Past and Present: How the moderns create myths and apologia from the classics

«Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past»
George Orwell, 1984

The 15^th Europaeum Classics Colloquium explores differing forms of Classical reception in modern culture, literature, music, language and art, with a particular focus on the 20^th and 21^st century.
The event is co-hosted with Bologna University (Dipartimento di Beni Culturali and Dipartimento di Filologia Classica e Italianistica).
Convenors and organising committee at Bologna University: Francesco Citti, Antonio Ziosi, Daniele Pellacani.