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Localizing the Indigenous, Globalizing the Classics: Femi Osofisan’s Adaptations of the Greek Classics

Classics Beyond Borders event in collaboration with Memorial University of Newfoundland Department of Classics and with the support of a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant

Speakers: 

Professor Olakunbi Olasope, Department of Classics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Emeritus Professor Femi Osofisan, Department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, who will read from his new adaptation of Euripides' Medea.

 

Date: 
Thursday, 10 July, 2025 - 14:30
Contact name: 
Frisbee Sheffield
Contact email: 
Event location: 
G.21 Faculty of Classics

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