An online seminar series on Aeschylus’ and Seneca's Agamemnon and their modern and contemporary reception, running from February to May 2021. Hosted by the University of Bologna. Agamennone Classico e Contemporaneo is a project that brings together research from the departments of Cultural Heritage and Classical Philology and Italian Studies of the University of Bologna, the… Continue reading Seminar Series: Agamennone Classico e Contemporaneo

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Patrice Rankine will give the online 2021 Morse Lecture at Bristol University's Institute of Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition on Thursday 4 March, 5pm (UTC). Register here, and find more information here. This paper’s literary focal point is James Baldwin’s 1964 play, Blues for Mister Charlie, which adapts the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till… Continue reading Patrice Rankine (University of Richmond): ‘Touching the Body: some observations on rights, punishment, and justice, with reference to Prometheus, Emmett Till, and George Floyd’ |
2 events,The Göttingen Department of Ancient History and the Tom Stern Film Archive will be hosting the 7th Imagines Conference "Playful Classics" from 5 to 6 March 2021. To register for the online event, please send an email with your name and affiliation to register@imagines7.org. For details on the programme, please see the conference leaflet or visit… Continue reading Imagines VII: Playful Classics |
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An APGRD online performance event, in collaboration with Live Canon and hosted by Dr Helen Eastman. Four poets (Fahad Al-Amoudi, Maia Elsner, Glyn Maxwell and Laura Theis) will read their work and read their work and discuss their engagement with classical material. Watch live or after the event at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-LYP8QB-J4 Fahad Al-Amoudi is a poet… Continue reading New lines: contemporary poets and the classics |
2 events,The first biennial Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College SPEAC (Students Promoting Equity in Archaeology and Classics) conference for undergraduate and graduate research. A free, two-day online conference with keynote by Emily Greenwood (John M. Musser Professor of Classics, Yale): 'A Classical Primer for Anti-Racism / An Anti-Racist Primer for Classics'. Register here for a… Continue reading Now and Then: (In)equity and Marginalization in Ancient Mediterranean Studies |
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Award-winning playwright, Marina Carr will be in conversation with actor Patrick O'Kane who plays Agamemnon in Marina's new play, Girl On An Altar (Kiln Theatre) - a retelling of the myth of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. The conversation will be streamed on the APGRD's YouTube channel, followed by live Q&A. Watch live or recorded catch-up here.… Continue reading Marina Carr and Patrick O’Kane in conversation about ‘Girl On An Altar’ |
2 events,A conference hosted by Penn State’s Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies (CAMS), to be held on Zoom on March 19-21, 2021. The event is co-organized by Dr. Mathias Hanses (Penn State) and Dr. Jackie Murray (University of Kentucky) and co-sponsored by PSU’s Humanities Institute, the College of the Liberal Arts, the Department of… Continue reading W. E. B. Du Bois and the Ancient Mediterranean |
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Prof. Phiroze Vasunia will be speaking broadly about topics relating to Classics, decolonisation and race at this online talk hosted by London Classicists of Colour. 25 March 2021, 6pm UTC. Vasunia is a Professor in UCL’s Greek and Latin department, with a broad range of research interests including the relationship between Classics and imperialism /… Continue reading Classics, Decolonisation and Race: a talk with Prof. Phiroze Vasunia |
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2 events,An APGRD online conference, co-hosted with Paris Nanterre; co-organised by Estelle Baudou and Anne Violaine Houcke. |
