We are excited to announce our forthcoming workshop in the reception of the ancient Greek and Roman classics in 20th- and 21st-century poetry. This one-day workshop will be a collaboration with Classics And Poetry Now (CAPN), an international project designed to foster long-term, collaborative research in the field, led by Prof Lorna Hardwick (Open University), and the Institute of […]
Poet and translator Josephine Balmer reads from her new poetry collection, The Paths of Survival, based on Aeschylus' Myrmidons. Followed by a discussion with Oliver Taplin and Laura Swift. Free, all welcome, no booking required *This event complements the work-in-progress performance of Laura Swift's and Russell Bender's Fragments at the Old Fire Station, Oxford, at […]
Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici – Università di Torino Comitato scientifico e organizzativo: Federica Bessone e Sabrina Stroppa ( Programma Sala Principe d’Acaja (Rettorato) 9 novembre 2017, ore 14.45 Presiede la sessione: Federica Bessone Introduzione ai lavori Mario Labate (Università di Firenze), Ovidio magister amoris e le disavventure di Encolpio a Crotone Luca Graverini (Università di Siena - Arezzo), Ovidio […]
The workshop examines the legacy of classical art from the perspective of contemporary artistic practice. It launches a larger project at King’s, including a major exhibition at Bush House (2 March – 30 April 2018). Further information can be found at www.modernclassicisms.com The event will be structured around a range of thematic sessions – each […]
Emily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania), will give a reading from her new translation of the Odyssey. An APGRD Public Reading (Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre) Free, all welcome, no booking required
Few ancient cultures have been studied as intensely as ancient Egypt and Greece. But how exactly do we learn about these ancient cultures and their connections? This multimedia event looks at the many ways in which the Graeco-Egyptian past has been recovered. Come and find out all about it—the recuperation of texts on papyri, the […]
Women have long been marginalized in the world of Classics, with the study of ancient Greece and Rome being a field dominated by elite white men. But, at long last we are beginning to see an outpouring of translations by female scholars. The first English translation of The Iliad by a woman (Caroline Alexander) came […]
We are pleased to announce that the University of Edinburgh, in collaboration with the University of St Andrews and the University of Glasgow, will host the Seventh Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in the Reception of the Ancient World (AMPRAW) from 23-24 November 2017. This conference is generously supported by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology […]
An APGRD Research seminar in collaboration with the Maison Française d'Oxford, by playwright, Enzo Cormann. First Floor Seminar Room, Ioannou Centre Free, all welcome, no booking required
'Virgil and William Gager's Dido (1583)', Dr Emma Buckley (University of St Andrews) Room G22/26, 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 Jill […]