Classics

After "Cupis volitare per auras": Books, Libraries and Textual Transmission from the Ancient to the Medieval World and "Auctor est aequivocum": Authenticity, Authority and Authorship from the Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, Prolepsis Cultural Association organizes its 3rd International Postgraduate Conference, “Optanda erat oblivio”: Selection and Loss in Ancient and Medieval Literature, to be held at the University of Bari (Italy) on 20th and 21st December 2018.

The conference explores the cross-cultural engagement between Western civilization and other cultures, as well as the legacy and reception of the Classics in West Africa. Papers exploring other regions will be considered. The conference is being hosted by the Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana, Legon, in collaboration with the Department of Classics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria and the Department of Classics and Philosophy, University of Cape Coast, Ghana.