Lampas - Volume 57, Issue 4, 2024

Abstract This article discusses reforms in the Dutch Latin schools in the first part of the 17th century, and the role played by the canonization of disciplines in this period. The underlying reasons and historical and political contexts in which the reforms took place, and which appear to have lasting impact to the present day, are also disussed. It will be shown how the need for standardization of the very different local practice Read More

Abstract This contribution studies the Loeb Classical Library (LCL) collection, and delves into the dynamics which underlie the processes of inclusion and exclusion in the first twenty years of the book series’ existence through the study of archival source material. After introducing the subject, the article provides a concise overview of the books that were published in the series between 1912 and 1933. Then, the process of canon f Read More

Abstract This paper explores the opportunities for opening up the canon of Latin texts being read at Flemish secondary schools that lie in the new set of learning objectives for classical languages formulated by the Flemish government and in force since September 2023. These no longer restrict the teaching of the classical languages to texts from the Classical period. This decision addresses the ideological foundations of t Read More

Abstract Classical language teachers in Dutch secondary schools are free to choose the texts they read with their students, with the exception of (part of) the final year for which a national committee sets an annually changing text corpus of prose or poetry on which the national final examination is based. So far, there is no record of the actual selection of texts that teachers choose to read with their students, and we Read More