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Classics and Classical Civilisation

Who’s with me? Cultural Identity and the Alexandrian riots of 38 CE

Disputes about cultural identity can be traced throughout history. In the first century C.E., Alexandria was one of the most diverse, multicultural cities of the Roman Empire. In 38 CE large-scale riots broke out between Greek and Jewish Alexandrians.

Happy Birthday Blog

To celebrate the blog's first birthday, this post looks back on some of the highlights so far.

Classics and Classical Civilisation · Medieval and Early Modern Studies

The Rooster & the Pearl: A Little Aesopic Odyssey

Fables are very old and flexible. This is substantiated by a juxtaposition of several versions of the fable of The Rooster and the Pearl, which may be called a “metafable”, since it is a fable about fables.

Classics and Classical Civilisation · Modern and Contemporary Studies

A Literary Shroud: Embroidering Derek Walcott’s Omeros

A bird stitching an epic: intertextuality and metaliterature in Derek Walcott’s Caribbean epic Omeros.

Medieval and Early Modern Studies · Modern and Contemporary Studies

The many meanings of reading (2). Imagery.

The term 'to read' is used for a myriad of activities. In this series, I will explore the different uses of the word in the context of book history. In this second instalment: text vs. images.

Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Writer-Heroes and Women Readers

Why do we want to know an author's identity? And what problematic consequences does the notion of the 'writer-hero' have for the literary canon?