Méduse, de Hésiode à Assassin’s Creed: Représentations et réception historique d’une figure emblématique de la mythologie grecque
OnlineA one-day, trans-disciplinary conference on the reception of the figure of Medusa from antiquity to today. From the archaic Gorgon to Assassin's Creed and #MeToo, via the uses of Medusa at the end of the Roman Republic, in the Middle Ages and in modern times, the speakers will question the popularity and the continual re-semantisation […]
CFP: (Un)-Forgotten Realms: Science Fiction and Fantasy in and about the Ancient Mediterranean
Online25th Annual Classics Graduate Student Colloquium, University of Virginia Saturday, April 17th, 2021 Keynote Speaker: Jennifer Rea (University of Florida) Conceptions of the fantastic appear throughout Classical antiquity as the Greeks and Romans looked to the supernatural as a way of understanding themselves and the world around them. Ancient literature abounds with elements of fantasy, […]
Panel Discussion: ‘Race: Antiquity and its Legacy’
OnlineA panel discussion, hosted by the Hellenic Society (SPHS), with Zena Kamash (RHUL), Rosa Andújar (KCL), Denise McCoskey (Miami), and Dan-el Padilla Peralta (Princeton), chaired by Professor Phiroze Vasunia (UCL). Free, online event at 2-4pm (UTC+1) on Friday 23 April.
Oxford/APGRD Classics and English Annual Lecture: Tragedy Since 9/11
OnlineThe APGRD will be welcoming Dr Jennifer Wallace (Cambridge) to speak about her book Tragedy Since 9/11: Reading a World Out of Joint (Bloomsbury, 2019), for the sixth annual Classics and English lecture (postponed from last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic). Monday, April 26, 2021, 2pm UTC. This APGRD public lecture will be streamed live on YouTube […]
John Craxton: A Life in Greece
OnlineThe British School of Athens: Virtual Lecture by Ian Collins on John Craxton: A Life in Greece *You can participate in the event live online via Zoom* Born into a bohemian family in London, the painter John Craxton (1922-2009) was a nomad who yearned to live and work in Greece. He achieved his goal from […]
Hierarchies of Reception: the ICS and CRSN reception seminar
Online'Hierarchies of Reception' is the Summer 2021 seminar series co-hosted by the Institute of Classical Studies and the Classical Reception Studies Network, with the support of the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust. The seminar is co-convened by Caroline Spearing and Arabella Currie (University of Exeter). Sessions take place online at 4.30 BST (UTC+1). All […]
Kevin Willmott in conversation with Edith Hall
OnlineIn this APGRD public lecture, Kevin Willmott (film director, screenwriter, and Professor of Film at the University of Kansas) will be interviewed by Edith Hall (APGRD co-founder and Professor of Classics at King's College London). In particular, they will be discussing Chi-Raq (2015): a comedy drama based on the story of Lysistrata, co-written by Willmott and directed […]
Yaël Farber in conversation with Helen Eastman
OnlineMultiple award-winning director and playwright Yaël Farber will be in conversation with Helen Eastman (writer, director, and APGRD Advisory Board member), including discussion of Farber's radical adaptations of Greek tragedy, Molora (2007) and Kadmos (2011). This free online event is held in collaboration with the Cameron Mackintosh Drama Fund and the Oxford Playhouse; it will be streamed on YouTube and followed by […]
Inua Ellams in conversation with Helen Eastman
OnlinePoet/playwright Inua Ellams will be in conversation with Dr Helen Eastman (director; APGRD Advisory Board member), discussing Ellams' contemporary epic The Half God of Rainfall (2019) and his engagement with the myth of Icarus in works such as Ike / Rust (2020). Monday, May 24, 2021, 2pm UTC. To join the event or to set yourself a reminder, click here […]
Class and Classics. Historiography, Reception, Challenges: Towards a Democratisation of Classical Studies
OnlineThe Gramsci Research Network is delighted to announce the programme of the international conference Class and Classics. Historiography, Reception, Challenges: Towards a Democratisation of Classical Studies, which will be held on Zoom on 31 May – 1 June 2021. Please find the schedule of the workshop below. Note that there is still space to give a short talk (5-7 minutes) […]