HERÓDOTO – JOURNAL OF THE STUDY
GROUP ON CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY AND
ITS AFRO-ASIAN CONNECTIONS –
emerged from the interest of scholars and students of the classical world who
undertake research on the connections of the classical world with the African
and Asian regions known in Antiquity. Herodoto is a result of a partnership
with researchers of Contemporary African History, African Art, and Asian
Art who approach the ancient world as an outcome that was determined and
shaped by the various views of historical process that preceded it. It is known
that in Western thought, several connections and forms of integration
between the Greeks, Romans and peoples of Africa and Asia have been
frequently neglected as objects of study. By drawing attention to these study
areas and recognizing their vital importance, Herodotus affirms the
conviction that the relations between the Classical World, Africa and Asia
constituted the backdrop of a long history between West and East. In order to
contribute with the work that has been already undertaken in the field, the
researches of the Study Group on Classical Antiquity and its Afro-Asian
Connections seek to attain the following two goals: 1) To evince the mutual
and non-hierarchical influences among Greco-Roman and African / Asian
cultures in their interactions, by means of categories such as assimilation,
adjustment, conflict, negotiation and resistance, beyond their relations of
acceptance and subjugation; and 2) To point out the effects of theories such as
Eurocentrism, Afrocentrism and Asianism in the historiographical production
about the ancient world
URL: http://www.herodoto.unifesp.br
Keywords: History, Archaeology, Grece, Rome
ISSN: 24482609
EISSN:24482609
Subject: History
Publisher: Glaydson José da Silva
Year: 2016
Country: Brazil
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