- 2018 2018-10-20
- The Cultural Counterattack of the Conquered: The Myth of Alexander and the Evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean World
Speaker: 翁嘉聲 Jia-Sheng Ueng (Department of History, National Cheng Kung University)
Time: 2018/10/20 03:00pm-04:30pm
Venue: 誠品書店台南文化中心店
Organizers: Gūsa Press, Center for Multi-cultural Studies, Eslite Bookstore
Abstract:
How did Alexander build a huge empire across Europe, Asia and Africa in his thirty-three years of life as he galloped past like a raging wave? In the end, why did the empire fall apart? What legacy is left to future generations? Each person and each point of view projects a different image through "Alexander", as if Alexander's existence itself is a small universe. Teacher Weng Jiasheng will share with us how to think about and get rid of the prejudice of the "Greek-centric view of history", re-examine the Eastern Mediterranean world, and what the Hellenistic era is.
