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CFP: APGRD/University of London Joint Postgraduate Symposium
OnlineThe Call for Papers for this year's APGRD/University of London Joint Postgraduate Symposium is now available. The Symposium will take place online from Monday 28 to Tuesday 29 June, with the theme 'Challenging Traditions and Traditions of Challenge in the Theory and Practice of Greek and Roman Drama'. ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM This annual Symposium focuses […]
London Classicists of Colour Summer Symposium
OnlineFor the first time ever, LCoC is hosting its own symposium! The aim of the event is to provide a platform for university students at all levels across the UK, and as such we have an exciting array of speakers for the day. Each one will be presenting their own research and interests concerning the […]
‘Global Majority Medea’ with Shivaike Shah
OnlineThe University of Reading hosts 'Global Majority Medea', a talk with Shivaike Shah. Join Shivaike Shah, producer of the critically acclaimed new adaptation of Euripides' tragedy Medea featuring a global majority cast and crew, at an online talk discussing the play, the production (first performed in Oxford in 2018) and its aims, challenges and successes. […]
Conference: Heavy Metal and Global Premodernity
OnlineHeavy Metal and Global Premodernity An interdisciplinary online conference hosted by the Department of Classical Studies at Brandeis University Organizers: Charlotte Naylor Davis and Jeremy J. Swist February 24th-26th, 2022, via Zoom In this conference we aim to gather investigators and artists to critically examine how heavy metal music and its culture (or scenes) have […]
CRSN/ICS online seminar series: ‘Back To a Time Before I Had Form’: Ancient Origin Myth(s) of Queerness
OnlineThis year's CRSN/ICS online seminar series is organised by the Queer and the Classical collective. All events (listed below) will take place 4:30PM - 6:00PM BST and require advance registration. The programme with all the registration links is available on their website. ‘Back To a Time Before I Had Form’: Ancient Origin Myth(s) of Queerness […]
Switch: The Complete Catullus by Isobel Williams: Carcanet Classics Online Book Launch
OnlineZoom book launch hosted by Dr Sarah Cullinan Herring of Wadham College, Oxford.
‘The Bacchae’: a solo performance written, created and performed by Ewan Downie
University of St Andrews St Andrews, United KingdomCompany of Wolves presents 'The Bacchae', a new solo performance inspired by Euripides, which takes place on Friday the 6th of October 2023 at The Byre Theatre, St Andrews. Running for an hour with no interval, the performance will be followed by a Q&A. Booking follows a 'Pay What You Can' policy - £15, £12, […]
2023 Oxford Greek Play – Euripides’ Medea
oxford playhouse Oxford Playhouse, Beaumont Street, OxfordThe Oxford Greek Play, whose first production took place in 1880, is a student-run triennial event supported by the Oxford University Classical Drama Society (OUCDS) and the Oxford Playhouse. What drives a mother to kill her own children? How can a victimised woman turn into a passionate and scheming avenger? These questions have gripped audiences of Euripides’ Medea for over 2000 […]
APGRD 2024 Public Lecture: The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomAlexa Piqueux (Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Literature at Université Paris Nanterre), is author of the acclaimed The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art, 440-320 BCE (OUP, 2022) - the first full-length study on how the body is staged, represented, and perceived in ancient Greek Old and Middle Comedy. Free, all welcome; no booking required. […]
Conference: Christopher Logue and the Classics 3/2/24
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomA one-day conference on Christopher Logue and the Classics, in the Classics Faculty at 66 St Giles, OX1 3LU; co-organised by Thomas Munro and Claire Barnes. Keynote speaker: Henry Power (Exeter). Speakers include: Claire Barnes (Oxford); Alexander Christensen (Oxford); Sarah Cullinan Herring (Oxford); Meg Dyson (Exeter); Francesca Kaminski-Jones (RHUL); Thomas Munro (Yale/UCL); Alex Silverman (Oxford).