2nd Annual Postgraduate Symposium in Classical Reception
Dept of Philology, University of Patras Patras, GreeceReception is conceived not as a subdivision of Classics but as a mode of historicised inquiry and constant self-critique intrinsic in Classical Studies. In this respect, the reader assumes the […]
The old lie: I Classici e la Grande Guerra/Classics and the Great War
Università di Bologna , ItalyThe Old Lie, “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” (Horace, Odes, III): more than two thousand years later, the line was resumed by Wilfred Owen as a polemical and […]
‘The Gods Are Still Not to Blame’
University of Bristol Bristol, United KingdomThe University of Bristol is holding the UK premier of ‘The Gods Are Still Not to Blame’, a Nigerian cinematic adaptation of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. The event will take place […]
Anachronism and Antiquity: Configuring Temporalities in Ancient Literature and Scholarship
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL, United StatesThe Anachronism and Antiquity team is delighted to announce ‘Anachronism and Antiquity: Configuring Temporalities in Ancient Literature and Scholarship’, a conference to be held at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, […]
OVID METAMORPHOSES 10: Public Reading with Kithara Accompaniment
Magdalen College Chapel OxfordOn Friday 23rd March, in Magdalen College Chapel, students and faculty will read their translations of the Metamorphoses. In doing so they will join their voices to hundreds more across the […]
Classical Association Conference
We welcome proposals for papers of twenty minutes (to be followed by ten minutes’ discussion) and proposals for coordinated panels (comprising three, four, or exceptionally seven papers on any classical […]
Echoes: A Symposium on Classic-Modern Relations
University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, United KingdomThis symposium explores the impact, legacy and use of the classical world in modern art and culture. Speakers from fields as diverse as literature, museum studies, art history and architecture […]
Locating the Ancient World in Early Modern Subversive Thought
Newcastle UniversityThe aim of this conference is to expand on this revived appreciation of the classical influence in early modernity by looking specifically at the role played by the ancient world […]
‘The Classical Now’
Bush House Arcade London, United Kingdom2 March - 28 April Tues.-Sat., 11am-5pm Free entrance ‘The Classical Now’ is an exhibition at King’s College London that explores antiquity in the modern and contemporary artistic imagination. The […]
Middle ground or no man’s land? The Classical tradition between Modern Languages and Classics
Durham University Durham, United KingdomPanel at Our Uncommon Ground: Modern Languages and Cultures for the 21st Century Chairs: Barbara Graziosi (Durham) and Carlo Caruso (Siena) In November 2016 the Centre for Classical Reception at […]