CFP: ‘What Has Antiquity Ever Done for Us?’: The Vitality of Ancient Reception Studies, Now
OnlineAn international virtual conference presented by Antiquity in Media Studies (AIMS). 15-18 December 2021. Deadline for submissions: 15 October 2021 The officers of Antiquity in Media Studies invite proposals for presentations that illuminate the ongoing vitality of antiquity in recent discourses. Despite decades of institutional disinvestment in the study of antiquity, a venerated deep past […]
CFP: ‘Constructions of Identity: On the Role of Antiquity in European and Non-European Self-discovery’
University of ZurichThe Call for Papers for the Second International ZAZH Conference, 'Constructions of Identity: On the Role of Antiquity in European and Non-European Self-discovery', is now available. The conference will take place on February 2-4, 2022, University of Zurich. The aim of the second international ZAZH conference is to examine the complexity and dynamics of the processes […]
Conference: Heavy Metal and Global Premodernity
OnlineHeavy Metal and Global Premodernity An interdisciplinary online conference hosted by the Department of Classical Studies at Brandeis University Organizers: Charlotte Naylor Davis and Jeremy J. Swist February 24th-26th, 2022, via Zoom In this conference we aim to gather investigators and artists to critically examine how heavy metal music and its culture (or scenes) have […]
‘Gentile’ Antiquity: the reception of antiquity in modern Italian Jewish culture
Université Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle'Gentile' Antiquity: the reception of antiquity in modern Italian Jewish culture / L’antichità «gentile». La ricezione dell’antico nella cultura dell’ebraismo italiano moderno / L’antiquité “gentille”. La reception de l’antiquité dans la culture juive italienne moderne Université Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle, March 19, 2022 Organizers: Giacomo Loi (Johns Hopkins/FMS fellow), Martina Piperno (Durham), Guido Furci […]
CFP: Pushing the Boundaries: African and Asian Interactions with the Ancient Mediterranean
OnlineThe submission of abstracts for the 26th Annual Classics Graduate Student Colloquium at the University of Virginia is now open. The deadline for submission is February 1, 2022. Please find the Call for Papers below with further details: Pushing the Boundaries: African and Asian Interactions with the Ancient Mediterranean 26th Annual Classics Graduate Student […]
CFP: Queer and the Classical ’22: ‘You Better Work’: Queer Labour, Queer Liberation
OnlineConference Title: ‘You Better Work’: Queer Labour, Queer Liberation Conference Format: Virtual (Microsoft Teams) Conference Date: Friday & Saturday, 8-9 April 2022 Proposals Due: Monday, 14 February 2022 See the QATC event webpage for translations of the CfP in English, Spanish, and Italian: https://queerandtheclassical.org/2022-cfp In the early 90s, RuPaul released a song that would become […]
Classics in Translation: Greek and Latin in Anglophone Literatures and Cultures
OnlineAn online conference hosted by the University of Parma (Italy), Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries, 27 and 28 April 2022. Conference organizers: Massimo Magnani and Chiara Rolli In collaboration with Associazione Italiana di Anglistica (A.I.A.) Why is the reception and, particularly, the translation and adaptation of classical texts so important? This international conference seeks to address […]
CRSN/ICS online seminar series: ‘Back To a Time Before I Had Form’: Ancient Origin Myth(s) of Queerness
OnlineThis year's CRSN/ICS online seminar series is organised by the Queer and the Classical collective. All events (listed below) will take place 4:30PM - 6:00PM BST and require advance registration. The programme with all the registration links is available on their website. ‘Back To a Time Before I Had Form’: Ancient Origin Myth(s) of Queerness […]
CFP: Wonder Woman for President 2022: 50 years of Kick Ass Feminism
OnlineIn July 1972 Ms. magazine released its first independently-published issue, featuring the now famous “Wonder Woman for President” cover. Although first appearing in comics in 1941, Wonder Woman’s focus on compassion and empathy spoke to the publishers and readers of this feminist magazine fighting for women’s rights in the 1970s, and she continues speaking to modern readers […]
Performing Ancient Greek Literature in a Time of Pandemic
Conference 23-24 June 2022 Organizers: Anastasia Bakogianni (Massey University, New Zealand) and Barbara Goff (University of Reading, UK) From left to right: Stefano Scherini, Nicola Ciaffoni, Giovanna Scardoni, Francesca Botti and the Chorus (on screen), Mitmacher Teatro, Gli Uccelli - un'Utopia, Première at the Ancient Roman Theatre - Verona (27 August 2021). Photo: Courtesy of […]