Classical Encounters: Receptions of Antiquity in the long nineteenth-century - 21-22/06/2019, Durham

‘Classical Encounters: Receptions of antiquity in the long nineteenth century’ will bring together scholars from a broad range of disciplines to explore encounters with the ancient world in nineteenth-century visual, material, literary and political culture and the implications of these encounters on discourses such as nationhood, colonialism, race, religion, gender, sexuality and death. A roundtable will offer interdisciplinary interventions on classical receptions to discuss the future(s) of reception studies.

FECHA/DATE/DATA: 28-29/06/2019

LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Pemberton Rooms (PG21), Palace Green Durham University (Durham, England)

ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Ted Kaizer ;Robert Parker ; Jean-Baptiste Yon

INFO:

INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: Gratis/free/gratuito Aquí/here/qui Deadline: 20/06/2019

PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:

DAY 1

12.00– 13.15 Lunch and registration

13.15 – 13.30 Welcoming remarks

Panel 1

13:30 – 15:00 Classics, Race and Nation

Chair: Seren Nolan (Durham)

Sarah Budasz (Durham) : 'Archeological racialization in French travel writing to the Orient: exploratory thoughts'

Athena Leoussi (Reading) : 'Citizens and Athletes: Classical Greek concepts of humanity in the making of modern European nations in the long 19th century'

Daniel Orrells (King’s College London) : 'Visualising Antiquity in the Eighteenth Century'

15.00 – 15.30 Coffee

Roundtable

15.30 – 17.00 Interdisciplinarity and the Futures of Classical Reception

Charles Martindale (York), Daniel Hartley (Durham), Edmund Richardson (Durham), Lorna Hardwick (Open University)

Chair: Blaz Zabel (Durham)

17.00 – 18.00 Drinks reception

19.30 Dinner

DAY 2

9.00 – 9.30 Coffee

Panel 2

9.30 – 11.00 Visual Encounters

Chair: Liz Prettejohn (York)

Helen Slaney (Roehampton) : 'Charlotte Eaton's Rome as site, set and setting'

Carrie Vout (Cambridge) : 'The classical and biblical in dialogue: a conversation in Victorian sculpture'

Thomas Couldridge (Durham) : 'South Kensington Cupid: A New Chapter?'

11.00 – 11.15 Coffee

Panel 3

11.15 – 12.45 Deathly Encounters

Respondent: Edmund Richardson (Durham)

Emily Dunn (Durham) : 'Dr Price and the 1884 Cremation of the Christ Child'

Shelley Hales (Bristol) : 'Mortal Remains and Immortal Ruins: Classical Archaeology and Cultures of Death in the Nineteenth Century'

12.45 – 14.00 Lunch

Panel 4

14.00 – 15.30 Archaeological Encounters

Chair: Sarah Miles (Durham)

Maddalena Ruini (Durham) : 'The Prime Minister and the Archaeologist: retelling the Homeric Age'

Abigail Baker (Great North Museum) : 'Troy in London: making sense of Schliemann’s first exhibition'

Rachel Bryant Davies (Durham) : '‘Little Archaeologists': the Impact of Schliemann's Excavations at Hissarlik in Victorian Children's Magazines'

15.30- 15.45 Closing remarks followed by coffee and cake