Greek Matters
University of York York, United KingdomThis one-day workshop will consider the intersection of Hellenism and material culture in the early modern world (1400-1800). Expanding upon recent interest in the influence of Greek antiquity on early […]
CAMBRIDGE CLASSICAL RECEPTION SEMINAR SERIES: Charles Stocking, ‘Kratos before democracy: force, politics, and signification in Derrida and Homer’
Classics Faculty, Cambridge Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, United KingdomIn Iliad Book 2, Odysseus delivers a speech to the dēmos, which has been quoted extensively throughout antiquity and modernity as a distinctly anti-democratic claim for monarchic sovereignty. He exclaims, […]
Lyric Beyond Lyric: ‘submerged’ traditions, generic interactions, and later receptions
King's College London London, United KingdomAs early as the Hellenistic period, the study of ancient Greek lyric poetry was identified most predominantly with the study of the nine, major canonical lyric poets and their texts. […]
Elizabeth Vandiver, ‘“The best Greek poets used a kind of free verse”: the Imagists, vers libre, and ancient metrics’
Classics Faculty, Cambridge Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, United KingdomProfessor Elizabeth Vandiver (Clement Biddle Penrose Professor of Latin and Classics, Whitman College, USA) Abstract: The use of vers libre was one of the hallmarks of Imagist poetry; one of the six principles […]
Reconstructing & Adapting Fragmentary Ancient Greek Tragedy: Methodologies & Challenges for Classicists and Theatre Practitioners
Senate House, University of London Malet Street, LondonExperts from Classics, English and Drama as well as playwrights and theatremakers will discuss their own take on the lost plays, producing an engaging and informative workshop addressed at colleagues, […]
The Literary Self: from Antiquity to the Digital Age
University of Edinburgh Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomA postgraduate conference hosted by the University of Edinburgh on 4-5 June 2018. Keynote: Professor Simon James, Durham University Other confirmed speakers: Dr Roger Rees, University of St Andrews Throughout […]
‘What Remains?’: Fascist and National Socialist Antiquities and Materialities from the Interwar Era to the Present Day
The Old Library, Sidney Sussex College CambridgeAn interdisciplinary workshop of international experts, including historians of Germany and Italy, classicists, archaeologists and art historians Programme START OF WORKSHOP - 10am Helen Roche / Flaminia Bartolini: Introduction: On Fascist […]
Professor Martha Nussbaum on ‘Anger, Powerlessness, and the Politics of Blame’
University of Bristol Bristol, United KingdomThe Institute of Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition is delighted to welcome Professor Martha Nussbaum to speak at its second Sir Jeremy Morse Lecture. The title of Professor Nussbaum's lecture is ‘Anger, Powerlessness, and […]
New films, old drama: an evening with Barefaced Greek
Senate House, University of London Malet Street, LondonBarefaced Greek celebrate classical Greek drama in performance by making accessible short films using text from Greek comedy and tragedy. These fresh new films (in the original language, with subtitles), […]
Society for Neo-Latin Studies Postgraduate Event: Editing Neo-Latin Texts
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester 150 Deansgate, Manchester, United KingdomRegistration now open (FREE for all postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers): if you would like to attend, please email p.m.white@leeds.ac.uk Programme 10:30-11:00 Welcome and introduction (Christie Room, John Rylands Library) 11:00-12:30 […]