Presentation of the dossier: “Ancient History in Iberian-America” | (Vol. 2)

Abstract

In the first volume of this series, titled “Ancient History in Ibero-America,” we compiled a collection of works that demonstrated the vitality of the classical sciences in Ibero-America. We noted at the time that classical antiquity is no longer a field focused exclusively on the scholarly reconstruction of the past, but rather a well-established space for reflection on the present, in which reception studies occupy a central place. Likewise, we asserted that the Ibero-American context is a space for the production of its own narratives, analyses, and interpretations of antiquity—and not merely a peripheral region imitating American and European research.

Building on the framework established in the inaugural volume, this second issue presents seven studies that examine in greater detail some of the mechanisms through which Greco-Roman history and culture were preserved, appropriated, transmitted, and reinterpreted in subsequent historical contexts. Within its pages, readers will find a diverse range of subjects of study: from libraries and educational practices, newspapers, and patriotic projects, to literary texts, imperial discourses, funerary spaces, and political reform programs.