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15th Unisa Classics Colloquium, 22-24 October 2014

THEME: ‘Intellectual and Empire’

Classicists are hereby reminded to submit paper proposals for this year’s
colloquium. The conference is intended to explore the relationship between
public intellectuals and manifestations of imperial power, whether in the
form of rejection, acceptance or approval. The conference’s main focus
will be on the first three centuries of the Roman Empire, but other eras
and empires of Greco-Roman antiquity, e.g., Athenian, Macedonian or
ancient Near Eastern, will also be considered. ‘Intellectuals’ are broadly
conceived as individuals making public their intellectual endeavours
through literature, scholarship, religion, philosophy, rhetoric,
performance, and the like. We look forward to receiving proposals
exploring the tension (or not) between intellect and power, particularly
as manifested by individual authors or figures.

Invited speakers: Heinz-Günther Nesselrath (Göttingen); Ewen Bowie
(Oxford); Tim Whitmarsh (Oxford/Cambridge).

Please submit titles and abstracts of approximately 300 words to Philip
Bosman at bosmapr AT unisa.ac.za, as soon as possible. All proposals are
carefully considered, but bear in mind that slots are limited. Final
deadline for submissions: 30 April.

The Unisa Classics Colloquium is hosted annually by the Department of
Classics and World Languages at the University of South Africa, Pretoria.

More on the conference
Convening in 2014 for the 15th time, the Unisa Classics Colloquium
combines stimulating scholarship with a pleasant and intimate atmosphere.
Over two and a half days, approximately 20 scholarly contributions from
around the world are to be presented. The 40 minute slots provide ample
time for discussion and valuable feedback. Parallel sessions are avoided
in order to promote unity of focus in the conference, and delegates get to
know each other properly. Information on previous conferences may be found
at http://www.unisa.ac.za/Default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=1819.

Venue: To be announced. We are currently exploring the possibility of
moving the conference to a Bushveld game reserve
(http://www.dikhololo.co.za/) on the outskirts of Pretoria.

Dates: 22-24 October 2014
Since transport to and from the conference venue might pose difficulties,
participants should ideally arrive at OR Tambo Airport and in Pretoria on
the morning of the 21st and only book a flight out from the evening of the
24th but preferably later.

Programme
A preliminary programme will be compiled from the received proposals and
published on the Departmental website after the final date for
submissions.

Conference Fee
We are negotiating a conference package of approximately US$350, inclusive
of accommodation, transport and conference fee. Postgraduates, other
students and interested parties not able to claim back conference fees
from their institutions should please contact the organizers for a
discount.

Publication of papers
Depending on quality, a collection of articles on the colloquium theme is
envisaged. Submitted papers are subject to a refereeing process. If you
would consider submitting your paper for publication, please indicate that
to us via return mail for further guidelines on style.

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International Conference on Orality and Greek Literature in the Roman Empire
Full details and booking information: http://www.ruiz-montero.com/WEBSITE/IMAGES/EVENTOS/EVENTOS_EN.html

Organizer: Consuelo Ruiz Montero (Dpto. de Filología Clásica de la Universidad de Murcia)
Place: Museo del Teatro Romano de Cartagena (Murcia), Spain
Date: 29-31 May 2014

Speakers:
M. Andreassi (Univ. di Bari, Italia): “Le barzellette tra oralità e scrittura: il caso del Philogelos».
E. L. Bowie (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, United Kingdom): “Poetic and prose oral performance in the Greek world of the Roman empire: the evidence of epigraphy”.
A. Chaniotis (All Souls College, Oxford, United Kingdom): “The oral transmission of memory in the Greek cities of the Imperial period”.
J. A. Fernández Delgado (Univ. de Salamanca, Spain): “Literaturiedad y oralidad en la obra de Plutarco”.
P. Gómez Cardó (Univ. de Barcelona, Spain): “Relato oral, ficción y construcción narrativa: a propósito del Tóxaris de Luciano”.
E. Hall ((King´s College, London, United Kingdom): “Pantomime, multilingualism and orality under the Roman Empire’.
L. Kim (Trinity Univ., U.S.A.): “Oral performance, storytelling, and transmission in Dio Chrysostom”.
I. Konstantakos (Univ. of Athens, Greece): “The Alexander Romance and the archaelogy of folk narratives”.
F. Mestre (Univ. de Barcelona, Spain): “La palabra hablada o el prestigio de la oralidad en Luciano”.
J. A. Molina (Univ. de Murcia):”Presencia de la oralidad en la Historia Secreta de Procopio”.
J. Nollé (Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik, Munich, Germany): «Implanting stories in the collective consciousness. The role of the so called Greek Imperials in memorising Greek literature and oral traditions».
L. Núñez (Univ. de Lausanne, Suisse): “Embedded orality in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses and Florida”.
C. Ruiz-Montero (Univ. de Murcia, Spain): “Relatos orales en textos narrativos griegos del Imperio”.
I. C. Rutherford (Univ. of Reading, United Kindom): “From Egyptian to Greek Literature: Oral or Written Transmission?”.
H. Schwarz (Univ. of Munich, Germany): “Biologoi – Storytellers in Ancient Greek Cities”.
M. Squire (King´s College, London, United Kingdom): “Telling tales on Mithras: The oral art of the story on “Mithraic Reliefs”.
A. Stramaglia (Univ. di Cassino, Italia): “Libri ‘a fumetti’ nel mondo greco-romano”.

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Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World XI
Orality and Literacy: Voice and Voices
Call for Papers

The Department of Classics and the Program in Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Emory University invites all classicists, historians, and scholars with an interest in oral cultures to participate in the Eleventh Conference on Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World, to take place in Atlanta, GA, September 17-21, 2014.

The conference will follow the same format as the previous ten conferences, held in Hobart (1994), Durban (1996), Wellington (1998), Columbia, Missouri (2000), Melbourne (2002), Winnipeg (2004), Auckland (2006), Nijmegen (2008), Canberra (2010), and Ann Arbor, Michigan (2012). It is planned that selected refereed proceedings once again be published by E.J. Brill as Volume 11 in the Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World series (anticipated for 2016).

Location: The Emory Conference Center, Atlanta, GA (USA)
Dates: Wednesday 17 Sept. (registration) to Sunday 21 Sept. 2014
Theme: Voice and Voices
Keynote speaker: Professor Elizabeth Minchin (Classics, Australian National University), “Voice and Voices: The Oral Traditional Poet and the Stewardship of Memory”

The theme for the conference is “Voice and Voices,” and papers in response to this theme are invited on topics related to the ancient Mediterranean world or, for comparative purposes, other areas. Also welcome are papers that engage with the transition from an oral to a literate society, or which consider the topic of reception.

Accommodations will be available at the Emory Conference Center as well as other local options; further details of other activities will be circulated in February 2014.

Abstracts of 250 words should be sent by 31 March 2014 by mail or email as Word attachments to:

Niall W. Slater
Department of Classics
221F Candler Library
550 Asbury Circle
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322-1006 USA

nslater AT emory.edu