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Staging Greek Drama Today/KCL Greek Play – Euripides’ Medea
Staging Greek Drama Today/KCL Greek Play – Euripides’ Medea
KCL GREEK PLAY 2018: EURIPIDES' MEDEA 7-9 February 2018, 7pm (2.30pm matinees on 7 & 9) Greenwood Theatre, London Bridge Euripides' brutal tragedy is re-imagined in early twentieth century London as a cautionary tale about maligning the marginalised. A play once used to protest for women's suffrage, this new production celebrates the centenary of that […]
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Festival of Imagined Worlds
We are delighted to announce our Festival of Imagined Worlds on Friday 9th February 2018. This event will celebrate novels set in imaginary worlds, exploring how ancient myths and histories have often inspired these worlds. The event will include author talks and book illustration workshops, as well as a wide range of stalls, activities and […]
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LGBT+ Classics: Teaching, Research, and Activism
LGBT+ Classics: Teaching, Research, and Activism
The Women’s Classical Committee UK is organising a one-day workshop on Classics and Queer studies to highlight current projects and activities that embrace the intersections of research, teaching, public engagement, and activism. The day will bring together academics in Classics (and related fields), LGBT+ activists, museum curators and those working in other areas of outreach […]
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Queens of Syria: screening and Q&A
Queens of Syria: screening and Q&A
A group of Syrian women, now refugees exiled in Jordan, created an extraordinary modern retelling of Euripides’ 'The Trojan Women'. On stage the women courageously explore parallels between the ancient Greek tragedy and the catastrophe of today’s civil war. Their first-hand experience of a country in turmoil mirrors the Trojan women they portray, displaced and […]
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Rejecting the Classics
This half-day workshop, generously supported by UCL’s Institute of Advanced Studies and the A. G. Leventis Foundation, will take place at UCL’s ‘Common Ground’ on Wednesday 21st February, 2018. As part of the Institute’s current ‘Lies’ research theme it aims to explore the way that the privileged status of the ‘classical’ has been challenged as […]
Jennifer Ingleheart, A Shropshire Lad in Ancient Rome: A. E. Housman and Ancient ‘Homosexuality’
Jennifer Ingleheart, A Shropshire Lad in Ancient Rome: A. E. Housman and Ancient ‘Homosexuality’
Studies of A. E. Housman assume a strong divide between his life as a poet - whose verses suggest his homoerotic desire - and as a well-respected Professor of Latin. Professor Ingleheart explodes this myth by exploring in detail Housman's longest and most frank writing on homosexuality: his Praefanda, an article aimed at scholars, written […]
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‘Strong Woman’ – A Rare Musical Drama on the Martyrdom of a Japanese Noblewoman
‘Strong Woman’ – A Rare Musical Drama on the Martyrdom of a Japanese Noblewoman
This year, for its Donors Celebration, the Institute of Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition has teamed up with the University of Bristol’s Madrigal and Baroque Ensembles to present a rare concert performance of Mulier Fortis, or ‘Strong Woman’. This musical drama, first produced in 1698 by Viennese Jesuit Johann Baptist Adolph and composer Johann […]
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Historical Fictions Research Network
9:30-11:15 garden and registration 11:15-12:10 Jerome de Groot 12:10-1pm lunch 1-2:30 1 Fedorova Russian Revolt on the Screen Pooley It’s Not the Wallpaper that Worries Me: Genre Trouble and Historical Faction Slugan Crime Reconstructions in Early Cinema: The Threat to Public Morals and The Fact/Fiction Distinction 2 Hardstaff Maybe One Day: Anticipation in the […]
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