Seen on the Classicists list (please direct any queries to the folks mentioned in the item and not to rogueclassicism):
‘Alexander in Africa’ (12th Unisa Classics Colloquium, Grahamstown, South
Africa 28-30 June 2011)Proposals for papers are hereby solicited on topics related to the theme,
which is seen as covering the following: Alexander’s sojourn on the African
continent (founding of Alexandria, Siwah, interaction with local populace,
politics, myth and religion, ‘last plans’, other related issues from the
sources including the Romance); legacy of Alexander in Egypt and Roman
Africa (Ptolemaic and otherwise); ancient and modern receptions of
Alexander relating to Africa (Arabic histories; colonial aemulatores; South
African and other African literature e.g. Mary Renault, etc.).Please submit abstracts of appr. 200 words to bosmapr AT unisa.ac.za by 14
March 2011. Scholars working on archaeological, epigraphical, religious,
philosophical, and interdisciplinary material are encouraged to submit
proposals.The Unisa Classics Colloquium this year forms a running parallel session at
the Biennial Conference of the Classical Association of South Africa
(CASA), hosted by the Classics Department at Rhodes University,
Grahamstown. The conference website can be accesses at
http://atashost.co.za/CASA/. Papers at the conference are limited to 20
minutes in 30 minute sessions.Please note that registration will be dealt with by the CASA Conference
organisers, but proposals for the Alexander panel should be send to the
address given above. Being part of a larger conference unfortunately limits
the number of papers we will be able to accept. The following Alexander
specialists are currently signed up for the conference: John Atkinson (Cape
Town); Timothy Howe (St Olaf), Corinne Jouanno (Caen); Daniel Ogden
(Exeter), Frances Pownall (Alberta), Richard Stoneman (Exeter), Adrian
Tronson (New Brunswick), Pat Wheatley (Otago).The Unisa Classics Colloquium is organised annually by the Department of
Classics and World Languages at the University of South Africa.
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