Connie Bloomfield, ‘Pornographic Ovid, grotesque translations, and proto-surrealism in nineteenth-century Brazil: Bernardo Guimarães’ A Origem do Mênstruo’

Classics Faculty, Cambridge Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, United Kingdom

'Pornographic Ovid, grotesque translations, and proto-surrealism in nineteenth-century Brazil: Bernardo Guimarães’ A Origem do Mênstruo' Connie Bloomfield (KCL) The erotic poem ‘A Origem do Mênstruo’ , published in 1875 by the nineteenth-century Brazilian Romantic poet Bernardo Guimarães, claims to be a translation of a translation of a lost Ovidian aetiology, unearthed in the Pompeiian excavations. Whilst […]

Myth and Audiovisual Creation: Classical Myths

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Madrid, Spain

Myth: image and sound The digitalization of the last decades has caused a revolution in traditional artistic mediums (painting, sculpture, theater) and introduced new ones (video games, multimedia installations, performances). In the four previous conferences, organized by Asteria, International Association of Mythcriticism, in collaboration with Amaltea, Journal of Mythcriticism, we have seen the difficulties in attempting […]

Emma Cole, ‘Greek Tragedy and the Australian psyche’

University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom

Manchester and District Classical Association Public Lecture Series 2018-19 Dr Emma Cole (University of Bristol) ‘Greek Tragedy and the Australian psyche’ This lecture is supported by the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. Samuel Alexander A101, University of Manchester All talks will take place at 5.30pm with refreshments to follow, and all attendees will […]

The Fragrant and the Foul: the Smells and Senses of Antiquity in the Modern Imagination

Toulouse , France

The classical tradition has long confined Antiquity to an immaculate, sanitized whiteness : thus idealised, it was deprived of its multi-sensorial dimension, and conveniently limited to the visual paradigm. Olfaction, in particular, has often been overlooked in classical reception studies due to its evanescent nature which makes this sense difficult to apprehend. And yet, the […]

Virgil Society Presidential Address: ‘The Female Hero and the Aeneid’

Senate House, University of London Malet Street, London

Natalie Haynes (writer, journalist and broadcaster), 'The Female Hero and the Aeneid' (Presidential Address) Room 349, Senate House South Block Meetings take place in Senate House, Malet Street, London. All are very welcome to attend, and tea/coffee is usually served after meetings. For more on the Virgil Society, please see http://www.virgilsociety.org.uk/, and for membership enquiries, please contact […]

Liz Pender, ‘Classics and Classicists in WW1’

Institute of Classical Studies Senate House, London, United Kingdom

Fellows' Seminar, Institute of Classical Studies Liz Pender (Leeds) Classics and Classicists in WW1. (Room 234)   Coffee and tea will be provided. Attendees are welcome to bring their lunches. Everyone is welcome.

‘On Translating Sappho’, Josephine Balmer

University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Research Seminar, Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham. Arts 201 on the Edgbaston Campus.  Everyone is welcome!