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Michael Okyere Asante (Stellenbosch) “Facing Reality: The Future of “African Classics” from a Ghanaian Perspective”
Michael Okyere Asante (Stellenbosch) “Facing Reality: The Future of “African Classics” from a Ghanaian Perspective”
Classical Connections Seminar Series, University of Warwick
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AUDIO / VISUAL ROMANS: Julius Caesar on Screen
AUDIO / VISUAL ROMANS: Julius Caesar on Screen
Live screening of the rarely seen yet remarkable Italian silent feature film Julius Caesar or Cajus Julius Caesar (1914 dir. Enrico Guazzoni), brought over especially from the archives of the Netherlands Film Institute and accompanied by an original score composed for the occasion by the noted concert pianist and composer Michele Sganga. Caesar’s life is presented […]
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Sasha-Mae Eccleston (Brown) “Speaking (of) Greek: Reflections on Value in Post-9/11 Receptions of Epic”
Sasha-Mae Eccleston (Brown) “Speaking (of) Greek: Reflections on Value in Post-9/11 Receptions of Epic”
Classical Connections Seminar Series - IAS Visiting Fellow Public Lecture
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Ritratti di Cicerone – Portraying Cicero
The Department of Ancient World Studies, Sapienza University of Rome (http://www.antichita.uniroma1.it/), and the International Society of Cicero’s Friends (SIAC, www.tulliana.eu), with the support of the Cultural Association Italia Fenice (http://www.italiafenice.it/), are pleased to announce the International Conference ‘Portraying Cicero’, to be held in Rome from 15th to 17th May 2019. Cicero has exerted a durable impact […]
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Game of Thrones: Views from the Humanities
Call for papers: The series of novels by G.R.R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, adapted for the screen with the title Game of Thrones, has become a true mass phenomenon worldwide. The books are eagerly awaited by their fans, while the broadcast of the episodes of the series breaks ratings and HBO subscriptions, […]
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Professor Richard Thomas on ‘Dylan and the Classics’
Professor Richard Thomas on ‘Dylan and the Classics’
The Third Sir Jeremy Morse Institute of Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition Lecture
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Classical and Western Legacies Revisited (1500-1900) – The translation of cultures and the making of histories
10.30 Registration and Coffee 11.00 Welcome and Introduction 11.15 - 12.45 Simon Ditchfield (University of York) ‘Eleven thousand times eleven thousand’: the cult of St Ursula and her companions in the making of a world religion Sarah Knight (University of Leicester) ‘For Latine is our mother tongue’: cultural and linguistic translation at […]
From Antiquity to Modernity: Performing Greek and Roman Drama in Modern Europe
May 22, 2019 17.30 Registration 18.00 Welcome drink May 23, 2019 8.30 Registration 9.00 Institutional greetings Panel 1: Modes of Performing Classical Drama Around Europe and Beyond 9.20 KEYNOTE: Edith Hall, King’s College, London ‒ Performing Euripides and Ezra Pound’s Metrical Modernism 10.00 C. W. Marshall, University of British Columbia ‒ Performing Tragedy in The […]
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The Restitution of the Classics in Ancient Régime France
Organisers: Tristan Alonge (Unité de Recherche Déplacements, Identités, Regards, Ecritures– Université de La Réunion) Giuseppe Pezzini (University of St Andrews, Director of the Centre for the Public Understanding of Greek and Roman Drama– University of St Andrews) Description: Ancient Régime France is a period troubled by debates prompted by the confrontation with ancient models – […]