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This is a roundtable discussion on the appropriation of Thucydides, focusing especially on the 20th century and on contemporary politics from a global perspective.

This discussion stems from the book Thucydides, In the Age of Extremes edited by current Spring Fellow Ivan Matijašić (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) and Luca Iori (University of Parma). The book is open-access and published in the History of Classical Scholarship Journal (Supplementary Volume 5, 2022) and can be read here: hcsjournal.org/ojs/index.php/hcs/article/view/SV05

Talks by:
Christian Wendt, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Rachel Bruzzone, Bilkent University/CHS
Sergio Brillante, Sorbonne Université
Luca Iori, University of Parma
Ivan Matijašić, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice/CHS

Journal Editors:
Federico Santangelo, Newcastle University
Lorenzo Calvelli, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

For further material pertaining to this topic, visit our Research Guide: https://chs.harvard.edu/about/library/research-guides/thucydides/