Classical Reception is the process by which, “individuals and societies continually reappropriate and redefine classical antiquity in an effort to assert (or, at times, to challenge) continuity with a privileged past,” (Broder 505). It encourages classicists to examine the impacts ancient texts have made on those who have interacted with them and reveals the values […]
BRII-06: National Identity in Education: A Comparative Analysis of Italy and Northern Ireland
From the United Kingdom’s recent European Union withdrawal to escalating far-right populism, European states are actively reworking to differentiate their national narratives. Not surprisingly, education has been a useful tool for indoctrinating a collective national identity since the beginning of the nation-state. This paper concentrates on the complexities behind national identity within education, the similarities […]
A46: St. Catherine’s Letters: a Correspondence on Faith
St. Catherine of Siena was a figure of immense influence in Medieval Europe. The routine nature of her correspondence with both temporal and ecclesiastical authorities provided her political agency unparalleled by the women of her time. In order that we might grasp the extent of St. Catherine’s influence, we set out to catalogue the letters […]
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