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‘Greek Literary Epigram: From the Hellenistic to the Byzantine Era’

An international conference to be held at University College London, 11 – 13
September 2013.

Recent scholarship has witnessed an escalating interest in the study of
Greek literary epigram, which was given further momentum by the discovery
and publication of the New Milan Papyrus, attributed to Posidippus of Pella.
Considerable progress has been made in our appreciation of the development
and features of the genre and its exponents in the Hellenistic period.
However, intense scholarly focus on Hellenistic epigram has led to an
under-appreciation of the later epigrammatic material, from the Roman to the
Byzantine period. The aim of this international conference is to investigate
the changes that literary epigram underwent over the centuries, its
interrelationship with other Greek literary genres and with the visual arts,
as well as the factors which influenced its development across time. In this
way the conference aims to advance our understanding of the epigram by
shifting focus away from an author-, garland,- and time-based study of
epigrams and exploring Greek literary epigrams – from the Hellenistic to
those included in the Cycle of Agathias – in a wider perspective, leading to
the understanding of the larger dynamics that shaped the epigram as a
literary type, and the factors that influenced its development and
guaranteed its survival throughout antiquity.

The list of confirmed speakers includes:
Prof. Silvia Barbantani (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
Prof. Peter Bing (Emory)
Prof. Joseph Day (Wabash College)
Prof. Marco Fantuzzi (Columbia)
Dr. Lucia Floridi (Milan)
Dr. Valentina Garulli (Bologna)
Prof. Kathryn Gutzwiller (Cincinnati)
Prof. Annette Harder (Groningen)
Dr. Regina Hoeschele (Toronto)
Prof. Richard Hunter (Cambridge)
Prof. Irmgard Maennlein-Robert (Tübingen)
Dr. Doris Meyer (Strasbourg)
Dr. Andrej Petrovic (Durham)

Please submit your title and abstract (up to one page A4), along with your
personal data (name, affiliation, email) until the 30th of March 2013 via
email to the following address: m.kanellou AT ucl.ac.uk.

Possible subjects for papers include, but are not limited to:
-Contextualisation of literary epigrams of different periods within their
religious, political, and geographical milieu
-Cross-fertilisation between different epigrammatic subgenres
-Poetic rivalry and imitation
-Intertextuality
-Poetic voice in different epigrammatists and subgenres
-Development of poetic topoi within the genre
-Mythic and other narrative modes
-Interrelation between epigrams and inscriptions
-Epigrams and patronage
-Epigrams and iconography
-Epigrams, anthologies, and performative context

The organising committee,

Maria Kanellou
Ivana Petrovic
Chris Carey

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Religion & Belief: a moral landscape

4th Annual Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Conference

The Department of Classics at the University of Leeds is pleased to announce the 4rd Annual Postgraduate Conference to be held on the 5th June 2012, Leeds.

Religion & Belief have been a central part of human history, playing a fundamental role in forming and shaping human society. They are at the root of many of humankind’s activities and achievements, from great works of art to social and political institutions. In the context of 21st century multiculturalism, where negotiation between differing religious and social beliefs is a daily reality in many societies, the nature, role and effect of religion and belief are still important issues to be discussed. The ?New Atheist? movement, that wishes to firmly separate the moral landscape from Religious institutions, asks important questions regarding the relationship between morality and religion. Can ancient or contemporary religion be seen as amoral? Within a culture where religion is so often portrayed as a personal, individual experience, is it right for individual beliefs to influence and shape society? The conference aims to reflect such discussions.

The issue of Religion & Belief from the ancient world and beyond is a major issue that attracts substantial research in Classics, and also throughout the Humanities. This Conference aims to initiate a discussion on the nuances and multifaceted concepts of Religion & Belief. Possible aspects include, but are not limited to:

? The Comparative Religious Experience
? The Interplay between Religion & Belief
? What is it to be Moral?
? The Contrast between Religious Power & Social Belief
? The Reception of Religion
? Philosophy vs Religion
? The Sexualisation of Religion

Postgraduate scholars of Classics and the Humanities are invited to send an abstract of 250-300 words to leeds.classicsconference AT gmail.com by the 28th March 2012. Presentations will be 20 minutes long. The conference aims at an Interdisciplinary approach, allowing for conversation across departmental and institutional lines. Travel bursaries may be available for those travelling from overseas, please enquire through email. Keynote Speakers TBA.

For further information please e-mail leeds.classicsconference ST gmail.com
On behalf of the Organising Committee,
Christopher T. Green.
Department of Classics,
University of Leeds.

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Domesticating Reality: Representations of Space and Place in Antiquity

Graduate Student Conference
Department of Classics
University of Toronto
20-21 April, 2013

Keynote speakers: Lisa Nevett, University of Michigan
Gábor Betegh, Central European University

The interplay between culture and space in ancient thought is
manifested in many ways. Not only are artistic and literary features
envisioned and understood in spatial terms, but physical spaces are
also imagined and explored through cultural expression. This
interaction is found in all forms of the representation of spaces -
textual, verbal, pictoral, architectural. Alex Purves’ recent study of
space and narrative highlights this approach: "Plot’s spatial legacy
is pervasive in ancient Greek thought, where songs might be conceived
as pathways, logoi as routes, writing as the movement of oxen turning
back and forth across a field with a plough…, narratives as pictures
or landscapes, and plots even as living creatures that take up set
areas of space."

As scholars of Classical antiquity, we find ourselves at the mercy of
representation to shape and inform our understanding of spaces -
landscapes, buildings, voyages, rooms – which are no longer knowable
by any other means. At the same time, our understanding of cultural
expression is often enriched by our ability to comprehend it in
spatial terms.

We invite graduate students working in any area of Classical studies
(such as literary criticism, history, archaeology, science,
philosophy, social history, and philology) to submit papers exploring
the various means by which space was represented in antiquity. How was
space conceived, constructed, and defined in the Greek and Roman
worlds? How were differences in spaces and places articulated? How was
their use represented?

Some further possible themes to explore include:

-Abstraction: How is space conceptualised in ancient sciences such as
geometry, astronomy, geography, and astrology?
-Scale: How do cartographic or proto-cartographic representations
negotiate issues related to the size of the subject? (The microcosm
and the miniature.)
-Rhetoric: How do the spaces and places invoked function in discourse?
How do particular ritually, historically, or mythologically relevant
places resonate in various genres?
-Mobility: What is the effect of movement through space? How do travel
and representations of real or imagined journeys articulate
differences and universalities? (Ethnography, alterity, regional
specificity.)
-Polarities: What frequently appearing dichotomies are built on
spatial concepts? (Public & private, home & away, liminal &
centripetal.)
-Formalities: What formal techniques do poets, painters, and other
ancient artists employ to represent and construct space and places?
(Ekphrasis, pastoral, space as literary trope.)

We ask that abstracts of no more than 300 words be submitted as email attachments (.doc/.pdf) to utoronto.grad.classics AT gmail.com no later than January 28th, 2013. Papers will be allotted 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for discussion.

Conference funding provided by the University of Toronto?s Department of Classics and the Collaborative Program in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (CPAMP).

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FRAMING CLASSICAL RECEPTION STUDIES

Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands 6th – 8th June 2013

Confirmed keynote speakers: Marcello Barbanera (Roma) – Constanze Güthenke (Princeton) – Philip Hardie (Cambridge) – Lorna Hardwick (Open University, UK) – Miriam Leonard (UCL) – Joep Leerssen (Amsterdam) – Charles Martindale (Bristol) – Daniela Müller (Nijmegen)

Overview: The field of classical reception studies examines the different ways in which antiquity or a particular aspect of it, such as texts, concepts, material culture, images or names, has been adopted into later contexts, including antiquity itself. The function and scope of classical reception studies has radically changed in the last decades. From their rather marginal role in the 20th century, they appear now to have been granted centre stage in many leading academic communities. This development is to be welcomed: reception studies provide an excellent way for classicists to make themselves more visible, not only to other disciplines within the humanities, but also to a larger audience, through seeking to explain the role that classical civilisations have played in many cultures and cultural discourses, also beyond the Western world. So too, the discipline of classics itself is forcefully reinvigorated by this process, through the self-examination which the study of reception implies.

Yet this proliferation of classical reception studies also entails what could be seen as a drawback. As the field develops and widens, approaches, methods and theoretical stances are proportionally multiplied. The result has been that the field has become highly diverse, accommodating a spectrum of methods, themes and stances as polymorphous as the academy itself. And, inevitably, considerable scholarly energy is spent on the discussion of matters of principle: what exactly do classical reception studies study, from which presuppositions do they work, and how does the theoretical framework from which a given scholar operates affect the outcome of his or her work, and the function of the field as a whole?

Main goal of the conference: To honour this diversity and to seek not only what divides but also what may unite, we are organizing a conference under the title of ‘Framing Classical Reception Studies’. The notion of ‘framing’ here refers to the care and caution with which scholars need to approach the manifold cases of classical receptions, and the field as a whole. In a stricter sense, framing stands for the influence of concepts, figural speech, methods and other ways of phrasing and mapping, and for how we formulate research questions, position our research and address audiences. The main goal of this conference is to gain further insight into how the ‘discipline’ of classical reception studies is functioning today, to define it more clearly and to organise its increasingly widening scope.

Call for Papers: We therefore launch a call for papers that specifically address the theme of ‘framing’, that is, papers that take as their focal point the framework itself from which reception is, or may be, studied. These frames are not necessarily of the same category. They may concern a given approach or method, for instance, by interrogating the models of ‘source texts’ or ‘cultural memory’. A frame may also consist of notions such as ‘paganism’, and the way in which these notions, often handled unconsciously, inform the scope and result of the research. Also, frames may consist of competitive models, such as scholarly discourse versus popular culture, and the different ways in which these mutually affect, contradict and exclude each other. Whatever form of ‘framing’ is chosen, we would like contributions not only to state explicitly from which perspective the contributor operates, but also to address questions that pertain to the functioning of these frameworks in classical reception studies.

We would particularly like to encourage junior scholars (Phd students and postdocs) from different disciplines and countries to apply. Abstracts in English of 500 words should be sent by email by 30th of January 2013 to framingcrs AT gmail.com. Please visit also our conference website: www.ru.nl/hlcs/framing-classical-reception-studies.

Convenors: Maarten De Pourcq (Nijmegen, Cultural Studies and Classics) – Nathalie de Haan (Nijmegen, Ancient History) – David Rijser (Amsterdam, Classics)

Scientific committee: Piet Gerbrandy (Amsterdam, Classics) – André Lardinois (Nijmegen, Greek Language and Literature) – Sophie Levie (Nijmegen, Cultural and Literary Studies) – Eric Moormann (Nijmegen, Classical Archaeology) – Marc van der Poel (Nijmegen, Latin Language and Literature)

Financially supported by: – The Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research (NWO) – The Institute of Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies (HLCS) and The Radboud University Internationalisation Fund, Radboud University Nijmegen – The Faculty of Arts, University of Amsterdam – The Chairs of Ancient History, Classical Archaeology, Cultural and Literary Studies, Greek Language and Literature, Latin Language and Literature of the Radboud University Nijmegen – The Dutch Research School OIKOS – Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen

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TRANSLATING MYTH

Date: 5-7 September, 2013

Venue: firstsite, Colchester, UK

An international conference organized by the Centre for Myth Studies at the
University of Essex, supported by the Department of Literature, Film, and
Theatre Studies and the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies.

The Centre for Myth Studies at the University of Essex is pleased to
announce an international conference to be held from 5 to 7 September 2013
at firstsite, the home of contemporary visual arts in Colchester. We invite
proposals for papers (of 20 minutes duration), or panel sessions (three
papers), exploring the theme of ‘Translating Myth’. The organisers would
particularly welcome interdisciplinary contributions, especially ones that
bridge the domains of literature and psychoanalysis, but we encourage
submissions on all aspects of myth that involve the idea of translation.
‘Translating myth’ is to be taken in a broad sense as encompassing any topic
that addresses the process of conversion or transfer of cultural sources
construed as mythic. The organizers list the following keyword combinations
as a stimulus to thought, but, as it always is with myth, your own ideas
should allow the imagination free rein in deciding on the possibilities
offered by the conference theme:

Accommodation and assimilation; adaptations of the classics; anamnesis and
orality; archetypes, prototypes, stereotypes; astrology and astronomy; babel
and fable; boundaries and interfaces; chaos and creation; enchantment and
ecstasy; gender and hybridity; genre and media; illud tempus and terra
incognita; interdisciplinarity and multiculturalism; identity and
intertextuality; mask and mandala; migration and transfer; monad, binary,
triad, quaternity; mythos and logos; omens and oracles; register and
revelation; resistance and change; rites of passage and cultural transfer;
roots and rituals; sacred and profane; stage and screen; storyteller, poet,
shaman, auteur; theories, poetics, dialectics; transformation and
transposition; versions and motifs; zero and hero(ine).

PLENARY SPEAKERS: David Hawkes (Arizona State University), Miriam Leonard
(University College London), Harish Trivedi (University of Delhi).

The deadline for proposals is Friday 25 January, 2013. Proposals should take
the form of a title for the paper and a 250-word abstract, accompanied by a
brief biographical note, including institutional affiliation where
appropriate. To submit a proposal, or for more information, please write to
Dr Leon Burnett, Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies,
University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ or, by e-mail,
to mythic AT essex.ac.uk.

It is planned to publish a selection of papers on ‘Translating Myth’ after
the conference.

Note: Thanks to the generosity of the Bean Trust, a limited number of
bursaries are available for speakers contributing to a panel session on the
place that William Blake occupies in the field of myth. If you wish to apply
for one of these bursaries, please indicate in your proposal.

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A THREE-DAY CONFERENCE “Subversion and Censorship from Plato to Wikileaks”

October 2-4, 2013

Papers are invited from scholars and researchers in all areas of the Humanities and all periods of history to explore important themes on the limitations of freedom of expression (in act, thought or speech). Instead of the more traditional focus on censorship ‘from above’, we especially invite papers dealing with the responses to repression—that is, any works or activities which aim at subversion, coded dissent and veiled criticism (i.e. forms of self-censorship).

The conference is organized by members of the Classics discipline at the University of Adelaide, South Australia (also the venue): Professor Han Baltussen, Associate Professor Peter Davis, and Dr Mark Davies (Postdoctoral Researcher) with a view to expanding the theme of their ARC funded project “The Dynamics of Censorship in Antiquity” (2011-2013/DP 110100915).

We invite proposals on significant topics from any period of history and from areas such as classics, history, politics, literature, law, media, and music. Panels of three papers under one theme will also be considered.

Please send inquiries and abstracts (up to 150 words by February 15, 2013) to

Prof. Han Baltussen (Hughes Professor of Classics) (han.baltussen AT adelaide.edu.au)

Assoc. Prof. Peter J. Davis (Visiting Research Fellow) (peter.davis AT adelaide.edu.au)

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APA Link:
http://apaclassics.org/index.php/world_of_classics/calls_for_papers_full/cfp_beyond_words_translation_and_the_classical_world/

Beyond Words: Translation and the Classical World
Friday, March 8th, 2013
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Keynote address: Emily Wilson, University of Pennsylvania

Translation played an important role in the ancient Mediterranean, with its
lively interaction of cultures and languages, and translated texts have
long been fundamental to the continuing influence of Greece and Rome.
Careful consideration of translation in theory and practice is thus
essential for an understanding not only of the past but also of our
relationship to it as scholars and readers. Moreover, as new generations of
classicists are trained, the place of translation in the pedagogy of
ancient Greek and Latin is a pressing question, as teachers weigh the
benefits and pitfalls of translation in the classroom and consider
pedagogical strategies that offer alternatives to translation.

We invite papers that investigate a range of issues surrounding translation
and the ancient Mediterranean. Since our definition of translation is broad
and inclusive — we are not limiting ourselves to words and texts — we
also welcome papers that discuss translations across media, such as Roman
“copies” of Greek statues. Abstracts can, but need not, belong to the
following categories:

Translation in the ancient Mediterranean
Translation and the reception of classical cultures
Translation and the pedagogy of ancient Greek and Latin
Translation theory and classical studies

We welcome submissions from graduate students representing various
disciplines, including classics, comparative literature, linguistics,
history, art history, archeology, religion, philosophy and education. We
ask that you submit an anonymous abstract of no more than 300 words as an
attachment to cunytranslation AT gmail.com by December 31st, 2012. Please
include in the body of your email your name and university affiliation as
well as your phone number and the email address at which you can best be
reached. Notifications will be sent out by January 20th, 2013. Questions may
be addressed to conference chairs Tim Hanford and Scott Weiss at
cunytranslation AT gmail.com.

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Tracking Hermes/Mercury: An interdisciplinary conference at the University of Virginia, March 27–29,
2014

Keynote speakers: Henk Versnel (Leiden), H. Alan Shapiro (Johns Hopkins), Joseph Farrell (Penn), and
Deborah Boedeker (Brown).

Of all the divinities of classical antiquity, the Greek Hermes (= Roman Mercury) is the most versatile,
complex, and ambiguous. His functions embrace both the marking of boundaries and their
transgression, commerce and theft, rhetoric and practical jokes; he also plays the role of mediator
between all realms of human and divine activity, embracing heaven, earth and the netherworld.

This conference at the University of Virginia aims to bring together scholars of Greek and Roman
religion, art, literature, and history to assess this wide-ranging figure. We hope also to include
attention to early reception of the god and his myths outside of Greece and Rome proper—for
instance, Hermes as the Egyptian Thoth, the worship of Mercury in syncretistic forms in Rome’s
imperial provinces, and allegorical interpretations of the god in late ancient and early medieval
times.

If you are interested in presenting a paper (20 minutes), please send an abstract of approximately
500 words by February 1, 2013.

Abstracts or requests for information may be sent to one of the organizers:

John F. Miller (jfm4j AT virginia.edu)
Jenny Strauss Clay (jsc2t AT virginia.edu)

It is our hope to furnish lodging and meals for all presenters at the conference.

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The Centre for Oratory and Rhetoric (COR), Royal Holloway, University of
London, announces an international conference entitled From Antiphon to
Autocue: Speechwriting Ancient and Modern to take place at RHUL’s central
London venue in Bedford Square on 25 and 26 of April 2013.

Confirmed speakers include experts on ancient Greek and Roman logography
and oratory: Prof. Chris Carey (UCL), Prof. Mike Edwards (Lampeter), Prof.
Michael Gagarin (Texas), Prof. Catherine Steel (Glasgow). They will be
joined by an expert on modern media and communications, Professor Andrew
Tolson (De Montfort), and a modern speechwriter, Simon Lancaster.

We welcome proposals for papers on any aspect of speechwriting ancient,
medieval, or modern (30-40 mins. duration). Please send your proposal to
antiphon2autocue AT gmail.com by 31 January 2013 at the latest.

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The Reception of Greek and Roman Culture in East Asia:

Texts & Artefacts, Institutions & Practices

Thursday, 4 July 2013 – Saturday, 6 July 2013

Venue: Freie Universität Berlin

Over the past decade, scholars have examined the reception of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures around the globe. This has been done by analyzing the role of ancient Mediterranean culture in a variety of cultural instances; for example post-antique texts and images, ideology and institutions, as well as rituals and practices. The research has been wide-ranging, including examinations, for instance, of Greek tragedy in 20th-century African theatre and Latin poetry in colonial Mexico. Still there has not yet been a project dedicated solely to the reception of Greece and Rome in East Asia, despite tantalizing clues concerning the wealth of material available for investigation: from the Isopo Monogatari (伊曾保物語), a 16th-century Japanese edition of Aesop’s Fables, to a theatrical season in Beijing in July 2012 directed by the famed Li Liuyi that included both Sophocles’ Antigone (安提戈涅) and the Tibetan epic King Gesar (格萨尔王).

This conference will explore the reception(s) of Greek and Roman culture in East Asia from antiquity to the present. In particular, we are interested in the question of how and why ancient Greek and Roman texts, images, and material cultures and the knowledge and ideas contained within them have been adapted and refigured in East Asian texts, imagery, and cultural artefacts. We are also, however, eager for papers on the teaching of Greek and Latin in schools and the history of ancient studies at universities as well as other institutions. In addition, we welcome papers on historical examples of intercultural contact from the early precursors of the Silk Road to the arrival of Jesuit missionaries; as well as on the impact of ancient beliefs and ideas on cultural practices in East Asia including, for example, religious communities of recent origin which incorporate ancient gods and heroes. The conference will seek to further the dialogue of Reception Studies to include not only past and present but also “East” and “West.”

The ever-growing complexity of the relationship (economically, politically, and culturally) between East Asia and the “West” makes the study of the reception of Greco-Roman antiquity in East Asian cultures particularly relevant and timely. Since “Western” culture’s self-conception begins in Europe with ancient Greece and ancient Rome, the reception of ancient Greco-Roman cultures in East Asia provides an excellent point of reference for current intercultural and interdisciplinary dialogues in an increasingly globalizing world. This conference aims to explore this point of reference by bringing together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners (performing artists, writers, visual artists, and those working in theatres and museums) to analyze the many diverse aspects of the reception of Greek and Roman culture in East Asia.

We invite papers from a variety of disciplines, especially: • Ancient and Modern History and Philology; • Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, Religious Studies; • Theatre, Film and Media Studies, Art History; • Philosophy, Theology, and Political Science.

In addition to papers from scholars, we welcome contributions by those working in the arts and cultural sector. Papers are expected to be 20-25 minutes in length with 5-10 minutes for questions immediately following. The conference will be held in English. We aim to publish selected papers from the conference in an anthology.

To be considered, please submit a proposal of no more than 300 words and a biography of no more than 50 words to the below email address by 30 January 2013. Please note that text in non-Latin script should be accompanied by a transliteration alongside in the body of the proposal. Any further questions can be directed to the following email address: greeceandromeinasia AT gmail.com.

We are looking forward to an inspiring conference and lively discussion!

Prof. Dr. Almut-Barbara Renger (Freie Universität Berlin) & Dr. Katie Billotte

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Psychogeographies in Latin Literature.

London, 8-9 July 2013

Conference organised jointly by the Department of Classics, KCL and the Centre for the Reception of Greece and Rome, Royal Holloway, University of London

Far from mere dots on a map, places are products of the interrelationship of humans and their natural environment. They are constructs in a material environment, having a materiality as products, but they also have a producing capacity in the interaction between person and place. That interaction is multi-sensory, but often represented in narrative, sets of stories that make a place and embed a place in time and collective experience. That experience and interaction with place creates psychogeography.

The experience of urban spaces, with their itineraries, neighbourhoods, monuments, gardens, theatres and crowds are important to authors as diverse as Ovid, Tacitus, Martial, Juvenal, Catullus, Horace and Cicero. Genres such as satire, comedy, epigram and elegy have their own particular orientations to space. For some authors it is itineraries, and for others (Pliny, Statius, Lucretius) it is the views and vistas that matter. Public spaces are reclaimed for other uses by Ovid, and viewed with suspicion by Seneca, while imperial space is contained and framed in the Odes of Horace. The cubiculum, the forum, the trivium, the Via Sacra and other locations all have their own topoi and associations. Literary works create their own models of space (closure, enjambement, digression and the like). How do these ‘spatial’ aspects of the literary work relate to, or even compete with, exterior spaces? And how can work in other areas of classical studies (archaeology, art, history) be brought to bear on literary texts?

Modern theoretical work has also offered multiple possible ways in which to reinvigorate our perceptions and reception of the spatial in literature. For example, the distinction between space (espace) and place as a locale (lieu), central to Michel de Certeau’s work, allows distance to be generated between the stable reception of meanings generated from a hegemonic political culture and the enacted meanings that are performed at street level. Similarly, perceived spaces, as Henri Lefebvre suggests, are laden with socio-political significance, and they can be deployed to challenge mainstream strategies of meaning by, for instance, rendering places of ceremony and order into sites for the performance of pleasure and carnival, and subverting official monuments with unorthodox cultural memories. Iconic amongst those strands of scholarship that seek to reenergise the reader’s relationship with space in literature is the figure of the flâneur (as reflected by Walter Benjamin), the stroller in the city, or away from it, who re-imagines space through often aberrant itineraries.

This conference will bring together scholars interested in all aspects of this topic to share different kinds of material and approaches and to discus the agendas and potential of this topic as a whole.

Confirmed speakers include:

Richard Alston (RHUL), Catherine Edwards (Birkbeck), Therese Fuhrer (Berlin), Jared Hudson (Berkeley), David Larmour (Texas Tech), Maxine Lewis (Auckland), Ellen Oliensis (Berkeley), Shreyaa Patel (RHUL), Victoria Rimell (Rome), Diana Spencer (Birmingham), Efi Spentzou (RHUL),

Conference organisers:

William Fitzgerald (william.fitzgerald AT kcl.ac.uk)

Efi Spentzou (e.spentzou AT rhul.ac.uk)

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CALL FOR PAPERS
AD MEA TEMPORA
Ovid in Ovidian Times
A graduate-student colloquium
Saturday, March 9th, 2013
Warburg Institute, London

It is by now a critical commonplace to observe that the last 30 years have
seen a dramatic reversal in Ovid’s critical fortunes. From a maligned
harbinger of Silver Latin, Ovid has moved to the centre of Latin literary
criticism and classical reception studies. This critical reappraisal can, of
course, be understood as a reversion to a periodic historical norm, with
Ovid returning to the high esteem in which he was held for much of the
Middle Ages and Renaissance. At the same time, the recent Ovidian revival
seems to follow, almost inevitably, from contemporary cultural conditions:
Ovid’s irony and wit, the kaleidoscopically intertextual texture of his
poetry. his fascination with change, and his continual juxtapositions of sex
and politics are all highly congenial to the interests and aesthetics of
modern and postmodern literary and intellectual culture. The turn of the
twenty-first century, then, has not only been a good moment for Ovid, but
also a very Ovidian moment.
But what does it mean to describe a period, genre or work as Ovidian? This
one-day graduate colloquium – a pendant to the Warburg Institute and
Institute for Classical Study’s The Afterlife of Ovid
(http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/colloquia/afterlife-of-ovid/)– aims to
bring together graduate students working on Ovid and his reception to
explore and discuss the nature and boundaries of the Ovidian. Do different
readers of Ovid invariably create their own versions of the poet, or can the
Ovidian be understood as a transhistorical aesthetic category? Do literary
and critical contexts in which Ovid holds a prominent position – including,
but not limited to, the present moment, late 16th century England, and the
latter half of the Augustan principate – share distinguishing cultural and
aesthetic conditions? What are the relations between the Ovidian, the
Augustan, the Classical?
We welcome submissions from graduate students working on the afterlife of
Ovid in all periods and in all media. Papers that seek to understand the
Ovidian inheritance in terms broader than those supposed by source and
intertextual criticism, as well as theoretical considerations of Ovidianism
and reception studies, are also very welcome. Please submit a 300-350 word
abstract for a 20 minute presentation to admeatempora AT gmail.com by January
1st. Please include your abstract as an attachment, with the title as the
file name, but without your name anywhere on the document or in the title.
And please include the title of your work in the body or subject of your
email. Please do be in touch if you have any questions.

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Movement in Ancient Economies: Archaeological Approaches to Distribution
With Keynote Speaker Gil Stein

An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
Sponsored by the University of Michigan Collaborative Archaeology Workgroup

Date: February 15-16, 2013
Where: University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI

Studies of the economy are often divided into three segments:
production, consumption, and
distribution. Of these, distribution is of vital importance for
understanding the social interactions,
economic organization, and political strategies which condition how
and why materials move.
Distribution has at times been discussed monolithically, with
political systems or cultural zones
classified as redistributive or market societies. New models for
detecting and interpreting
distribution in the past have stressed economic diversity and the
coexistence of different
distribution systems for different materials. This conference will
bring together graduate students
and faculty to present some of these new perspectives on distribution
and its role in
understanding economic, political, and social dynamics in the past.

We are calling for papers of 20 minutes in length that deal with the
importance of
distribution to material studies of the past. We hope to receive
papers that address the
following questions with specific case studies: How do we detect
distribution in the material
record? How do distribution systems articulate with existing/emerging
social and political
systems? How do distribution systems change? How variable are
different kinds of economies
(such as market or redistributive)? What is the impact of regional
identity on distribution
networks that cross multiple regions? How can we track intra-site
movement of materials, and
what can these movements tell us about economic, political, and social
organization?

Participants are asked to submit a paper copy (10-12 double-spaced
pages) of their presentation
ten days before the conference to allow panel discussants to prepare
comments (February 5).

Abstracts of no longer than 200 words should be submitted by January 5, 2013.

Please submit abstracts and direct questions to CAW-2012 AT umich.edu.

Although travel stipends will not be available for this conference,
accommodations (with
Michigan archaeology graduate students) for Friday and/or Saturday
night(s) will be arranged
upon request. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided on the day
of the conference.

The Collaborative Archaeology Workgroup (CAW) is a group of graduate
students from several
departments at the University of Michigan (including Anthropology and
Classical Art and
Archaeology) who share an interest in archaeological research, theory,
and methods. We are
dedicated to promoting interdisciplinary research and facilitating the
exchange of information
among all students interested in studying the past through
archaeological techniques.

The conference is co-sponsored by the Rackham Graduate School,
International Institute,
Museum of Anthropology, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, and
Interdepartmental Program in
Classical Art and Archaeology.

King’s College London Classics Postgraduate Conference:

Identity and Representation in Antiquity

14 June 2013, London

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Irene Polinskaya (KCL)

Abstract Submission Deadline: 28 March 2013

The Classics Department of King’s College London is delighted to announce the second Postgraduate Conference on Identity and Representation in Antiquity. The conference will take place on Friday 14 June, 2013 at Strand campus, KCL.

Graduate students at all levels of study are invited to present working research on identity or representation within the classical or the late antique world. This might involve a variety of different conceptualizations of identity and representation–including, but not restricted to, personal, imperial, social, collective, or religious. The organisers are happy to receive abstracts on relevant topics from reception studies.

The following head topics from the last conference may be developed further, while new topics are also welcome:

1. Epigraphic and Literary Representations in the Ancient World

2. Aspects of Greek Civic and Religious Identity

3. Syncretisms and Projections of Identity and Culture from the Hellenistic period to the Imperial Age

4. Augustus as Restorer and Preserver of Roman Religion: Topography, Numismatics, and Poetry

5. Religious Identity and Secular Power in Late Antiquity

By gathering together postgraduates at all stages of research and across a wide purview of historical context, the organisers hope to stimulate productive dialogue and to gain for all participants a more nuanced perspective on the importance of identity and representation in the ancient world.

An email regarding registration will be sent out with a program at a later date.

Presentations are limited to twenty minutes in length. Abstracts of about 250 words should be submitted by e-mail: kclclassics AT gmail.com

Members of the Organising Committee: Thomas Coward, Yukiko Kawamoto, Sangduk Lee, Aikaterini-Iliana Rassia

DEADLINE EXTENDED! Deadline for abstract submission extended to Friday, December 14, 2012!

Call for Papers: (Re)Constructing the Past: Abandonment and Renewal in the Ancient World

Graduate Student Conference, February 22-23, 2013
Department of Classical Studies, University of Michigan

Keynote Speaker: Professor Karl Galinsky, University of Texas at Austin

Modern conceptions of the ancient world are often dominated by images of destruction and abandonment, concretized in the ruins of ancient structures or fragments of lost texts. But ruin in the ancient world is almost always accompanied by eventual renewal, a regeneration or remembrance of the thing lost, abandoned, or destroyed.

The 2013 interdisciplinary conference in Classical Studies is open to graduate students studying the history, literature, art, and archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean and will focus on cycles of desertion, ruin, and rebuilding in the ancient world. We invite papers on the abandonment of cities, buildings, and regions, the abandonment of literary genres and styles, the abandonment of ideas and religious practices and beliefs, and the modern abandonment of interpretative theories, as well as the memory of and responses to such abandonment. We welcome papers addressing how and why deserted objects and ideas are reconstructed, as well as the effects of rebuilding on individuals, society, material culture, and literature. Potential topics also include the historical and literary trope of moral or artistic decline, the literary topos of abandoned women, themes of regret and nostalgia, and the subject of exile. Submissions dealing with issues of reception and adaptation, including the reuse and reappropriation of abandoned buildings, objects, texts, laws, or ideas are also encouraged.

Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words by December 14, 2012 via email as a PDF attachment to classicsgradconference AT umich.edu. In your email please include the presenter’s name, institution, email address, phone number, and any A/V needs. Please omit identifying information from the actual abstract document. Accepted presenters will be notified in early January 2013. Food and lodging will be provided for presenters.

Domesticating Reality: Representations of Space and Place in Antiquity

Graduate Student Conference
Department of Classics
University of Toronto
20-21 April, 2013

Keynote speaker: Lisa Nevett, University of Michigan

The interplay between culture and space in ancient thought is manifested in many ways. Not only are artistic and literary features envisioned and understood in spatial terms, but physical spaces are also imagined and explored through cultural expression. This interaction is found in all forms of the representation of spaces – textual, verbal, pictoral, architectural. Alex Purves’ recent study of space and narrative highlights this approach: "Plot’s spatial legacy is pervasive in ancient Greek thought, where songs might be conceived as pathways, logoi as routes, writing as the movement of oxen turning back and forth across a field with a plough…, narratives as pictures or landscapes, and plots even as living creatures that take up set areas of space."

As scholars of Classical antiquity, we find ourselves at the mercy of representation to shape and inform our understanding of spaces – landscapes, buildings, voyages, rooms – which are no longer knowable by any other means. At the same time, our understanding of cultural expression is often enriched by our ability to comprehend it in spatial terms.

We invite graduate students working in any area of Classical studies (such as literary criticism, history, archaeology, science, philosophy, social history, and philology) to submit papers exploring the various means by which space was represented in antiquity. How was space conceived, constructed, and defined in the Greek and Roman worlds? How were differences in spaces and places articulated? How was their use represented?

Some further possible themes to explore include:

-Abstraction: How is space conceptualised in ancient sciences such as geometry, astronomy, geography, and astrology?
-Scale: How do cartographic or proto-cartographic representations negotiate issues related to the size of the subject? (The microcosm and the miniature.)
-Rhetoric: How do the spaces and places invoked function in discourse? How do particular ritually, historically, or mythologically relevant places resonate in various genres?
-Mobility: What is the effect of movement through space? How do travel and representations of real or imagined journeys articulate differences and universalities? (Ethnography, alterity, regional specificity.)
-Polarities: What frequently appearing dichotomies are built on spatial concepts? (Public & private, home & away, liminal & centripetal.)
-Formalities: What formal techniques do poets, painters, and other ancient artists employ to represent and construct space and places? (Ekphrasis, pastoral, space as literary trope.)

We ask that abstracts of no more than 300 words be submitted as email attachments (.doc/.pdf) to utoronto.grad.classics AT gmail.com no later than January 21st, 2013. Papers will be allotted 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for discussion.

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This colloquium addresses the variety of ways in which emotions are used in
strategies of persuasion within and between societies, groups and
individuals in the ancient world, considering different strata of society,
and diverse media of communication. Persuasion may be effected, for
example, by narrative, explicit exhortation, or covert manipulation through
the judicious use of certain words and phrases. Emotional strategies can be
aimed at superiors, inferiors or one’s equals; to strangers or friends; and
attempted for personal gain or the public good. They can appear in oral
communications designed to be heard briefly – i.e. forensic, deliberative,
epideictic, hortatory or supplicatory oratory – their representations in
literature, or in written communications that can be read again and again
(philosophical treatises, other literary works, letters, inscriptions).

In recent years scholarship on emotive persuasion techniques has focused
primarily on explicit exhortation to feel a small group of emotions (anger,
hatred, envy, gratitude, pity) in Attic forensic oratory, rhetorical
techniques as propounded by philosophers (Aristotle, pseudo-Aristotle,
Cicero, Quintilian), and theatrical techniques such as dress, gesture or
vocal techniques. The last of these is outside the scope of this
colloquium, and we aim to move discussion well beyond the former two.

We invite abstracts on any aspect of emotion(s) used to persuade, in any
period of ancient Greece or Rome from the earliest written texts through to
Late Antiquity. In literature this will include rhetorical treatises
(mainly in their relation to other forms of literature), actual speeches
(from Classical Athens through Rome to the ‘Second Sophistic’ and early
Christian sermons), representations of actual or fictional speeches in other
genres (epic, drama, historiography etc.), and other forms of literature
whose purpose may be deemed partly to persuade (e.g. philosophical
treatises, consolations, satires, epodes, Pauline letters). In non-literary
media it will include texts preserved in inscriptions or on papyri such as
imperial rescripts from and petitions to emperors, private letters, and
prayers or curses addressed to gods. Supplementary questions, especially in
non-literary media, will be to consider whether women’s voices differ from
men’s (or from male representations of female voices), and to what extent
the ‘common man’ (and woman) makes use, or not, of literary techniques
developed by higher-status educated men.

Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be sent to Ed.Sanders AT rhul.ac.uk
and Matthew.Johncock.2011 AT live.rhul.ac.uk by 23 December 2012

Confirmed speakers include: Professors Chris Carey (UCL), Angelos Chaniotis
(Princeton), Eleanor Dickey (Exeter) and Catherine Steel (Glasgow)

The colloquium will take place at Royal Holloway’s central London buildings
at 11 Bedford Square/2 Gower Street, London WC1B 3RF. It is generously
supported by the Institute of Classical Studies and the Centre for Oratory
and Rhetoric at Royal Holloway

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The "Public and Private in the Roman House" project (romanhouse.org) is organizing a conference at the University of Helsinki, Finland in April 2013. Keynote speakers include Filippo Coarelli, Paul Zanker and Margareta Steinby. The aim of this conference is to take a fresh look at notions of public and private within the domus by exploring the public and private spheres of the Roman house from the first century BCE to the third century CE. The "Public and Private in the Roman House" is an ongoing project organizing its second major event, building on the success of a workshop at NYU this October. Please find the call for papers below.

Call for Papers: Public and Private in the Roman House and Society Conference

April 18-20, 2013, University of Helsinki, Finland

Abstract deadline: December 15, 2012

E-mail: romanhouse2013 AT gmail.com

Ancient Roman houses were designed to suit both the private life of its occupants and the demands of public life. As a result, the division between public and private spaces inside the domus was a complicated topic even for the Romans themselves. Previous scholarship has tended to treat the domus in terms of a rigid division between public and private, with the same division acting as a gender marker for (male) political activities and (female) domestic activities respectively. This strict division within the household now seems outdated. The aim of this conference, then, is to take a fresh look at notions of public and private within the domus by exploring the public and private spheres of the Roman house from the first century BCE to the third century CE. The "Public and Private in the Roman House and Society" is an ongoing project organizing its second major event, building on the success of a workshop at NYU this October. Keynote speakers include Filippo Coarelli, Margareta Steinby and Paul Zanker.

We therefore invite papers that explore the complex relationship between public and private in Roman society from a variety of perspectives – historical, archaeological, philological, architectural and anthropological – in order to further the understanding of the domus as a place for social, cultural, political and administrative action.

Potential themes include but are not limited to:
- The house and the city: Political and administrative spaces
- The Roman house as political, religious, social and cultural arena
- Newest theories and methods in the study of privacy/public in the Roman House
- Public and private in material culture and artefact studies
- The provincial house: Local and Roman building traditions and usages
- Changes and Continuities of the Roman house in Late Antiquity
- Gender in the house

The conference is organized by the project Public and Private in the Roman House (romanhouse.org), which seeks to contribute to the ongoing debate on privacy in the ancient world as well as the issues of how the limits between public and private spaces were drawn. In an attempt to gain new perspectives on these questions, the project seeks to utilize comparative anthropological theories concerning the conceptualization of the public/private interface.

Please submit your abstract (300 words) as a [word/pdf] file to Juhana Heikonen at romanhouse2013 AT gmail.com Please include your name, academic affiliation and address in your email.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is December 15, 2012.

CONF: Living Latin Workshop in NYC

Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus, McMahon Hall 109
February 16-17, 2013

The NY Classical Club and the Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study are pleased to collaborate on a two-day workshop on Spoken Latin for teachers and students of Latin in the New York City area. This conference will include presentations and workshops by expert Latin speakers from around the country designed to introduce participants to the world of oral Latin. Participants will not only immerse themselves in the Latin language by participating in guided spoken Latin activities, they will also hear lectures in English on ways to incorporate spoken Latin into their own classroom and learn about more opportunities to improve as a Latin speaker in the U.S. and abroad.

Cost: $100

Professional Development Credit: The New York Classical Club will offer certification for 16 HOURS of professional development credit for high school teachers who participate in Living Latin in New York City. For more information on professional development credit, please contact Prof. McGowan mamcgowan AT fordham.edu.

Registration: To register for Living Latin in New York City, please download the registration form here (http://paideia-institute.org/programs/living-latin-in-nyc) and return to pedicone AT paideia-institute.org. Space is limited. Registrations will be processed on a first come, first served basis.

Payment: Payment must be made in advance by credit card, Paypal or personal check.To pay by credit card or Paypal account, please click on the Paypal button on this link (http://paideia-institute.org/programs/living-latin-in-nyc). Checks should be made out to the Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study and sent to:

LLiNYC Registration
The Paideia Institute
16 Stockton St.
Princeton, NJ 08544

Julius Caesar in History and in the Classroom

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
January 26, 2013, 11am-6pm

The NY Classical Club is pleased to announce a conference on Julius Caesar, including a review of the new Advanced Placement curriculum, to be held on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, 11am-6pm, at New York University, Jurow Hall, Silver Center. The program includes the following speakers:
Cynthia Damon, The University of Pennsylvania
"’Everlasting Ties’: Caesar, Gaul, and Rome"

Luca Grillo, Amherst College
"Caesarian Questions"

James Hunt, Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Syracuse, NY
"Caesar and the new AP Exam in Latin"

Hans Friedrich-Mueller, Union College
"Caesar and the State Religion"

Kurt Raaflaub, Brown University
"Caesar the General and Statesman: A Literary Self-Portrait of a Perfect Roman"

All are welcome, high school teachers and students working with the new AP curriculum are especially encouraged to attend. Registration is required and includes lunch and a reception: $10 students; $25 members; $40 non-members. Please pre-register by Tuesday, January 22, 2013, online here:
http://www.nyclassicalclub.org/events.htm

Or register by check made payable to NY Classical Club via snail-mail to: Dr. Matthew McGowan, Department of Classics, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458. For more information, contact Prof. McGowan: mamcgowan AT fordham.edu.

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Call for Papers: Public and Private in the Roman House and Society Conference

April 18-20, 2013, University of Helsinki, Finland

Abstract deadline: December 15, 2012

E-mail: romanhouse2013 AT gmail.com

Ancient Roman houses were designed to suit both the private life of
its occupants and the demands of public life. As a result, the
division between public and private spaces inside the domus was a
complicated topic even for the Romans themselves. Previous scholarship
has tended to treat the domus in terms of a rigid division between
public and private, with the same division acting as a gender marker
for (male) political activities and (female) domestic activities
respectively. This strict division within the household now seems
outdated. The aim of this conference, then, is to take a fresh look at
notions of public and private within the domus by exploring the public
and private spheres of the Roman house from the first century BCE to
the third century CE. The "Public and Private in the Roman House and
Society" is an ongoing project organizing its second major event,
building on the success of a workshop at NYU this October. Keynote
speakers include Filippo Coarelli, Margareta Steinby and Paul Zanker.

We therefore invite papers that explore the complex relationship
between public and private in Roman society from a variety of
perspectives – historical, archaeological, philological, architectural
and anthropological – in order to further the understanding of the
domus as a place for social, cultural, political and administrative
action.
Potential themes include but are not limited to:
- The house and the city: Political and administrative spaces
- The Roman house as legal, political, religious, social and cultural arena
- Newest theories and methods in the study of privacy/public in the Roman House
- Public and private in material culture and artefact studies
- The provincial house: Local and Roman building traditions and usages
- Changes and Continuities of the Roman house in Late Antiquity
- Gender in the house

The conference is organized by the project Public and Private in the
Roman House (http:// romanhouse.org/), which seeks to contribute to
the ongoing debate on privacy in the ancient world as well as the
issues of how the limits between public and private spaces were drawn.
In an attempt to gain new perspectives on these questions, the project
seeks to utilize comparative anthropological theories concerning the
conceptualization of the public/private interface.

Please submit your abstract (300 words) as a [word/pdf] file to Juhana
Heikonen at romanhouse2013 AT gmail.com Please include your name,
academic affiliation and address in your email.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is December 15, 2012

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Beauty, Bravery, Blood and Glory: Ancient Virtues and Vices in Modern Popular Culture

For further information please contact Eran Almagor (almagore AT bgu.ac.il) or Lisa Maurice (mauril68 AT bezeqint.net).

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Experiencing and Thinking about Borders in the Ancient Mediterranean World

(Université Paris-Sorbonne)

This conference for PhD students and young PhD holders aims to reflect upon the notion of the border, in the broadest sense of the word, and to see how the Ancients perceived it. Such a perspective can be interesting as it allows us to explore various disciplinary areas related to Classics.

It will thus be possible to understand the concept of the border in both a literal and figurative sense: it can refer to borders beyond human groups – that either isolate them or bring them together – geographical, social, cultural, religious and linguistic, as well as to borders located within such human groups, between communities, genders or origins…

Moreover, it might be profitable to question the differentiation between places or people implied by the notion of the border, inasmuch as such frontiers can be physical or metaphorical. The border indeed acts as an interface, and entails different modes of coexistence.

Here are a few ideas for further reflection – which are by no means exclusive:

1) Defining the border

It could be fruitful to investigate the lexicon referring to the border, and the conceptual and philosophical tools the Ancients used to define it. We will also reflect upon the formal representations of the border in Antiquity, and the criteria involved in its archaeological or historical definition. Such representations and realizations of the border as the horoi and the limes allow us to think about the principles of divisions, barriers or breaking up. Defining the border also implies thinking about the social, political and legal principles that govern it.

2) Respecting or crossing the border?

Considering the border as a limit involves dealing with the issue of whether it is respected or breached. The notion of an hermetic border conflicts with that of a permeable one. The border can be challenged in various ways: acculturation, trade, religious or linguistic interferences which are the sign of influences and mutual exchanges. Finally, through wars, we can question the reality of the border and its representation. The border thus appears as a process resulting from conflicts and exchanges. It is no longer a mere division, it becomes a means of making contact and relating to each other. We can then explore the status of travel and whether a form of “globalization” was born in Antiquity.

3) Shaping identities: the border and otherness?

Confronting others results in building a certain number of practices and ways of thinking. The border can thus be seen as a creative process for shaping identities. It will be possible to examine cross-cultural phenomena as well as factors that challenge such a process.

It could also be interesting to compare the areas of cultural or linguistic influence with the regions that are actually linked to a given political entity, to see how the cultural group can prevail over the geographical border. Finally, the notion of the border can also be examined within the human groups: to what extent is it a medium through which identity may be questioned?

Each paper will be allocated 30 minutes. The languages chosen for the conference are French and English.

Abstracts of about 200 words, as well as a C.V., should be sent by 30th November 2012 to the following address: assoc.antheia AT gmail.com.

The conference will take place on 28th-29th June 2013 at INHA (Institut National de l’Histoire de l’Art de Paris-Sorbonne).

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AMERICAN PHILOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
COMMITTEE ON CLASSICAL TRADITION AND RECEPTION

2014 ANNUAL MEETING

CLASSICS AND THE GREAT WAR: SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

Organizer: David Scourfield, National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Please note the submission date below.

The Committee on Classical Tradition and Reception (COCTR) of the American Philological Association invites submissions for a panel to be held at the 145th Annual Meeting of the APA (Chicago, January 2-5, 2014), on the theme ‘Classics and the Great War’.

The Great War of 1914-1918 marks a watershed moment in European and world history in numerous ways. The panel envisaged will seek to consider the impact of that conflict on the field of Classics in a variety of respects. The Committee wishes in particular to invite proposals for papers on (a) literary receptions of classical texts or the classical world during or in the wake of the War, with a purview extending beyond the British war poetry which forms the subject of Elizabeth Vandiver’s Stand in the Trench, Achilles (2010), a study from which the panel draws much impetus, (b) the impact of the War on the scholarly reception of specific classical texts, in Britain, Germany, the United States, or elsewhere; but proposals on any other aspects or forms of reception, or on the cultural contexts within which such receptions were formulated, are also welcome. The panel will be restricted to receptions not later than the end of the 1920s.

Proposals for papers taking no more than twenty minutes to deliver should be sent via e-mail attachment (in Word format) to Professor Mary-Kay Gamel, APA Vice President for Outreach (mkgamel AT ucsc.edu), by no later than November 15, 2012. Abstracts should follow the guidelines for the preparation of individual abstracts to be found on the APA website at http://apaclassics.org/index.php/annual_meeting/instructions_for_authors_of_abstracts. All submissions will be subject to double-blind review by two referees and the panel as a whole evaluated by the APA Program Committee before notification of final acceptance. The Committee reserves the right to include in the full panel submission abstracts from invited speakers as well as abstracts selected through this call for papers.