it took place on March 27, 2017: 12-14 H
Discussion themes:
 The European Research Council as a research funding body
 Cameroonian/African Mythology, Archetypal cross-references with the
Graeco-Roman Heritage and the Relevance of Myths in Young Adults’
Education

The celebration of the 2017 ERC day at the Ecole Normale Supérieure of the University of Yaoundé 1 was animated by two talks: one on the scope of funding activities of the ERC with focus on the project: our mythical childhood… and the other on mythology, archetypal cross-references with Graeco-Roman heritage and the relevance of myths in young adults’ education. Over a hundred and forty attendees from the university stepped away from their different academic activities (classes and lectures) to take part. Prof. Daniel A. Nkemleke and Dr Divine Che Neba were the speakers of the day. They were pleased to see that over 25% of attendees were students from other departments other than English and literary studies. They came largely because of the publicity that had been made about the event a week before. Although the event was held at the premises of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, staff and students from the adjacent Faculty of Arts, Letters and Social Sciences were also present.Read more…