The Department of Classics at the University of Reading is pleased to announce the following seminars and conferences:
SEMINARS: AUTUMN 2007
Thursday, 18 October, 4 pm, HUMSS 229
"Herodotus on empire"
Tom Harrison, University of Liverpool
Wednesday, 24 October, 4 pm, HUMSS 229
"It was all so unimaginably different": MacNeice's Autumn Journal and antiquity
Katie Fleming, Queen Mary, University of London
Wednesday, 31 October, 4 pm, HUMSS 229
"On Syracuse and democracy. Diodorus XIII.20-32"
Luca Asmonti, University of Reading
Wednesday, 7 November, 4 pm, HUMSS 229
"Meditative Masochist, Latin Lover: the Self-Presentations of an Emperor (Marcus Aurelius) in the 2nd Century CE"
Frieda Klotz, King's College London
Wednesday, 14 November, 4 pm, HUMSS 229
"What's Wrong with the Stoic Idea of Happiness?"
Christopher Gill, University of Exeter
Wednesday, 21 November, 4 pm, HUMSS 229
"Scipio the King"
Ellen O'Gorman, University of Bristol
Wednesday, 28 November, 4 pm, HUMSS 229
"Colonial Matters: exploring the material dimensions of colonial cultures past and present"
Peter Van Dommelen, University of Glasgow
Wednesday, 5 December, 4 pm, HUMSS 229
"Family dynamics in Iliad 6"
Barbara Graziosi, University of Durham
CONFERENCES: 2008
"Aphrodite Revealed"
8 and 9 May 2008
University of Reading
Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2007. For more information, please write to Amy Smith at a.c.smith AT reading.ac.uk.
"Perceptions of Polis-Religion: Inside/Outside"
A Symposium in Memory of Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood
4, 5, and 6 July 2008
University of Reading
For more information, please write to Ian Rutherford at i.c.rutherford AT reading.ac.uk.
"Ancient Medicine"
The latest conference in a series alternating between Newcastle and Reading.
21 and 22 August 2008
University of Reading
For more information, please write to Helen King at h.king AT reading.ac.uk.
"Thinking the Olympics: Modern Bodies, Classical Minds?"
18 and 19 September 2008
Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House, London
The conference is supported by Goldsmiths, University of London, and the University of Reading. Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2008. For more information, please write to Barbara Goff at b.e.goff AT reading.ac.uk or Michael Simpson at m.simpson AT gold.ac.uk.
MODERN GREEK SUMMER SCHOOL
30 June - 5 July 2008
University of Reading
This event is organised by the Centre for Hellenic Studies, and is intended for beginners and intermediate-level learners. For more information, please write to Timothy Duff at t.e.duff AT rdg.ac.uk or see www.rdg.ac.uk/chs.
For directions to the University of Reading, please see:
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/about/find/about-findindex.asp
For further information, please contact Phiroze Vasunia at p.vasunia AT reading.ac.uk, or write to the organizers at:
Department of Classics
The University of Reading
Whiteknights
Reading RG6 6AA
U.K.
Telephone: 0118 378 8420
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/classics/
SEMINARS: AUTUMN 2007
Thursday, 18 October, 4 pm, HUMSS 229
"Herodotus on empire"
Tom Harrison, University of Liverpool
Wednesday, 24 October, 4 pm, HUMSS 229
"It was all so unimaginably different": MacNeice's Autumn Journal and antiquity
Katie Fleming, Queen Mary, University of London
Wednesday, 31 October, 4 pm, HUMSS 229
"On Syracuse and democracy. Diodorus XIII.20-32"
Luca Asmonti, University of Reading
Wednesday, 7 November, 4 pm, HUMSS 229
"Meditative Masochist, Latin Lover: the Self-Presentations of an Emperor (Marcus Aurelius) in the 2nd Century CE"
Frieda Klotz, King's College London
Wednesday, 14 November, 4 pm, HUMSS 229
"What's Wrong with the Stoic Idea of Happiness?"
Christopher Gill, University of Exeter
Wednesday, 21 November, 4 pm, HUMSS 229
"Scipio the King"
Ellen O'Gorman, University of Bristol
Wednesday, 28 November, 4 pm, HUMSS 229
"Colonial Matters: exploring the material dimensions of colonial cultures past and present"
Peter Van Dommelen, University of Glasgow
Wednesday, 5 December, 4 pm, HUMSS 229
"Family dynamics in Iliad 6"
Barbara Graziosi, University of Durham
CONFERENCES: 2008
"Aphrodite Revealed"
8 and 9 May 2008
University of Reading
Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2007. For more information, please write to Amy Smith at a.c.smith AT reading.ac.uk.
"Perceptions of Polis-Religion: Inside/Outside"
A Symposium in Memory of Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood
4, 5, and 6 July 2008
University of Reading
For more information, please write to Ian Rutherford at i.c.rutherford AT reading.ac.uk.
"Ancient Medicine"
The latest conference in a series alternating between Newcastle and Reading.
21 and 22 August 2008
University of Reading
For more information, please write to Helen King at h.king AT reading.ac.uk.
"Thinking the Olympics: Modern Bodies, Classical Minds?"
18 and 19 September 2008
Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House, London
The conference is supported by Goldsmiths, University of London, and the University of Reading. Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2008. For more information, please write to Barbara Goff at b.e.goff AT reading.ac.uk or Michael Simpson at m.simpson AT gold.ac.uk.
MODERN GREEK SUMMER SCHOOL
30 June - 5 July 2008
University of Reading
This event is organised by the Centre for Hellenic Studies, and is intended for beginners and intermediate-level learners. For more information, please write to Timothy Duff at t.e.duff AT rdg.ac.uk or see www.rdg.ac.uk/chs.
For directions to the University of Reading, please see:
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/about/find/about-findindex.asp
For further information, please contact Phiroze Vasunia at p.vasunia AT reading.ac.uk, or write to the organizers at:
Department of Classics
The University of Reading
Whiteknights
Reading RG6 6AA
U.K.
Telephone: 0118 378 8420
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/classics/