The Department of Classics presents "Writing Contemporary History in the Ancient World" with John Marincola for Thursday, March 14th, 2019 at 5:00 PM in Hellems 241.
The contemporary historian was a fixture of the cultural landscape of Greece and Rome from the time of Thucydides onwards. Thucydides expresses without reserve the superiorities of contemporary over non-contemporary history, and his successors repeat these claims with great self-confidence and assuredness. Yet such claims often mask serious underlying issues. This paper explores the recognition (both in the historians and other writers) of the problematic nature of many of these claims, and some of the 'anxieties' associated particularly with the writing of contemporary history in Greece and Rome.
This event is free and open to the public.
Featuring:
John Marincola, Leon Golden Professor of Classics at Florida State University.
Sponsored by GCAH, CWCTP and the Department of Classics.
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