I’m a fairly new member of the CRSN Executive Committee. I’m a graduate student at UCL, and I came to work on classical reception through a fairly organic process. My … Read More
Victoria McVicar: Solon in the eighteenth century
Helen King: Reception and remaking
by Helen King (co-convenor of CRSN) It took me a while to realise that what I do is classical reception. My first degree was in Ancient History/Social Anthropology, so I’d … Read More
By Jove! Classical reception at the Film & History Conference
by Meredith E. Safran Greetings, CSRN Blog readers! I’m writing as the Area Chair for Classical Antiquity at the 2016 annual meeting of the international Film & History Conference in Milwaukee, … Read More
A summer of reception?
We’re using this post to publicize a couple of CRSN-related UK-based events coming up in the next few months. Marking the publication of their special issue of Classical Receptions Journal … Read More
Review: Hail, Caesar! and the Origins of Swords and Sandals Epics
Laura Eastlake teaches English Literature and Classics at the University of Glasgow. She specialises in Victorian receptions of ancient Rome and is public engagement officer for the CRSN. I’m not … Read More
Victoria Moul: The Inbetweener
As an undergraduate student I didn’t study reception in any formal way, although I did write an ‘optional dissertation’ — slightly eccentrically and without any supervision whatsoever — on Keats … Read More
Henry Stead: Amateur Astronomy
Not many people know this, but I’ve recently become pretty obsessed with the night sky. It all began when I came across a man called Roger Langdon, who lived in … Read More
Lorna Hardwick: Approaching Reception
The Classical Reception Studies Network was set up in 2004 as part of a project set up by Professor Lorna Hardwick, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and … Read More