AUDIO / VISUAL ROMANS: Julius Caesar on Screen
British School at Rome via Antonio Gramsci 61, Rome, ItalyLive screening of the rarely seen yet remarkable Italian silent feature film Julius Caesar or Cajus Julius Caesar (1914 dir. Enrico Guazzoni), brought over especially from the archives of the Netherlands Film Institute and accompanied by an original score composed for the occasion by the noted concert pianist and composer Michele Sganga. Caesar’s life is presented […]
Martin Reverman, ‘Translation and Performance’
Royal Holloway University of London Egham, United KingdomNo advance booking is required for seminars, and all are welcome to attend. For further information, please contact liz.gloyn@rhul.ac.uk or ahuvia.kahane@rhul.ac.uk at the Centre for the Reception of Greece and Rome, RHUL.
Sasha-Mae Eccleston (Brown) “Speaking (of) Greek: Reflections on Value in Post-9/11 Receptions of Epic”
University of Warwick CoventryClassical Connections Seminar Series - IAS Visiting Fellow Public Lecture
Margaret Malamud, ‘Antiquity, Abolition, and Activism in Nineteenth Century American Visual Arts’
Senate House, University of London Malet Street, LondonInstitute of Classical Studies Classical Reception Seminars Co-sponsored by the ICS and The Open University, in conjunction with the Classical Reception Studies Network Convenors: Joanna Paul (Open University) and Emma Bridges (ICS) Room 349, South Block, Senate House, Malet Street, London
Kathleen Riley, ‘Returning to Salamanca: a Telemachan Odyssey’
Classics Faculty, Cambridge Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, United KingdomCambridge Classical Reception Seminar Series (CCRSS) Room G.21, Faculty of Classics Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge In his very personal exploration of Homer’s Odyssey, Daniel Mendelsohn points out: ‘As much as it is a tale of husbands and wives, this story is just as much—perhaps even more—about fathers and sons.’ The poem, in fact, begins and […]
Ritratti di Cicerone – Portraying Cicero
Rome , ItalyThe Department of Ancient World Studies, Sapienza University of Rome (http://www.antichita.uniroma1.it/), and the International Society of Cicero’s Friends (SIAC, www.tulliana.eu), with the support of the Cultural Association Italia Fenice (http://www.italiafenice.it/), are pleased to announce the International Conference ‘Portraying Cicero’, to be held in Rome from 15th to 17th May 2019. Cicero has exerted a durable impact […]
Game of Thrones: Views from the Humanities
Seville , SpainCall for papers: The series of novels by G.R.R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, adapted for the screen with the title Game of Thrones, has become a true mass phenomenon worldwide. The books are eagerly awaited by their fans, while the broadcast of the episodes of the series breaks ratings and HBO subscriptions, […]
Petrie, Pendlebury, and Hogarth in Greece and Egypt – A panel discussion
British Academy 10 Carlton House Terrace, London, United KingdomPetrie, Pendlebury, and Hogarth in Greece and Egypt – A panel discussion Flinders Petrie, John Pendlebury, and David Hogarth – in their excavations at Naukratis, Amarna, Ephesos and Knossos – developed ground-breaking archaeological approaches during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This discussion explores the connections between these pioneers and their archaeological institutions – […]
Isobel Hurst, ‘The Mask of a Very Definite Purpose’: Edith Wharton and the Classics’
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomThe annual Classics & English lecture. Free, all welcome, no booking required!
Lorna Hardwick, ‘Scholarship as reception: horizons and aspirations’
Senate House, University of London Malet Street, LondonInstitute of Classical Studies Classical Reception Seminars Summer 2019 Co-sponsored by the ICS and The Open University, in conjunction with the Classical Reception Studies Network Convenors: Joanna Paul (Open University) and Emma Bridges (ICS) Room 349, South Block, Senate House, Malet Street, London