"The Pleasures of Pseudepigraphy" Conference, March 30–31, Loyola University Chicago.

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT:

The Pleasures of Pseudepigraphy: Authorship and Imagination in Ancient Epistolary Fictions

March 30–31, 2025
Loyola University Chicago | Lake Shore Campus

How should we understand fakes and forgeries, and what happens when they find their way into scriptural collections? This conference will examine the ancient and widespread practice of writing letters in the names of others (i.e., epistolary pseudepigraphy). Beginning with a graduate student symposium, the conference will welcome scholars of Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Christian literatures to analyze fictional letters. This conference is sponsored by the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage, the Department of Classical Studies, and the Theology Department at Loyola University Chicago.

All are especially welcome for the plenary lecture on Sunday, March 30, at 4:00pm. Patricia Rosenmeyer, George L. Paddison Professor of Classics, UNC Chapel Hill, will give a lecture entitled, "Ancient Pilgrim or Armchair Traveler: the Curious Case of P. Lond. III 854."

Registration is free, and all are welcome!

For more information, see the link above. HT Dr. Mark Lester.

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