Phillip Ford – Of Lions, Bears and Pigs: Political Allegories in Homer Rennaissance France

in Academic Service - Archive, HARC (Humanities and Arts Research Centre at Royal Holloway University of London) by on October 29th, 2008

The Humanities and Arts Research Centre at Royal Holloway University of London (HARC) presents:

29 Oct, 2008
speaker_philipford1Professor Philip Ford
Of Lions, Bears and Pigs: Political Allegories of Homer in Renaissance France

Professor Ford traces the re-discovery of Homer in late medieval France and examines its importance in the political discourse on tyranny.

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Klaus Berghahn – Peace in the Age of Terrorism: Kant’s Peace Utopia Reconsidered

in Academic Service - Archive, HARC (Humanities and Arts Research Centre at Royal Holloway University of London) by on October 15th, 2008

The Humanities and Arts Research Centre at Royal Holloway University of London (HARC) presents:

15 Oct, 2008

speaker_klausberghahn1Professor Klaus Berghahn ‘Peace in the Age of Terrorism: Kant’s Peace Utopia Reconsidered’

Professor Berghahn critically examines Immanuel Kant’s 1795 text in the light of current events, defending the philosopher’s utopian position.

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