Africa
Classical Antiquity and Local Identities: from Newfoundland to Nigeria and Ghana
Memorial University St John's, Newfoundland, CanadaThis conference, based on the collaboration of classicists at Memorial University (Canada), the University of Ibadan (Nigeria), and the University of Ghana, explores the presence of classical antiquity in different cultural traditions and geographical settings at the intersection of the local and the global. While Classics has become more global in perspective, scholarly networks on the […]
Michael Okyere Asante (Stellenbosch) “Facing Reality: The Future of “African Classics” from a Ghanaian Perspective”
University of Warwick CoventryClassical Connections Seminar Series, University of Warwick
CFP: Global Classics and Africa: Past, Present, and Future
University of Ghana Legon, GhanaThe Classical Association of Ghana 2nd International Classics Conference in Ghana (ICCG) University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana Theme: Global Classics and Africa: Past, Present, and Future The late 1950s and early 1960s ushered in a period when many African countries were gaining political independence. Immediately, there was an agenda to unite African nations, and […]