politics
Cambridge Classical Reception Seminar Series (CCRSS): ‘Archaeo-politics and the Greek crisis’
Classics Faculty, Cambridge Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, United Kingdom(in collaboration with the Cambridge Modern Greek Seminar) Prof. Dimitris Tziovas (Professor of Modern Greek Studies, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham) The crisis has induced Greek society to rethink its values, to revisit its founding myths and to re-examine its earlier certainties. This involves to a certain extent a narrativisation […]
Locating the Ancient World in Early Modern Subversive Thought
Newcastle UniversityThe aim of this conference is to expand on this revived appreciation of the classical influence in early modernity by looking specifically at the role played by the ancient world in that sphere from which it has most usually been excluded: subversive literature. The idea that the texts, philosophies, and exempla of the ancient world […]
Film and History Conference: Classical Antiquity panels – Classical Antiquity: Screening the “political animals” of the Ancient Mediterranean world
Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club 1 W Dayton St, Madison, WI, United StatesClassical Antiquity: Screening the “political animals” of the Ancient Mediterranean world An area of multiple panels for the 2018 Film & History Conference: Citizenship and Sociopathy in Film, Television, and New Media Full details at: www.filmandhistory.org/conference DEADLINE for abstracts: June 1, 2018 Aristotle famously defined humans as “political animals”: organizing themselves within the social […]
Claiming the Classical: 21st century political rhetoric and the Greco-Roman past
Institute of Classical Studies Senate House, London, United KingdomCTC is an international network examining the use of the Greco-Roman past in 21st century political discourse. We welcome members from the global classical community, facilitating collaborative research and public engagement. To join, please sign up to our email list by the online form or reply to this email. CFP: Workshop: Friday 9th November 2018 […]
Naoise MacSweeney, ‘‘Classics in contemporary political discourse – a global vision?’
University of Reading Reading, United KingdomUniversity of Reading Classics Research Seminar Naoise Mac Sweeney (Leicester): ‘Classics in contemporary political discourse - a global vision?’ All seminars will take place in Edith Morley Building, room G25 and all will be followed by light refreshments in Edith Morley G40.