Byron the Latinist - 12/12/2017, Oxford (England)
On Tuesday 12 December 2017 the APGRD will host a one-day conference, ‘Byron the Latinist’, to address a still under-explored area. Its programme of speakers will address the broader context and examine Byron’s engagement with individual Latin authors and works.
FECHA/ DATE/DATA: 12/12/2017 LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies (Oxford, England) ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek & Roman Drama) of Oxford University INFO: web
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: Registration link
- Estándar/standard/standard: £15
- Estudiantes/students/studenti: £10
Includes lunch, refreshments and a drinks reception.
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:
9.30am: Registration and coffee
10am: Fiona Macintosh (Oxford), Welcome and Chair of Session 1
10.05am: Sir Drummond Bone (Oxford), Introduction
10.30am: Jonathan Sachs (Concordia University, Montreal), ‘Byron and the Literary Lower Empire’
11.15-45: COFFEE
Session 2: Chair, Stephen Harrison (Oxford)
11.45am: Karen Caines (Oxford), ‘Translation’s servile trade’
12.30pm: William St. Clair (London), 'Lord Byron and Francis Hodgson, co-authors'
1.15-2.15pm: LUNCH
Session 3: Chair, Stephen Minta (York)
2.15pm: Anna Camilleri (Oxford), ‘Byron’s Juvenal’
3pm: Timothy Webb (Bristol), 'Byron's Binoculars: Horace Re-visioned'
3.45-4.15pm: TEA
Session 4: Chair, Sir Drummond Bone (Oxford)
4.15pm: Mirka Horová (Charles University, Prague), ‘Byron’s Lucretian Clinamen’
5pm: Bernard Beatty (Liverpool and St Andrews), Reflections on the day.
5.30pm: Drinks reception