Lucian and his Time

- a conference on Lucian’s works, their context and impact


Dates: 24th to 25th March 2007
Where: Darwin College, University of Kent
Speakers:

Day 1

09:00 - 09:30 Sign In

09:30 - 10:30 Prof. Heinz-Günther Nesselrath
“A tale of two cities: Lucian on Athens and Rome”

10:30 - 11:00 Dr Karen Ni Mheallaigh “Lucian and Apuleius: Exploring the
Connections”

11:00 – 11:30 BREAK

11:30 – 12:00 Dr Peter Van Nuffelen “Lucian’s Paradox: Philosophy vs.
religion in the Icaromenippus”

12:00 – 12:30 Prof. Steven Smith “Lucian’s Verae Historiae: Imperial Expansion”

12:30 – 13:00 Dr Orestis Karavas “Lucian’s Religiosity”

13:00 – 14:30 LUNCH

14:30 – 15:00 Dr Isabelle Gassino “Lucian’s relationship to Latin language
and Roman culture”

15:00 – 15:30 Prof. Graham Anderson “ Lucian’s Anecdotes”

15:30 – 16:00 BREAK

16:00 – 16:30 Prof. Keith Sidwell
“The Dead Philosophers’ Society: Some New Thoughts on Lucian’s Piscator and
Eupolis’ Demes”

16:30 – 17:00 Dr Maria Pretzler “Creative Ekphrasis: Lucian and the visual
arts”

Day 2

10:00 - 10:30 Dr Karen Schlapbach “Lucian’s On Pantomime between literary
tradition and contemporary performance culture”

10:30 - 11:00 Dr Steven Evans “Ritual Lament in Lucian”

11:00 – 11:30 BREAK

11:30 – 12:00 Dr Robert Porod “Lucian and the limits of fiction in ancient
historiography”

12:00 – 12:30 Prof. Tim Whitmarsh “Pleasures of the Ass”

12:30 – 13:00 Ms Hannah Mossman “Lucian, Space Cowboy: Geography and
narrative in the Verae Historiae”

13:00 – 14:30 LUNCH

14:30 – 15:00 Dr Francesca Mestre “Power and the abuse of power in the works
of Lucian”

15:00 – 15:30 Mr Matthew Macleod “Lucian’s attitude to Socrates and Plato”

15:30 – 16:00 BREAK

16:00 – 16:30 Dr Adam Bartley
“Writing out of time? What makes some works of Lucian more ‘contemporary’?”

16:30 – 17:00 Discussion


Cost:

The conference will cost £60 per person for the two days. A rate for a
single day can be organised upon request. All cheques are to be made payable
to UNIKENT. A small number of partly funded places are available for
students at the rate of £30. Feels will be accepted up to the Wednesdaythe
21st of March, 2007.

Travel:

Canterbury is easily reached by train from London from Victoria Station.
Trains travelling to either the Canterbury East or the Canterbury West
station will leave only a brief journey by taxi to Darwin College. We are
happy to advise on other travel arrangements. Free parking is available on
the university campus on the weekends.

Contact:
For inquiries regarding the conference or to book your attendance, please
contact Dr Adam Bartley on +44 1227 824 720 or ab290 AT kent.ac.uk.

This conference is funded by the British Academy’s Conference Grant Scheme
and the Kent Institute for the Advanced Studies of the Humanities (KIASH).