Clementine Literature: A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Christian

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The SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University is pleased to present Dr. Sergio Basso.

<p>The <a href="https://www.sfu.ca/hellenic-studies.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies</a> is pleased to present Sergio Basso, this year's  2020/2021 Hellenisms Past and Present, Local and Global Postdoctoral Fellow, as part of the Spring Seminar Series. </p><p>Join us for his virtual seminar on Friday, January 15th at 2:30 PM PT entitled "Clementine Literature: A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Christian".</p><p>This event is free and open to the public. </p><p>On the day of the event, you will have access to the webinar through Eventbrite. Contact hscomm@sfu.ca if you have any questions or concerns about your registration.</p><p>This event will be recorded.</p><h3>Abstract</h3><p>Under the name of Clementine literature, we can read today a 4th-century romance, the adventurous journey that the young, boisterous Roman Clement makes to Palestine in search of spiritual enlightenment. Over the course of his presentation, Sergio Basso, this year’s Hellenisms Past and Present, Local and Global Postdoctoral Fellow, will try to persuade you to read it. Basso will argue that sometimes we put too much secondary literature between us and the ancient texts. When it comes to the Clementine Romance, he recommends picking up the book and immersing yourself in its mind-blowing odyssey, whose plot boasts twists worthy of a John le Carré novel. After introducing the book’s main events, he will present the influence of the ancient, rhetoric-centered school programs on the structure of the novel; the Syriac contribution to the imagery of the author; and some underrated comical aspects of the story. It will be an intrepid journey into the writer’s cabinet and his audience, in the Greek-speaking Near East of the 4th century. </p><h3><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Speaker bio</h3><p>Sergio Basso is this year’s 2020/2021 Hellenisms Past and Present, Local and Global Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University. Basso has degrees from Venice University, Oriental Languages Department (MA, 1999); the University of Milan, in Classics (MA, 2011); and the Università Roma 3 (PhD, 2018); and lived in China pursuing his academic studies in Oriental Art and Literature. Over the past fifteen years, he has honed his communication strategies, developing crossmedia platforms for the web, broadcasting radio programs and shooting documentaries. He is a member of the Italian Association of Byzantine Studies; the International Association of Manichaean Studies; the European Academy of Religion; the Multiculturalism, Race &amp; Ethnicity in Classics Consortium (MRECC); and the Centro di Ricerca sulle Minoranze (CERM) Università degli Studi dell’Insubria. During his time at the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies, Basso will finalize his book manuscript on the transmission of the “Barlaam and Ioasaph'' saga.</p><p></p><p></p>

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