Praemium Bernense
The Praemium Bernense studio antiquitatis augendo is a prize from the Institute for Classical Philology at the University of Bern for the best Matura thesis in the subjects of Latin and Greek . It has been advertised annually since 2006.
The topics for this may come from the entire spectrum of Latin and Greek philology. For example, the works can consist of a literary and linguistic interpretation by an author or a certain text passage, provide editions and comments on texts or go into the reception history of authors, texts and motifs.
In particular, reference is made to the Middle and Neo-Latin literature as a suitable field of activity. The scope of the work should be approx. 25 pages. It can also be higher. The papers can be written in German, French, Italian, English and Latin.
Theses written by high school students outside of the Matura can also be submitted if they meet the requirements of a Matura thesis. This should be ensured by the assessment and, if necessary, supervision of a Latin teacher employed at the school.
The total prize money is CHF 3,000 (1st prize 1,500 / 2nd prize 1,000 / 3rd prize 500).
Award winners
- 2008:
- 1st prize: Eben Freeman ( Zurich ) for Philosophical Time Travel .
- 2nd prize: Severin Hof ( Lucerne ) for Dormi, Leopolde. Translation and analysis of a Latin text on the battle of Sempach from the Heroum Helvetiorum Epistolae by Johannes Barzaeus .
- 2nd prize: Martina Albertini ( Bellinzona ) for Il Lucrezio illuminista .
- 3rd prize: Florence Häusermann ( Basel ) for the development of the provincial system during the rise of the world power Rome .
- 2007:
- 1st prize: Silvan Brügger and Jonas Haller ( Alte Kantonsschule Aarau ) for André Falquet nobility letter - aspects of an imperial charter from 1725 .
- 2nd prize: Christoph Leisibach (Canton School Sursee) for Latin inscriptions in and around the St. Michael Beromünster Abbey .
- 3rd prize: Julia Hänni and Bertrand Bossy (Baden Cantonal School) for "De Chiller und d Streberin versus The Brothers" .
- 2006:
- 1st prize: Patrick Bapst (Gymnase Auguste Piccard, Lausanne) for Isis. The text of the Pyramides aux Métamorphoses d'Apulée
- 2nd prize: Simone Beeler (Oerlikon Cantonal School, Zurich) "I Walked With Giants". Depictions of heroes in Wolfgang Petersen's "Troy" compared to other Iliad films
- 3rd prize: Simona Generelli (Liceo cantonale di Locarno) Le streghe dell'Esquilino: Commento all'ottava satira di Orazio. Confronto tra rituale magico e costumi religiosi ufficiali romani