October 20, 2025
Augustine the African: On Writing Revisionist Biography
Catherine Conybeare
Clark Professor in the Humanities, Bryn Mawr College
October 20, 2025
5:00 PM
McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6020)
UC Santa Barbara
What does it mean to write a revisionist biography of a figure who has been studied for centuries, who has many previous biographies--and who was pre-eminent in establishing the tenets of humanistic thought and the doctrines of the Christian church? Placing Augustine of Hippo back in his African context elicited a wealth of new questions about this familiar thinker. Conybeare discusses the potential pitfalls of this approach and the ethical responsibilities of the biographer.
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