Popularising the Past: The Ancient in the Modern World
An Open University Research Conference to be held at the Harborne Study
Centre,Birmingham (full address below).
17th January 2006
Conference fee: £5 to cover catered lunch and coffee
If you would like to attend could you please email Trevor Fear at
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Programme:
10-30 Arrival and Coffee
"Classical Myth and the Popularisation of Freud's Phallic Symbol", Daniel
Orrells: The University of Warwick
"The Mistletoe and the Moderns: Druids and the Modern World", Andrew Fear:
The
University of Manchester
"Thermopylae fans and Frank Miller's 300", Lynn Fotheringham: The
University of
Nottingham
"Reinventing Cleopatra", Trevor Fear: The Open University
"Heroes in High Heels", Amanda Potter: The Open University
" 'Are You Entertained?': Rome and the Spectacle in Gladiator (2000)",
Elena
Theodorakopoulos: The University of Birmingham
"Myth Making at the Movies: Using Film for the Study of Classics", Paula
James:
The Open University
3-30 to 4-15pm: Plenary Discussion
66 High Street, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9NB
Harborne is a suburb 3 miles to the south west of the city centre, lying
between
Hagley Road (A456) and Bristol Road (A38). The Regional Centre is a modern
office block at the city centre end of Harborne High Street, between
Barclays
Bank and shops/offices/residential development with blue brick design
arches.
A link is included below to the Streetmap website. Please enter postcode
B17
9NB. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/
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