The programme for Semester 2, 2006/2007 is focused on the theme of Violence in the Ancient World, to include warfare, crime, and much more...
6 Feb
Philip Sabin (KCL)
Lost battles: reconstructing the great clashes of the ancient world
13 Feb
Duncan Kennedy (Bristol)
Dismemberment and the critics: the case of Seneca's Phaedra
20 Feb
Joanna Paul (Liverpool)
'Are you not entertained?': arena violence in epic literature and film
27 Feb
Susanne Wilbers-Rost & Achim Rost (Kalkriese) Research on the battlefield of Varus (AD 9): archaeological results and historical aspects
6 March
Edward Harris (Durham)
Who enforced the law in classical Athens?
13 March
William J Dominik (Otago NZ)
Geopolitics in Virgil
20 March
Kai Brodersen (Mannheim)
An overdose of love potion or a case of malicious poisoning? Antiphon, Against the Stepmother
27 March
Philip De Souza (UCD)
Why was piracy a problem in the ancient world?
The seminars, unless otherwise stated, take place at 4:30pm in the Bosanquet Seminar Room, 12 Abercromby Square, University of Liverpool.
All are welcome!
For further information or inquiries please contact Dr Alexei V Zadorojnyi at avzadoro AT liverpool.ac.uk
... seen on the Classicists list.
6 Feb
Philip Sabin (KCL)
Lost battles: reconstructing the great clashes of the ancient world
13 Feb
Duncan Kennedy (Bristol)
Dismemberment and the critics: the case of Seneca's Phaedra
20 Feb
Joanna Paul (Liverpool)
'Are you not entertained?': arena violence in epic literature and film
27 Feb
Susanne Wilbers-Rost & Achim Rost (Kalkriese) Research on the battlefield of Varus (AD 9): archaeological results and historical aspects
6 March
Edward Harris (Durham)
Who enforced the law in classical Athens?
13 March
William J Dominik (Otago NZ)
Geopolitics in Virgil
20 March
Kai Brodersen (Mannheim)
An overdose of love potion or a case of malicious poisoning? Antiphon, Against the Stepmother
27 March
Philip De Souza (UCD)
Why was piracy a problem in the ancient world?
The seminars, unless otherwise stated, take place at 4:30pm in the Bosanquet Seminar Room, 12 Abercromby Square, University of Liverpool.
All are welcome!
For further information or inquiries please contact Dr Alexei V Zadorojnyi at avzadoro AT liverpool.ac.uk
... seen on the Classicists list.