“GREECE, ROME, AND COLONIAL INDIA”
Convenors: Edith Hall (Royal Holloway) and Phiroze Vasunia (Reading)
Friday, 29 June 2007
Location: Room G60, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG. For directions, click here.
PROGRAMME
10 a.m.
“Introduction”
Edith Hall and Phiroze Vasunia
10.15 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.
Session I
Chair, Phiroze Vasunia, University of Reading
“The British Chartists, the Ancient Empires, and the Indian Mutiny”
Edith Hall, Royal Holloway, University of London
“The ‘Indian Mutiny’ and the ‘Gallic Revolt’ ”
James Thorne, University of Manchester
11.30 a.m. to 11.45 a.m.
TEA AND COFFEE
11.45 to 1 p.m.
Session II
Chair, Subir Sinha, SOAS, University of London
“Water-Jug and Plover's Feather: Kipling's India in Rosemary Sutcliff's Roman Britain”
Deborah Roberts, Haverford College
“Alexander Sikandar”
Phiroze Vasunia, University of Reading:
1 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.
LUNCH [FOR SPEAKERS]
2.30 p.m. to 3.45 p.m.
Session III
Chair, Edith Hall, Royal Holloway, University of London
“The Valmiki of Europe: Homer through Bengali eyes”
Alex Riddiford, University of Oxford
“The Ramayana Odyssey: eastern and western classics in (post)colonial drama”
Jatinder Verma, Artistic Director of Tara Arts theatre company
and Associate Professor, Department of Drama, Royal Holloway, University of London
3.45 p.m. to 4 p.m.
TEA AND COFFEE
4 p.m. to 4.40 p.m.
Session IV
Chair, Rashmi Varma, University of Warwick
“Radical Uses of Antigone in Manipur”
Erin Mee, Swarthmore College
4.40 p.m.
“Round-Table Discussion”
Moderators, Edith Hall and Phiroze Vasunia
There is no registration fee, but please contact Phiroze Vasunia at p.vasunia@reading.ac.uk if you plan to attend.
Details are on the website at http://www.reading.ac.uk/classics/grci/
This conference is sponsored by the University of Reading, Royal Holloway, SOAS, the British Academy, and the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies.
Convenors: Edith Hall (Royal Holloway) and Phiroze Vasunia (Reading)
Friday, 29 June 2007
Location: Room G60, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG. For directions, click here.
PROGRAMME
10 a.m.
“Introduction”
Edith Hall and Phiroze Vasunia
10.15 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.
Session I
Chair, Phiroze Vasunia, University of Reading
“The British Chartists, the Ancient Empires, and the Indian Mutiny”
Edith Hall, Royal Holloway, University of London
“The ‘Indian Mutiny’ and the ‘Gallic Revolt’ ”
James Thorne, University of Manchester
11.30 a.m. to 11.45 a.m.
TEA AND COFFEE
11.45 to 1 p.m.
Session II
Chair, Subir Sinha, SOAS, University of London
“Water-Jug and Plover's Feather: Kipling's India in Rosemary Sutcliff's Roman Britain”
Deborah Roberts, Haverford College
“Alexander Sikandar”
Phiroze Vasunia, University of Reading:
1 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.
LUNCH [FOR SPEAKERS]
2.30 p.m. to 3.45 p.m.
Session III
Chair, Edith Hall, Royal Holloway, University of London
“The Valmiki of Europe: Homer through Bengali eyes”
Alex Riddiford, University of Oxford
“The Ramayana Odyssey: eastern and western classics in (post)colonial drama”
Jatinder Verma, Artistic Director of Tara Arts theatre company
and Associate Professor, Department of Drama, Royal Holloway, University of London
3.45 p.m. to 4 p.m.
TEA AND COFFEE
4 p.m. to 4.40 p.m.
Session IV
Chair, Rashmi Varma, University of Warwick
“Radical Uses of Antigone in Manipur”
Erin Mee, Swarthmore College
4.40 p.m.
“Round-Table Discussion”
Moderators, Edith Hall and Phiroze Vasunia
There is no registration fee, but please contact Phiroze Vasunia at p.vasunia@reading.ac.uk if you plan to attend.
Details are on the website at http://www.reading.ac.uk/classics/grci/
This conference is sponsored by the University of Reading, Royal Holloway, SOAS, the British Academy, and the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies.