UCL/Jagiellonian University Seminar 2018 - 28/06/2018, London (England)

The Departments of Greek and Latin and History at UCL, and the Departments of Classics and Ancient History at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, with the generous support of the A.G. Leventis Foundation, are happy to announce a day of research talks on various topics in Classical studies on 28th June, 2018 (starting at 9:30 AM and ending about 6 PM). The intention of the conference is to showcase the research ongoing in the two departments, and to open avenues of dialogue and research collaboration between our two institutions and more generally between scholars in various disciplines of Classics based in Poland and the United Kingdom. The one-day conference will take place on UCL’s Bloomsbury campus, in room 347 of the School of Slavic and East European Studies (16 Taviton St London, WC1H 0BW). There is no fee for attendance, and everyone who is interested in coming is cordially invited.

FECHA /DATE/DATA: 28/06/2018

LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: School of Slavic and East European Studie (London, England)

ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE:

INFO: p.agocs@ucl.ac.uk

INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: Gratis / Free / Gratuito link

PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:

The programme is as follows: 9:30-10:30 Joanna Janik, ‘Libanius and the Death of Julian (Lib. XVII, XVIII)’. 11:00-12:00 Hans van Wees, ‘The first Greek mercenaries in Egypt: myths and realities’. 1:30-2:30 Rosie Harman, ‘Politics and Form in Xenophon’. 2:30-3:30 Aleksandra Kleczar, ‘Alexander the Great at the End of Time’, 4:00-5:00 Dariusz Piwowarczyk, ‘A computational approach to Latin historical phonology’. 5:00-6:00 Peter Agócs, ‘Sending songs in Pindar and Bacchylides’.