Public Event
Classics, Decolonisation and Race: a talk with Prof. Phiroze Vasunia
OnlineProf. Phiroze Vasunia will be speaking broadly about topics relating to Classics, decolonisation and race at this online talk hosted by London Classicists of Colour. 25 March 2021, 6pm UTC. Vasunia is a Professor in UCL’s Greek and Latin department, with a broad range of research interests including the relationship between Classics and imperialism / […]
William Golding: Beyond Good and Evil
OnlineA one-day online symposium on the life and work of William Golding, 8 April 2021. While Lord of the Flies remains a widely read and much studied work of twentieth-century fiction, the rest of Golding’s creative output has suffered from a dearth of serious critical attention in the past two decades. However, the novels themselves […]
Méduse, de Hésiode à Assassin’s Creed: Représentations et réception historique d’une figure emblématique de la mythologie grecque
OnlineA one-day, trans-disciplinary conference on the reception of the figure of Medusa from antiquity to today. From the archaic Gorgon to Assassin's Creed and #MeToo, via the uses of Medusa at the end of the Roman Republic, in the Middle Ages and in modern times, the speakers will question the popularity and the continual re-semantisation […]
CFP: (Un)-Forgotten Realms: Science Fiction and Fantasy in and about the Ancient Mediterranean
Online25th Annual Classics Graduate Student Colloquium, University of Virginia Saturday, April 17th, 2021 Keynote Speaker: Jennifer Rea (University of Florida) Conceptions of the fantastic appear throughout Classical antiquity as the Greeks and Romans looked to the supernatural as a way of understanding themselves and the world around them. Ancient literature abounds with elements of fantasy, […]
Oxford/APGRD Classics and English Annual Lecture: Tragedy Since 9/11
OnlineThe APGRD will be welcoming Dr Jennifer Wallace (Cambridge) to speak about her book Tragedy Since 9/11: Reading a World Out of Joint (Bloomsbury, 2019), for the sixth annual Classics and English lecture (postponed from last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic). Monday, April 26, 2021, 2pm UTC. This APGRD public lecture will be streamed live on YouTube […]
John Craxton: A Life in Greece
OnlineThe British School of Athens: Virtual Lecture by Ian Collins on John Craxton: A Life in Greece *You can participate in the event live online via Zoom* Born into a bohemian family in London, the painter John Craxton (1922-2009) was a nomad who yearned to live and work in Greece. He achieved his goal from […]
Kevin Willmott in conversation with Edith Hall
OnlineIn this APGRD public lecture, Kevin Willmott (film director, screenwriter, and Professor of Film at the University of Kansas) will be interviewed by Edith Hall (APGRD co-founder and Professor of Classics at King's College London). In particular, they will be discussing Chi-Raq (2015): a comedy drama based on the story of Lysistrata, co-written by Willmott and directed […]
Inua Ellams in conversation with Helen Eastman
OnlinePoet/playwright Inua Ellams will be in conversation with Dr Helen Eastman (director; APGRD Advisory Board member), discussing Ellams' contemporary epic The Half God of Rainfall (2019) and his engagement with the myth of Icarus in works such as Ike / Rust (2020). Monday, May 24, 2021, 2pm UTC. To join the event or to set yourself a reminder, click here […]
CFP: Revisiting the Warrior Princess and her legacy: Xena 20 years on
OnlineCFP: On 18th June 2021 it will be twenty years since the controversial final episode of ground-breaking television series Xena: Warrior Princess, ‘A Friend in Need Part II’ aired. Although the series was first conceived as a spin-off from a series featuring a male hero, Hercules The Legendary Journeys, Xena's popularity surpassed that of Hercules, […]
Reception Studies: State of the Discipline and New Directions
OnlineAn online, four-day conference hosted by Massey University, New Zealand, in collaboration with The Imagines Project. More information and how to register for the panels (and/or the entire conference) will be made available in the next couple of months. Programme Day 1: 24 June 2021 Greetings and brief opening remarks by: Anastasia Bakogianni (Massey University, […]