Concordia discors

Conference AICC 2026 (Italian Association of Classical Culture)

Alterity as dialogue, confrontation, clash between the classical world and Christianity, between East and West.

Program

10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

• Greetings from the Authorities
• Fabio Gasti (University of Pavia): Augustine and the Pagan Excellences
• Serena Ferrando (High School “Issel” Finale Ligure): The Long Night of the Empire: Julian and ‘the Others’ Among Fears, Suspicions, and Unaware Emulations
• Paola Francesca Moretti (University of Milan): Apuleius and Augustine, Two Berbers

3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

• Enrico Maltese (University of Turin): Byzantium and Rome: Latinum est, non legitur. The Exception of a Great Greek Translator, Maximus Planudes
• Paolo Giovanni Tarigo (High School “Issel” Finale Ligure): A Barbarian’s Perspective on Civilizations: The Case of Lucian
• Davide Rastello (IIS “Gae Aulenti”, Biella): Alterity as a Theological Place of Fraternity in Saint Francis of Assisi