Jen Grove, ‘From EP Warren to Alfred Kinsey: Collecting Classical Erotica and Theorising Sexuality in the first half of the 20th century’
University of Reading Reading, United KingdomUniversity of Reading, Classics Research Seminar Jen Grove (Exeter): ‘From EP Warren to Alfred Kinsey: Collecting Classical Erotica and Theorising Sexuality in the first half of the 20th century.’ All seminars will take place in Edith Morley Building, room G25 and all will be followed by light refreshments in Edith Morley G40.
Sarah Derbew, ‘The Metatheater of Blackness: Danaids, Dunbar, and Ellison’
University of Warwick CoventryThe Classics and Ancient History department at the University of Warwick is pleased to launch the Classical Connections Seminar Series, dedicated to exploring connections between Greek and Latin antiquity and different geographical and temporal contexts. Our first lecture in the series will be: Dr Sarah Derbew (Harvard University) Thursday 25th October 2018 5pm-6.30pm OC 1.06 (Oculus […]
MANIAS: Modern Desires for Greek Pasts
British Academy 10 Carlton House Terrace, London, United KingdomA panel discussion with Prof Liz Prettejohn (York), Prof Nicoletta Momigliano (Bristol), Dr Katherine Harloe (Reading), Dr Andrew Shapland (British Museum), and Dr Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis (St. Andrews). Why does the Greek past fascinate us? Building on recent collective volumes published by the British School at Athens - Cretomania (2017) and Hellenomania (2018) - this panel […]
Classics and Classicists: A colloquium in honour of Christopher Stray
Corpus Christi College Merton Street, Oxford, United KingdomRegistration/coffee 10.30 11-1.15 Mary Beard (Cambridge) Classics? Jas’ Elsner (Oxford) Room with a Few: The Fraenkel Room, the Refugee Scholars Room and the reception of Reception Edith Hall (KCL) Classics Invented: The Emergence of a Disciplinary Label 1670-1733 1.15-2.15 Lunch 2.15- 3.45 Judy Hallett (Maryland) Gender and the Classical Diaspora Lorna Hardwick […]
Classics and the Now: ‘Untimeliness and Theatre’
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomSimon Goldhill (Cambridge) - 'Untimeliness and Theatre'
Amanda Wrigley, ‘Oral Poetry and the Aural Imagination: Homer, Modern Poets and Radio’
University of Reading Reading, United KingdomUniversity of Reading Classics Research Seminar Amanda Wrigley (Reading): ‘Oral Poetry and the Aural Imagination: Homer, Modern Poets and Radio' All seminars will take place in Edith Morley Building, room G25, and all will be followed by light refreshments in Edith Morley G40.
Classics and the Now: ‘Epic and the Podcast’
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomJustine McConnell (KCL) - 'Epic and the Podcast'
‘Classical Reception for Historians’, Nicholas Cole
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomOxford-Princeton Seminar, Michaelmas Term 2018 All meetings at 4.00 pm in the Lecture Theatre, Ioannou School, 66 St Giles.
Tales from the Odyssey, Daniel Morden
Badminton School Westbury Road, BristolBristol Classical Association Daniel was recently awarded the Hay Festival Medal for his contribution to storytelling. Along with Hugh Lupton, Daniel has produced the fantastic ‘Classical Tales’ resources for the Cambridge Schools Classics Project. They have retold and recorded Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, and Ovid’s Metamorphoses, for a modern audience. The recordings, available for free online with accompanying teachers’ notes are intended to support […]
Film and History Conference: Classical Antiquity panels – Classical Antiquity: Screening the “political animals” of the Ancient Mediterranean world
Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club 1 W Dayton St, Madison, WI, United StatesClassical Antiquity: Screening the “political animals” of the Ancient Mediterranean world An area of multiple panels for the 2018 Film & History Conference: Citizenship and Sociopathy in Film, Television, and New Media Full details at: www.filmandhistory.org/conference DEADLINE for abstracts: June 1, 2018 Aristotle famously defined humans as “political animals”: organizing themselves within the social […]