Call for papers

7th International Conference: “Literature of the Classics or the Classics in Literature: Classical Presences in Portuguese-Speaking Literatures”

December 4-6, 2023 | School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon

Promoting the critical reflection on the reception of Greek and Latin antiquity in the literatures of Portugal, Brazil and Portuguese-speaking African countries, the Centre for Classical Studies is organizing the seventh edition of the conference A LITERATURA CLÁSSICA OU OS CLÁSSICOS NA LITERATURA: PRESENÇAS CLÁSSICAS NAS LITERATURAS DE LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA.  The purpose of this conference is to discuss and confront ideas about the thematic reconfiguration of values, imagery, and classical works in different chronologies and different places where Portuguese is written, as well as Greek and Latin characters, literary, and poetic culture, history, and fiction in those contexts.

Submission of proposals

We invite interested speakers to submit proposals by July 30, 2023.

Proposals will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee, and must include the following elements:

—    Title of the paper.

—    Abstract (up to 300 words).

—    Author(s) name(s).

—    Affiliation.

—    E-mail address.

—    Short bio note (up to 150 words).

Contact: literaturaclassica@letras.ulisboa.pt

Papers are 20 minutes long.

Notification of acceptance of proposals: September 11, 2023.

Registration

Lecturers: 100€.

Master’s and PhD students with paper: 70€.

Organizing Committee

Coordination: Cristina Pimentel and Paula Morão

Joana Veiga

Ricardo Nobre

Rui Carlos Fonseca