AMPRAW 2022, ‘Islands’: Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Reception of the Ancient World
AMPRAW is an annual conference that is designed to bring together early-career researchers in the field of classical reception studies. It aims to contribute to the growth of an international network of PhDs working on classical reception(s), as well as to strengthen relationships between early career researchers and established academics. AMPRAW 2022 will be held […]
CFP: ‘Contesting Authenticity in Literature, 1200-1700’
Senate House, University of London Malet Street, LondonA two-day interdisciplinary conference on 30-31 March 2023 at Senate House, University of London, WC1E 7HU, in-person and online. Call for Papers This two-day conference will explore the concept of “contesting authenticity” in later medieval and early modern literature. The boundaries of authenticity are not clear in these periods: does a continuation or supplement of […]
CFP: Archaeology, Antiquity, and the Making of the Modern Middle East: Global Histories 1800–1939
University of Warwick CoventryCALL FOR PAPERS: Archaeology, Antiquity, and the Making of the Modern Middle East: Global Histories 1800–1939 25–26 May, 2023, University of Warwick, Global History and Culture Centre This conference will explore the role played by discoveries and debates about the ancient past in the development of ideas about the Middle East in the nineteenth and […]
CFP: Tragedy Queered
University of Reading Reading, United KingdomCFP: International conference at the University of Reading, 6-7 July 2023. Tragedy Queered Ancient Greece and Rome have long had a strong impact on LGBTQI+ identities, politics and culture. From by-words for homosexuality such as ‘Greek love’, to Taylor Mac’s queer retelling of Socrates’ death in The Hang (2022), passing through trans Tiresias(es), lesbian feminist furies, the […]
Switch: The Complete Catullus by Isobel Williams: Carcanet Classics Online Book Launch
OnlineZoom book launch hosted by Dr Sarah Cullinan Herring of Wadham College, Oxford.
Re-Imagining Tragedy Across Africa and the Global South
The APGRD (University of Oxford) and ReTAGS (University of Cape Town) are co-hosting a hybrid conference, co-organised by Professor Fiona Macintosh (Oxford) and Dr Justine McConnell (KCL), on Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 September, in the Classics Centre in Oxford (and online). REGISTER: A registration fee of £20 (or £15 for students/concessions) for in-person attendees covers the cost of pastries, […]
‘The Bacchae’: a solo performance written, created and performed by Ewan Downie
University of St Andrews St Andrews, United KingdomCompany of Wolves presents 'The Bacchae', a new solo performance inspired by Euripides, which takes place on Friday the 6th of October 2023 at The Byre Theatre, St Andrews. Running for an hour with no interval, the performance will be followed by a Q&A. Booking follows a 'Pay What You Can' policy - £15, £12, […]
CFP: Women Staging and Restaging the Nineteenth Century (II)
University of ValenciaCall for papers for the conference 'Women Staging and Restaging the Nineteenth Century (II)', an international conference to be held at the University of Valencia between 18 and 20 October 2023. The relation between women and the entertainment industry throughout the nineteenth century in Great Britain has been widely studied by Bratton (2011), Davis (2000, 2002), […]
2023 Oxford Greek Play – Euripides’ Medea
oxford playhouse Oxford Playhouse, Beaumont Street, OxfordThe Oxford Greek Play, whose first production took place in 1880, is a student-run triennial event supported by the Oxford University Classical Drama Society (OUCDS) and the Oxford Playhouse. What drives a mother to kill her own children? How can a victimised woman turn into a passionate and scheming avenger? These questions have gripped audiences of Euripides’ Medea for over 2000 […]
CFP Women and Sexuality in Classical Video Games abstract deadline 12th January
Please send abstracts (maximum 300 words) for twenty-minute papers to Kate Cook (kjc26@st-andrews.ac.uk) and Jane Draycott (Jane.Draycott@Glasgow.ac.uk) by Friday 12th January 2024. Event will be hybrid, with papers hosted at the University of Glasgow on Friday 8th March 2024. Although the depiction of women as oversexualised objects is a common trope of video games, including […]