The International Cavafy Summer School is a major international annual scholarly event organised by the Cavafy Archive and the Onassis Foundation, the first such regular event to be devoted exclusively to Cavafy and the impact of his work.

Following the inaugural summer school that took place in July 2017, on the theme of Cavafy in the World, this year’s summer school will focus on Cavafy and Antiquity, a theme that shares many points of connection with the 2017 summer school and its global concerns. This new cycle will be held in the Onassis Library on 9 - 15 July 2018.

The International Cavafy Summer School 2018 will be headed by Constanze Güthenke and Dimitris Papanikolaou (both at the University of Oxford). A number of other international guests will take part in the seminars as guests and panellists: Alastair Blanshard (University of Queensland), Johanna Hanink (Brown University), Brooke Holmes (Princeton University), Stefano Evangelista (University of Oxford), Takis Kayalis (University of Ioannina) and Christodoulos Panayiotou (artist).

Twelve researchers at the beginning of their career will have the unique opportunity of attending speeches by university professors of international acclaim, delving into the data of new research approaches and taking part in the current philological discussion. More specifically, doctoral students, post-doctoral researchers and early-career academics whose work relates to the fields of Comparative Literature, World Literature, Classics and Classical Reception Studies, Cavafy Studies, Greek Studies and related areas, will be taking part in the International Cavafy Summer School 2018.

For more information about the structure and content of the International Cavafy Summer School 2018 please visit: http://www.onassis.org/cavafy-archive-education.html?id=163