Classics and the Spectacular under Fascism - 16/12/2019, Oxford (England)
The conference seeks to explore the reimaginings of classical antiquity in the artistic, media, and cultural expressions of Italian Fascism and para-fascist regimes in Europe from the inter-war period to the end of WW2.
FECHA / DATE/DATA: 16/12/2019
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford (Oxford, England)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Giovanna Di Martino (Oxford); Eleftheria Ioannidou (RUG); Sara Troiani (Trento).
INFO: web - giovanna.dimartino@classics.ox.ac.uk
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE:
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:
10.15-10.45 Registration and Coffee
10.45-11.00 Welcome from Fiona Macintosh (Oxford) Giovanna Di Martino and Sara Troiani present the APGRD and Laboratorio Dionysos Databases
11.00-12.00 Classicising the Spectacle – Chair: Oliver Taplin (Oxford) Eleftheria Ioannidou (Groningen) - A Classical Modernity Giovanna Di Martino (Oxford) – Aeschylus at the Crossroads between 'Modernities'
12.00-13.00 Classics and the Spectacular I: Ettore Romagnoli, INDA and Fascism – Chair: Giorgio Ieranò (Trento) Sara Troiani (Trento) – Ettore Romagnoli’s Productions and the Fascist Regime Natalie Minioti (Thessaloniki) - The Secret Meaning of the Chorus in the Theatrical Performances of the Dramatic Festival of Syracuse during the Fascist Period 13:00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 Classics and the Spectacular II - INDA, Music and Dances – Chair: Fiona Macintosh (Oxford) Giovanna Casali (Bologna) - Did the Music Change under the Fascist Regime? A Survey of the Musical Compositions in the INDA Performances Giulia Bordignon (Venice) - ‘Living Sculpture’: The Dancing Chorus at the Greek Theatre in Syracuse, 1927-1939 15.00-15.15 Coffee break
15.15-16.15 Theorising Fascist Classicism – Chair: Eleftheria Ioannidou (Groningen) Dimitris Plantzos (Athens) and Vasileios Balaskas (Malaga-Athens) - Reinventing Romanitas; Exchanges of Classical Antiquities as Symbolic Gifts between Italy and Spain (1933-1943) Helen Roche (Durham) - Theorising the Use and Abuse of the Classical Past in Mussolini’s Third Rome and Hitler’s Third Reich 16.15-17.15 Plenary led by Pantelis Michelakis
17.15-18.00 Drinks reception