Conference
The Greeks and the Irrational, Revisited
University College London London, United KingdomWe invite you to join us on this day of discussion of Dodds' classic as we unpack the term 'irrational' and the power dynamics behind it. E. R. Dodds' The Greeks and the Irrational first appeared in 1951, and has since become a classic in our field. It is also one of the small handful […]
Classical Theatre and the Middle East: Greek drama and the “classic(s)” in the Arab-speaking world and Iran
St Hilda's College, Oxford Oxford, United KingdomA one-day conference on Greek drama and the ‘classic(s)’ in the Arab-speaking world and Iran 10am Welcome: Marilyn Booth (Khalid bin Abdulla Al Saud Professor for the Study of the Contemporary Arab World, Oxford) 10.15-11.30am - Classics and theatre in the Middle East (Chair: Marilyn Booth (Oxford)) Evelyn Richardson (Chicago): Greek myth and ancient history on […]
Cicero in Basel. Reception Histories from a Humanist City
CALL FOR PAPERS: With the generous support of the foundation Patrum Lumen Sustine (PLuS) the Department of Ancient Studies of the University of Basel and the Société Internationale des Amis de Cicéron (SIAC) are jointly organising the international conference Cicero in Basel. The conference aims at charting the presence of the statesman, orator, and philosopher M. Tullius Cicero in the cultural […]
Metamorphosis & the Environmental Imagination, from Ovid to Shakespeare
UCLA Los Angeles, United StatesNarratives of metamorphosis, from human into other living and mineral forms, have long provided an important tool for thinking through the complexities of our relationship with the world around us. From Ovid to David Cronenberg, thinkers and artists have used the trope of physical transformation to figure the ways in which human and non-human agencies […]
Between Oedipus and the Sphinx: Freud and Egypt
University College School LondonEgypt played a prominent role in Freud’s personal life and writings. From his childhood encounter with the Phillipson Bible, through his psychobiography of Leonardo da Vinci (in which the Egyptian goddess Mut becomes a key to the artist’s sexual and creative identity) to his final work Moses and Monotheism in which he makes the scandalous claim […]
EN LOS MÁRGENES DEL MITO: Hibridaciones de la mitología clásica en la cultura de masas contemporánea
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, Madrid, SpainUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Departamento de Filología Clásica
AMPRAW: Authority and Legitimacy
Radboud University 6525 XZ Nijmegen, NetherlandsWith great pleasure we announce our Call for Papers for this year’s Annual Meeting for Postgraduates in the Reception of the Ancient World (AMPRAW). AMPRAW is an annual conference that is designed to bring together early-career researchers in the field of classical reception studies, and will be held for the ninth consecutive year. It aims […]
Re-/Un-working Tragedy: Perspectives from the Global South
University of CambridgeJoin Jennifer Wallace, Simon Goldhill, Katie Fleming, Rosa Andujar, Renaud Gagne, Barabra Goff, Tina Chanter, Astrid van Weyenberg and many others from a variety of disciplines to discuss tragedy, its ability to comment on present crises, and the global politics of adaptation. Summary Building on ideas explored in the Re- Interdisciplinary Network's CRASSH events, the conference […]
Classics and the Spectacular under Fascism: Classical Performance in the ‘Ventennio Fascista’
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United Kingdom10.15-10.45 Registration and Coffee 10.45-11.00 Welcome from Fiona Macintosh (Oxford)Giovanna Di Martino and Sara Troiani present the APGRD and Laboratorio Dionysos Databases 11.00-12.00 Classicising the Spectacle – Chair: Oliver Taplin (Oxford)Eleftheria Ioannidou (Groningen) - A Classical ModernityGiovanna Di Martino (Oxford) – Aeschylus, Modernity and the New ‘Classical’ Ideal 12.00-13.00 Classics and the Spectacular I: Ettore […]
Calgacus in 2020
University College London London, United KingdomTo mark the septcentenary of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320, recognising Scotland’s independence from England, Tom Mackenzie (UCL) and Edith Hall (KCL) are convening a one-day symposium, on Calgacus and his reception, at UCL (IAS Common Ground) on Burns Night 2020 (25th January). Papers include discussions of the presentation of Calgacus in commentaries across […]