This summer, Professor of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Catherine Conybeare spoke at the Rimini Meeting, an annual Catholic festival held in Rimini, Italy, which drew more than 900,000 people this year.
Author of Augustine the African, Conybeare joined Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, archbishop of Metropolitan Algiers, and Prior General Joseph Farrell, current head of the Order of St. Augustine, for a discussion on the legacy of the Christian theologian. In addition to participating in the discussion, Conybeare contributed an essay to the catalog of a festival exhibition.
Published last August, Augustine the African was named a New Yorker Book of the Year, was recently translated into Italian and Dutch, and will soon be translated into its seventh language, Slovenian. The recent translations have been accompanied by media coverage in both the Netherlands and Italy, including an article in the popular daily paper Corriere della Sera.
Read more about Augustine the African in this article from the Fall 2025 Bulletin magazine.
Earlier this month, Conybeare gave an online presentation on her research to the Algerian alternative media outlet Groupe de Réflexion sur l'Algérie.
