Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP110100915

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

Banning ideas, burning books: the dynamics of censorship in classical antiquity. How to balance the right to free speech and dissent against other legitimate concerns is an issue that is always with us. This project explores neglected literary evidence from antiquity to study responses to controversial ideas in order to enhance the modern debate on the limits of freedom of speech.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2011

End Date: 12-2016

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $265,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council