Since its beginning, ISPSN follows a different path in education. With this purpose, intends to introduce in national context a presentation and disclosure about classical culture and classical studies. More than answer to a nonexistent state of the art in classical studies, the symposium organization launches a challenge to its implementation in national schools.
Think classical culture is thinking in the current critical thinking; is thinking Art, Science, different Sciences; Literature, Politics, History, Law, Religion, Education and Theology. Therefore, think classical culture is to look at a starting point of the idea and the concept of reflection and the critical element of reflection. This statement, without sin, doesn’t question, or doesn’t want to minimize the uncountable contributions of the Egyptians, the Phoenicians, the Babylonians, the Chinese or Indians. The classical culture that the symposium will focus is the one that restricts Greece and Rome: two cities, two names and two unquestionable civilizations whenever we speak of classical culture, particularly, the one that has a western nature.
Greece, whenever we speak about Greece, or whenever we talk about this name in a classical way, we relate to a territory ordained or established around the Greek city-state – pólis, «a social cell and a life system in which Hellenes liked to live, because only her, in their opinion, allows a dignified and civilized life», “live well” as Aristotle said.
Regarding Greece, the symposium will have as its starting point the Homeric poems around which some reflections can develop on politics, religion, history and law. As for the papers to present about Rome, may begin with the fratricidal city’s foundation. Rome has a peculiar characteristic: the city that ruled the world for centuries thanks to the prestige of the emperor himself who had besides the political power, the religious power and also was the promoter of peace. Rome will make the law a science, an imperial science that will play an important role. Besides the Law and its military force, Rome is also a mirror of architectural buildings, urban planning, literature and an artistic-political construction. All of this will be reflected in the Symposium according to the papers that will be presented.
The symposium will be divided into three panels: Politics; Religion and History and Law.


Abstracts should be bilingual, in the original text and in english. The presentation should contain the title, the name of the author or co-author, institutional adress and e-mail. A maximum of 250 words, the font should be Times New Roman, single-space, size 12 and no paragraph.

Abstracts should be submitted until September 30, 2013 to the e-mail:
simposio.classicos@ispsn.org