Conferences
An archive of previous calls for papers is available here
Conferences 2011
Straddling the Divide// Reception Studies Today
1-2 December, 2011
The University of Melbourne
This conference aims to bring together scholars in Australia and New Zealand, particularly postgraduates, who are interested in the Classical tradition and to ask what is unique about the Australasian vision of Classical Reception. We hope to facilitate meetings between scholars who otherwise would not have the opportunity to interact in such an interdisciplinary forum. Those who work in reception are often found in Classics departments, but may also be working in English Literature, Linguistics, Art History, Drama, History, Philosophy or even Fine Arts, Architecture or Politics. As such it can be difficult to know who around you is working on research which interacts with the Classical world. We hope to find you all at this conference. For further details about the conference, see
http://receptionscholars.com/conference-information/
Historiography and Antiquarianism
12-14 August 2011
University of Sydney, Australia
This conference aims to expand a discussion on approaches to the past from Greco-Roman antiquity to the 17th century, and to assemble scholars interested in the relationship between history and antiquarianism in the ancient and pre-modern worlds. While antiquarian studies have expanded significantly in early modernist circles in the last 30 years, earlier centuries of antiquarianism (up to the 16th century) are only now beginning to attract interest. Was Arnaldo Momigliano right in 1950 that historians write narratives and solve problems, while antiquaries build systems and collect material remains? What has changed in our view of historiography and antiquarianism? Must we reconsider the disciplinary value of antiquarian methods? One historian has even recently argued: 'in the twentieth century antiquarianism conquered history.' The hope at this conference is to cross the boundaries between ancient and early modern historians and to provide new ideas for the study of culture in both fields.
Conference details here
Cinema and Antiquity: 2000-2011
12-14 July
University of Liverpool
The resurgence of cinema’s interest in antiquity that was triggered by the release of Gladiator in 2000 shows no signs of abating. This major international conference seeks to explore the directions that have been taken in a decade of moviemaking and scholarship, and to advance the field by concentrating on issues too often overlooked.
Keynote Speakers: Monica Cyrino, Pantelis Michelakis, Jon Solomon, Martin Winkler (tbc), Maria Wyke.
Further details: http://sace.liv.ac.uk/cinemaantiquity/
Re-imagining the Past: Antiquity and Modern Greek Culture
June 27-28
Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies, University of Burmingham
The aim of the conference is to offer new perspectives on the relationship between Modern Greece and Antiquity by exploring strategies of engagement with, appropriation, or even rejection of the ancient past. It will seek to re-examine Greek perceptions of the ancient past from the fifteenth century onwards, to re-consider different cultural or ideological uses of this past and to re-assess the contribution of antiquity to the emergence and development of modern Greek culture. Call for papers: www.reimaginingthepast.bham.ac.uk
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