Workshop
Reading the Classical Past: A Collaborative Workshop
FutureLearn 1-11 Hawley Crescent, London, United KingdomAt the same time that classical reception studies have become an important and vibrant part of the broader discipline of classical studies, research into the history of books and reading has flourished in English departments, especially at the Open University. Yet the connections between these fields of research, which often pursue parallel aims in seeking […]
Unprivileged Pasts, Unwritten Origins
University College Cork College Road, Cork, IrelandRoom G27, O’Rahilly Building, University College Cork How do we moderns conceptualize the “roots” and the “beginning” of our collective identities? How have the traditions and habits we recognize as ours been shaped in time? How do lost ancient peoples, civilizations, and myths survive in modern imagination? In an era of re-emergence of populisms, increase […]
Rape, Revenge and Transformation: Tereus Through the Ages
University of Roehampton , United KingdomThe story of Tereus preoccupied major authors in classical antiquity. References to it date back to the Homeric poems and the myth was addressed by renowned dramatists, such as Aeschylus, Sophocles and Accius, before being adapted by Ovid. These different versions raise questions about the reconstruction of the myth and representation of women, family violence, […]
Postgraduate and Early Career Workshop: Baroque Latinity
The Warburg Institute Woburn Square, LondonThe Society for Neo-Latin Studies is organising a postgraduate and early career event in London on 6th February 2020. The focus of the day will be Baroque Latinity, the theme of a recently established AHRC-funded research project. Specialists in the field will present papers on different aspects of sixteenth and seventeenth century Baroque Neo-Latin. Speakers […]
Philip Ford Annual Postgraduate Day: Neo-Latin and the Vernacular
The Warburg Institute Woburn Square, LondonThe Society for Neo-Latin Studies is holding its annual Philip Ford Postgraduate Day in London on 20th March 2020. The focus of the event will be Neo-Latin and the vernacular. There will be an interactive session on bilingual writing/self-translation in the early modern period led by Dr Sara Miglietti and a talk by Professor Ingrid […]
Towards a More Inclusive Classics II
OnlineOnline international workshop organised by Dr Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis (University of St Andrews, UK) and Professor Barbara Goff (University of Reading, UK) Hosted by the Institute of Classical Studies and supported by the Council of University Classics Departments The workshop will be held via Microsoft Teams and live captions will be available. All times are UK […]
CFP Women and Sexuality in Classical Video Games abstract deadline 12th January
Please send abstracts (maximum 300 words) for twenty-minute papers to Kate Cook (kjc26@st-andrews.ac.uk) and Jane Draycott (Jane.Draycott@Glasgow.ac.uk) by Friday 12th January 2024. Event will be hybrid, with papers hosted at the University of Glasgow on Friday 8th March 2024. Although the depiction of women as oversexualised objects is a common trope of video games, including […]
CfP Doing Critical Ancient World Studies deadline 5th November
OnlineCAWS II: Doing Critical Ancient World Studies A Workshop - 1st February 2024 Call for Papers In September 2021, the Critical Ancient World Studies collective held its first (online) workshop. The proceedings of the workshop are the subject of a forthcoming volume Critical Ancient World Studies: The Case for Forgetting Classics (2024). In the volume, the editors set out […]
Applications open for BADA Greek Theatre Program, Summer 2024
Greek Theatre: From the Ancient World to the Modern, Through Theory and Performance is BADA’s month-long summer program dedicated to exploring the performance and reception of ancient drama. Its interdisciplinary model means it is suitable for students and theatre practitioners at various stages of their careers. Participants will spend the first ten days of the course […]
Classical Association 2024 Conference at University of Warwick
University of Warwick CoventryThe Department of Classics & Ancient History, University of Warwick will host the Classical Association Conference on 22-24 March 2024. The conference will take place on Warwick’s central campus (Oculus and new award-winning Faculty of Arts Buildings), close to the centre of Coventry, with its excellent rail, bus, and road transport links. University accommodation is available for booking on campus and delegates […]