2003
S. Revard 1997-2000
G. Tournoy 1994-1997
B. Hosington 1991-1994
F. Tateo 1988-1991
W. Ludwig 1985-1988
L. V. Ryan 1982-1985
A. Michel 1979-1982
I. D. Mcfarlane 1976-1979
R. J. Schoeck 1973-1976

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2.3. Second Vice-President

Hans Helander 2006-
László Szörényi 2003-2006
M. Laureys 2000-2003
Ph. Ford 1997-2000
J. Costas 1994-1997
M. De Nichilo 1991-1994
K. Friis Jensen 1988-1991
G. Warkentin 1985-1988
W. Ludwig 1982-1985
I. D. McFarlane 1979-1982
L. Paoletti 1976-1979
J.-Cl. Margolin 1973-1976

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2.4. Secretary

M. Pade 2000-
K. A. Neuhausen 1994-2000
R. Green 1982-1994
P. Tuynman 1973-1982

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2.5. Treasurer

J. Papy 2003-
C. L. Heesakkers 1991-2003
D. Briesemeister 1979-1991
E. Kessler 1973-1979

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Last revision: 28 August 2006