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Greeks and Romans on the Latin American Stage
International conference: 24-26 June 2014, UCL
This international and interdisciplinary conference explores the rich and varied afterlife of ancient Greek and Roman drama in Latin America and the Caribbean, a topic thus far neglected in accounts of classical
reception. By focusing on texts that are relatively unknown in the Anglophone world, the conference aims to fill an important gap in the scholarship on the afterlife of classical tragedy and comedy. Our participants represent a diverse range of academic disciplines,
including Classics, Latin American Studies, Hispanic Literatures, and Theatre Studies. Papers will approach the topic from a variety of theoretical and interdisciplinary perspectives. Case studies to be examined include plays from Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Martinique, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. We will discuss the ways in which ancient drama has been used to articulate a range of issues (pertaining to gender, politics, race and violence) in modern societies. We will also
consider rewritings that have initiated a chain of modern receptions through which ancient themes and ideas have migrated across national or regional borders.
Keynote Speaker: Lorna Hardwick (The Open University, UK)
Organisers: Rosa Andújar (r.andujar AT ucl.ac.uk) and Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos (konstantinos.nikoloutsos AT sju.)
The registration fee is £50 (£20 for a single day), which includes all lunches, coffee/tea, and a wine reception. Discounted rates are available for students and the unwaged. Attendance is free for UCL students and staff.
Registration is now open (closing date: Friday, 13th June). To register, and to access a complete list of participants, the full
programme and abstracts, please visit the conference website:
Thanks to the generosity of the Classical Association and the Hellenic Society, we will also be able to offer several postgraduate bursaries. Please visit the conference website at the link abovebfor further information.
The conference is generously supported by the A. G. Leventis Foundation (UCL Leventis Fund), the Institute of Classical Studies, the Institute of Latin American Studies, SLAS (the UK Society for Latin American Studies), the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic
Studies, the Classical Association, the Gilbert Murray Trust, and the UCL Faculty Institute of Graduate Studies (FIGS).
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