Conflict Resolution in Ancient and Modern Contexts II: Theory and Genre - 01-02-03/07/2019, London (
FECHA/DATE/DATA: 01-02-03/07/2019
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: King's College London (London, England)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Martin Dinter; David Whetham
INFO: web - conflictandclassics@gmail.com - martin.dinter@kcl.ac.uk - david.whetham@kcl.ac.uk
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PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA: Aquí/here/qui
Monday 1st July
Location: Bush House, South Wing, 4.04
Panel 1: Conflict Resolution from Homer to Clausewitz
Chair: Paula da Cunha Correa, Universidade de São Paulo
13.00 – 13.40 Theories of Conflict Resolution
Marina Miron, King’s College London (UK)
13.40 – 14.20 Mediation in Conflicts: The Speech of Nestor in Il. 1.254-284
Juan Jesús García Vélez, Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)
14.20 – 14.50 Coffee
14.50 – 15.30 Rewriting the End of the Odysseyfrom a Conflict Resolution Perspective
Rodrigo Verano, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
Panel 2: Peace in the Polis
Chair: Rodrigo Verano, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
15.30 – 16.10 Towards a Theory of Resilience in Plato’s Republic
S. Sara Monoson, Northwestern University (USA)
16.10 – 16.40 Coffee
16.40 – 17.20 ‘Concord’ and the ‘Public Good’: Resolving Civic Strife in Classical Athens
Alexandra Eckert, University of Oldenburg (Germany)
Panel 3: Drama and Conflict
Chair: Jacques Bromberg, University of Pittsburgh (USA)
17.20 – 18.00 The Progymnasmata in the Classroom: Conceptualizing Conflict Resolution through Fables
Marcos Martinho and Paula da Cunha Correa, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)
18.00 – 18.40 The Tyrant Within: Conflict and Regime Change in Senecan Tragedy
Jonathan Mannering, Loyola University Chicago (USA)
Tuesday 2nd July
Room: Edmond J Safra Lecture Theatre, King’s Building
Panel 4: Conflict Resolution in Ancient Rome
Chair: Martin Dinter, King’s College London (UK)
9.00 – 9.40 The Vestal Virgins and Conflict Resolution Across Genres: Livy and Valerius Maximus
Morgan Palmer, Tulane University/University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA)
9.40 – 10.20 Popular Participation and Social Disorder in Ciceronian Philippics IV and VI
Gilson Charles dos Santos, Universidade de Brasília (Brazil)
10.20 – 10.50 Coffee
Panel 5: Latin Poetry and Interpersonal Conflict
Chair: Jonathan Mannering, Loyola University Chicago (USA)
10.50– 11.30 Plea and Mercy: Forgiveness as a Revelation of ἦθος
Andrea Lozano Vásquez, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (Colombia)
12.10 – 12.50 Praise and Insult: Initiating and Resolving Interpersonal Conflict in Martial’s Epigrams
Astrid Khoo, King’s College London (UK)
12.50 – 14.20 Lunch
Panel 6: Rewriting Conflict Resolution
Chair: Kathryn Tempest, University of Roehampton (UK)
14.20 – 15.00 Roman Abuse in Terence's Comedies through Aelius Donatus' Commentaries
Gemma Bernadó Ferrer, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (Colombia)
15.00 – 15.40 Dealing with Contested Narratives in Brazil through Neo-Latin Texts
Leni Ribeiro Leite, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (Brazil)
15.40 – 16.10 Coffee
Panel 7: Women and Conflict
Chair: Rebecca Langlands, University of Exeter (UK)
16.10 – 16.50 Guilty Women: Brazilian Sexist Laws and the Play Hecyraof Terence
Carlos Renato Rosário de Jesus, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas (Brazil)
16.50 – 17.30 A Plutarchean Narrative of Conflict Resolution: Structure and Examples in the Bravery of Women
Ronald Forero Álvarez, Universidad de La Sabana (Colombia)
17.30 – 18.10 Tacitus, Gender Violence and Misogyny as Political Expressions in Brazil and Colombia
Sarah Azevedo and Ginneth Gómez, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)
Wednesday 3rd July
Room:Edmond J Safra Lecture Theatre, King’s Building
Panel 8: Coping with Conflict through Literature
Chair: Andrea Lozano Vásquez, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
9.30 – 10.10 Prejudice and Pride: Resisting Fascism through Classical Literature
Charlene Miotti, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (Brazil)
10.10 – 10.50 Tropical Tragedy: Coming to Terms with Revenge and Hatred in Macondo
Claudia Montilla Vargas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (Colombia)
10.50 – 11.20 Coffee
Panel 9: Contemporary Conflict Resolution
Chair: David Whetham, King’s College London
11.20 – 12.00 The Rewriting of the Classical Fable in Luuanda, by Luandino Vieira: Imagining a Postcolonial Angolan Nation
Ana Filipa Patinha Prata, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (Colombia)
12.00 – 12.40 The Resolution Will Not be Televised: Manufacturing Useful Enemies and Regime Crises from Parthia to Yemen
Nandini B. Pandey, University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA), and André Heller Perache, Médecins Sans Frontières (France)
12.40 onwards Lunch