‘Classical Displacement(s)’: An interdisciplinary one-day conference on the displacement of marginal
We are delighted to announce a call for papers for the event ‘Classical Displacement(s)’: An interdisciplinary one-day conference on the displacement of marginalised identities through and within the Classics
Keynote Speaker: Katherine Fleming
FECHA /DATE/DATA : 23/11/2018
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Senate House (London, England)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Sam Agbamu ; Rioghnach Sachs ; Sam Thompson. King's College London.
INFO: WEB - classicaldisplacement@gmail.com
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: Aquí/here/qui Deadline 16/11/2018
Gratis/free/gratuito
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:
PROGRAMME:
09.30-10.00 – Registration & Welcome
10.00-11.25 - Panel 1: Gendered Displacements.
Peter Swallow, KCL - The Birds and the Bees: Dis-/Re-/Redis-placement(s) in Aristophanic Performance.
Kathryn Adams, University of Exeter - Elagabalus: The Worst of them All? Why Cultural Attitudes to Gender Caused 18th- and 19th-Century Historians to Brand a Roman Emperor the Worst Figure in all of History.
Oliver Baldwin, KCL - Queer Medea: Construction and Deconstruction of the Gendered Self in Luis Riaza’s Medea is a good boy.
11.25-11.45 – Refreshment Break.
11.45-13.35 – Panel 2: Who Owns Antiquity?
Matthew Mordue, University of Roehampton - The Appropriation of the Classics by the Alt-Right.
Claire Frampton, The Museums Association - Performance Of Classical Stories With Traditionall Marginalised Groups
Karl Goodwin, University of Kent - Ancient Culture and Modern Ethnicity: Regaining Voices through Narratology.
Fiona Hobden, University of Liverpool - Akala’s Hip-Hop Odyssey: The Politics of Race and the Classical Tradition on British Television.
13.35-15.00 – Lunch
15.00-15.05 – Afternoon Welcome.
15.05-16.30 – Panel 3: Displacing Ideologies: Classical Contestations
Virginia Ghelarducci, SAS - Slaves and Masters: Aristotle’s Politics in Valladolid (1550–1551).
Angelica Baker Ottaway, KCL - Identifying with Homer: Simone Weil’s Return to the Trojan War.
Adam Lecznar, UCL - Children of Antaeus: Classical Displacement in Léopold Sédar Senghor.
16.30-16.50 – Refreshment Break.
16.50-17.50 – Keynote Lecture: Katherine Fleming, QMUL (Title TBC)
17.50-18:00 – Closing Remarks.
18:00-18:45 – Wine reception (followed by an informal dinner).