2027 will be the 30th anniversary of the publication of Tales from Ovid. Twenty-four Passages from the Metamorphoses by the Poet Laureate Ted Hughes. Tales from Ovid was immediately acclaimed and was Whitbread Book of the Year 1997 and winner of the WHSmith Literary Award in 1998. It is recognised as a landmark publication both… Continue reading CfP: Ted Hughes’ “Tales from Ovid”, Thirty Years On
There is still time to submit! Proposals are due November 1. Bryn Mawr College, April 16–17, 2027 Co-organizers: Asya Sigelman (Classics) and Margaret Strair (German Studies) Keynote speakers: Barbara Graziosi (Princeton University) and Azade Seyhan (Bryn Mawr College) The rapid integration of generative AI in everyday life brings renewed urgency to fundamental questions about human… Continue reading CfP: Literary Reception and Human Creativity in the Age of AI
Friday, Nov. 6 – Tuesday, Nov. 10 (Americas/UK/EU) Saturday, Nov. 7 – Wednesday, Nov. 11 (Australasia) Antiquity in Media Studies (AIMS) seeks proposals for its annual virtual conference on any topic related to the reception of the ancient Mediterranean world in modern media. AIMS has run this free annual conference for the past six years,… Continue reading CfP: AIMS Virtual Conference 2026
AIMS November Conference 2026 Schedule-at-a-Glance Friday 6th November / Saturday 7th November: 12 PM 12:00 ET Edinburgh UP Meet the Editor Presenter: Helena Heald 13:15 ET American Journal of Classical Reception Meet the Editors Presenters: Monica Cyrino and Christopher McDonough 14:30 ET Welcome and Social Hour Presenter: AIMS Officers Saturday 7th November/Sunday 8th November 14:00… Continue reading Antiquity in Media Studies (AIMS) Upcoming Conference (November 6-11)
Inspired by the AHRC-funded research project Museum of Dreamworlds (which is systematically investigating all the silent films in the BFI National Archive that concern ancient Greece or Rome), our project member Aylin Atacan is staging the exhibition Celluloid Dreams, Silentscapes in University College London from 19 November to 4 December 2026. The project has created an open access website as… Continue reading Public Exhibition: Celluloid Dreams Silentscapes 19 November to 4 December 2026