University of Oxford Classical Language and Literature Subfaculty Seminar, Hilary 2009
‘Current Research in Classics’
Thursdays at 5 p.m. in the Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Classics Centre (except 5th wk).
Convenors: Ruth Parkes, Sarah Harden, Bob Cowan
1st wk (22nd Jan.): ‘Oops! Accidental death and the poetics of contingency in Greek and Roman
epic.’ Bob Cowan (Balliol).
2nd wk (29th Jan.): ‘Teaching, Learning and Reading in Lucretius and Plato.’ Emma Park (Univ).
3rd wk (5th Feb.): ‘Towards a commentary on Fasti 3.393-458.’ Stephen Heyworth (Wadham).
4th wk (12th Feb.): ‘The Art of Mock-epic.’ James Worthen (BNC).
5th wk (19th Feb.): ‘What is Lucan doing in Tacitus’ Histories?’ Melanie Marshall (BNC) (NB venue
will be the Outreach Room, Classics Centre).
6th wk (26th Feb.): ‘Eros through the looking glass? Erotic Ecphrasis in Hellenistic Poetry.’ Sarah
Harden (Univ).
7th wk (5th Mar.): ‘The Rhetoric of Greek Tragedy.’ Richard Rutherford (Christchurch).
8th wk (12th Mar.): Dionysius the Periegete (title TBC) Jane Lightfoot (New).
All welcome.
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