10th ANNUAL POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM ON ANCIENT DRAMA, JUNE 2010:
‘REVELRY, RHYTHM AND BLUES’
CALL FOR PAPERS
We are happy to announce the Tenth Annual Postgraduate Symposium organised
by the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of
Oxford and the Department of Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University
of London. This two-day event will take place on Monday 21st June at the
Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Oxford (66 St Giles) and
Tuesday 22nd June at Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham (Noh Studio).
ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM
Organised by postgraduates, this annual symposium focuses on the reception
of Greek and Roman drama, exploring the afterlife of ancient dramatic texts
through re-workings of Greek and Roman tragedy and comedy by writers and
practitioners. In previous years, speakers from a number of countries have
given papers on miscellaneous aspects of the reception of Greek and Roman
drama. Abstracts of papers from previous symposia are accessible online:
http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events.htm
To celebrate that the event’s tenth year, the symposium will focus on
‘Revelry, Rhythm and Blues’ in the reception of Greek and Roman drama from
antiquity to the present day. Some speakers from previous years will return
this year to participate, including: Zach Dunbar (Central School of Speech
and Drama), Eleftheria
Ioannidou (Freie Universitat Berlin), Angie Varakis (University of Kent) and
George Sampatakakis (University of Patras). It is hoped that other leading
academics in the field of reception such as Edith Hall, Fiona Macintosh,
Oliver Taplin and David Wiles will also be present.
PARTICIPANTS
Postgraduates from across the globe working on the reception of Greek and
Roman drama are welcome to participate, as are those who have completed a
doctorate but not yet taken up a post. The Symposium is open to speakers
from different disciplines, including researchers in the fields of classics,
modern languages and literature, or theatre studies. Practitioners are
welcome to contribute their personal experience of working on ancient drama.
Papers may also include demonstrations. Undergraduates are very welcome to
attend.
Those who wish to offer a short paper (20 mins) or performative presentation
on ‘Revelry, Rhythm and Blues’ are invited to send an abstract of up to 400
words outlining the proposed subject of their discussion to
postgradsymp AT classics.ox.ac.uk BY WEDNESDAY 31st MARCH 2010 AT THE LATEST.
(Please include details of your current course of study, supervisor and
academic institution).
There will be no registration fee, but participants will have to seek their
own funding to cover travel and accommodation expenses.
ORGANISERS
Helen Slaney (University of Oxford), Katie Billotte (Royal Holloway,
University of London) and Lottie Parkyn (Royal Holloway, University of London).
CONTACT FOR ENQUIRIES
postgradsymp AT classics.ox.ac.uk
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