GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN ANCIENT GREECE
Study Afternoon preliminary notice
Wednesday February 4th 2009, Queen's Building 150,
Southlands College, Roehampton University

Introduction: 1pm

* Dr Susan Deacy (Roehampton) Gender and sexuality:
where are we at?

Violence, desire and crime: 1.15-4.00

* Dr Fiona McHardy (Roehampton): The drowning of
unchaste women
* Prof. Edward Harris (Durham): Did Greek Men Care
Whether a Woman said "Yes"? Sexual Violence and the
Absence of Consent in Greek Law, Literature and Art
* Dr Rosanna Omitowoju (Cambridge): New dynamics of
desire in Menadrian Comedy

The state of the subject(s): 4.15-5.15

* Dr Sue Blundell (Open): The Gender Survey of UK
Classics Departments
* Dr James Robson (Open): How to write a textbook on
Greek gender and sexuality

Reception: 5.30

All welcome, including undergraduate students. Further
details (including the poster) available from: Susan
Deacy, School of Arts, Roehampton University, London
SW15 5PH; s.deacy AT roehampton.ac.uk

Dr S.J. Deacy
Senior Lecturer in Greek History and Literature
Roehampton University, London
http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/staff/SusanDeacy/