Royal Holloway, University of London
Humanities and Arts Research Centre and Classics Department present:

Traces from the Past: Antiquity in Dialogue with Modernity An Interdisciplinary Seminar Series

Wednesday 19th January

Caesar in Italy and the USA: Cinema, Ancient History, and National Identity in the 1910s

Professor Maria Wyke (University of Reading)
Respondent: Barry Langford (Department of Media Arts, RHUL)

Wednesday 26th January

Politics of Classics and Film

Professor Simon Goldhill (University of Cambridge)
Respondent: Ahuvia Kahane (Department of Classics, RHUL)

Wednesday 2 February

'Always historicise'? Derrida and the Politics of Reception

Dr Miriam Leonard (University of Bristol)
Respondent: Ewan Fernie (Department of English, RHUL)

Wednesday 9th February

Queering Pygmalion in Henry James

Dr Sarah Brown (University of Cambridge)
Respondent: Ruth Livesey (Department of English, RHUL)

Wednesday 23 February

Revolutionary Oedipuses

Dr Fiona Macintosh (University of Oxford)
Respondent: David Wiles (Department of Drama, RHUL)

Wednesday 2 March

Robert Browning's Euridiparistophanising

Dr Adam Roberts (RHUL)
Respondent: Robert Hampson (Department of English, RHUL)

Wednesday 9 March

Little Iliads: The Matter of Troy in Popular Fiction and Fantasy

Dr Nick Lowe (RHUL)
Respondent: Adam Roberts (English, RHUL)

Wednesday 16th March

Myth and Masculinities: Black Athena and the Study of Ancient Religion in the Eighteenth Century

Dr James Moore (University of Lancaster)
Respondent: Professor John O'Brien (Department of French, RHUL)

The seminar will be chaired by Efi Spentzou and Nick Lowe. For further details contact jim.samson@rhul.ac.uk.

All seminars will be held in the Common Room of the International Building (IN243).  Sessions will begin at 5 p.m. and will last for up to 90 minutes. All are welcome.

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The 26th Biennial Conference of the Classical Association of South Africa
will be held at the University of KwaZulu Natal from 5th-7th July, 2005.

CONFERENCE THEME: THE CLASSICAL TRADITION

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: PROFESSOR LORNA HARDWICK

In her 2003 publication Reception Studies (Greece & Rome New Surveys in the Classics No. 33), Lorna Hardwick defines 'The Classical Tradition' as 'the transmission and dissemination of classical culture through the ages, usually with the emphasis on the influence of classical writers, artists and thinkers on subsequent intellectual movements and individual works. In this context, the language which was used to describe this influence tended to include terms like 'legacy'' (p. 2).

With increasing scholarly interest in this field, our understanding of what is meant by the Classical Tradition has broadened its scope considerably. Instead of having a narrow Eurocentric focus, it has become a global enterprise, and now includes Postcolonial Studies and the cultures of developing nations, an aspect which is of obvious significance in the context of African, even South African, scholarship. Instead of limiting itself to high culture, the effects on popular or even trash culture have become a point of interest. Instead of taking a subordinate position, the modern work has gained the right to its own value and has become a partner of equal standing with the ancient original. With the incorporation of modern disciplines such as Literary Studies, Gender Studies, and Media Studies, the Classical Tradition has acquired many additional dimensions.

The aim of the conference to be held by the Classical Association of South Africa in July 2005 is to explore as many aspects of the Classical Tradition / Reception as possible, to establish an overview of the state of the art in the various sub-disciplines and to foster exchange among interested colleagues. A list of selected sections could include Language, Literature, Arts, Music, Media, or Popular Culture. For a more detailed discussion please monitor developments on the conference website:

http://www.expertise.und.ac.za/casa/casa_conference_2005.htm

Papers no more than twenty minutes in duration are invited, on the conference theme or on other classical topics, or with a related multi-disciplinary focus. Proposals for panel discussions, and offers to coordinate panels, will be welcome.

Abstracts (not more than 250 words) should be sent to

Professor J.L. Hilton (or, after 5th February, to Mrs Anne Gosling)
Classics,
University of KwaZulu-Natal,
Durban
4041
South Africa
Tel: +27 31 2602312,
Fax +27 31 2602698,
e-mail hilton@ukzn.ac.za, gosling@ukzn.ac.za

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