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Classical Receptions in the Nineteenth Century
June 21, 2018 @ 9:15 am - 4:00 pm UTC+0
This workshop, organised in collaboration with the Durham Centre for Classical Reception and the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies, gathers together scholars from different disciplines to discuss aspects of classical reception in the long nineteenth century. The programme is not primarily designed to deepen research into one specific topic, but rather to reflect on the range of approaches, methodologies and possibilities of interdisciplinary research within nineteenth century classical reception. The event aims, above all, to open for the participants the possibilities of interdisciplinary research, promoting awareness of the broader reach of arts and humanities, as well as to discuss crucial methodological issues related to classical reception and the 19th century.
Date: 21st June 2018
Venue: Ritson Room (CL007), Classics Department, 38 North Bailey, DH1 3EU Durham
Programme:
9.15-9.30 am – Coffee & Welcome
9.30am-10.30am – Keynote 1: Elizabeth Prettejohn (York) “The Future of Winckelmann’s Classical Form: Walter Pater and Frederic Leighton”
10.30am-11am – Marc Schachter (Durham) “Translatio tribadis: Martial’s Epigram I.90 from 15th Century Humanist Misprision to 19th Century Scientific Racism”
11.00-11.15am – Coffee break
11.15am-11.40 – PG paper 1: Seren Nolan “Germaine de Staël: Art, Antiquity and the ‘auteur femelle’”
11.40pm-12.05pm – PG paper 2: Emily Dunn “Dr Pelling: Truth, Lies and Sarcophagi”
12.05pm-12.30 pm –PG paper 3: Maddalena Ruini “The Trojan collection: Victorian London and the discovery of Troy”
12.30pm-12.55 – PG paper 4: Sarah Budasz “Barbares et Romans: Imagined Classical Heritages in French Nationalist Travel Writing”
12.55pm-2pm – Lunch
2pm-2.30pm – Rachel Bryant-Davies (Durham) “Puzzles and puns: the play of classical knowledge in nineteenth-century popular culture”
2.30pm-3.30pm – Keynote 2: Jennifer Wallace (Cambridge) “From Tradition to Reception: Transforming Classical Conversations”
3.30pm-4pm – Final roundtable (chaired by Charles Martindale)
After 4 pm – Final remarks, coffee and cakes.
For more information contact:
Sarah Budasz (sarah.b.budasz@durham.ac.uk)
Emily Dunn (emily.e.dunn@durham.ac.uk)
Seren Nolan (seren.j.nolan@durham.ac.uk)
Maddalena Ruini (maddalena.ruini2@durham.ac.uk)