Thanks Heike for this conference announcement. Debbie
--- Heike Bartel <[log in to unmask]>
schrieb:
> Medea, the notorious infanticidal non-Greek wife of
> Jason, is a figure from Classical mythology who
> challenges the boundaries of behaviour and
> understanding and has proved both a creative and an
> intellectual challenge for countless writers,
> artists, composers and performing artists since
> Euripides and before.
>
> We invite proposals for papers for the
> cross- and interdisciplinary conference:
>
> Medea: Mutations and Permutations of a Myth
>
> Clifton Hill House, Bristol, UK
> 17th - 19th July 2006
> Jointly organised by the Universities of Bristol and
> Nottingham
>
> We particularly welcome proposals exploring the
> following areas:
> - The reception of the myth from Antiquity to the
> twenty-first century in the fields of Classical
> studies; literature; fine and performing arts; film
> and media studies; music; popular culture;
> advertising; history; politics; alterity and gender
> studies; psychology; and medicine
> - A critical re-assessment of theories of myth and
> myth-making on the basis of the mutations and
> permutations of the Medea myth
> - The interpretation of the Medea myth to suit
> cultural, political, gender and scientific agendas
>
> We intend to publish a volume of proceedings shortly
> after the conference with the aims:
> a) of presenting an interdisciplinary insight into
> the wide-ranging diachronic reception history of the
> Medea myth
> b) of illuminating how the reception of this
> particular classical figure reflects urgent
> contemporary concerns in the areas of politics and
> gender
>
> Abstracts of five hundred words should be submitted
> by 15th December 2005 to Heike Bartel and Anne
> Simon. Speakers so far include: Richard Buxton
> (Classics, Bristol), Daniela Cavallaro (Italian,
> Auckland), Helene Foley (Classics, Barnard,
> Columbia), Edith Hall (Classics, Durham), Elizabeth
> Prettejohn (History of Art, Bristol) and Amy Wygant
> (French, Glasgow).
>
>
> Dr. Heike Bartel Dr Anne Simon
> Department of German Studies Department of German
> University of Nottingham University of Bristol
> University Park 21 Woodland Road
> Nottingham NG7 2RD Bristol BS8 1TE
> England England
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> Mit freundlichen Gruessen,
> with kind regards,
>
> Dr. Heike Bartel
> Head of Department
> Senior Lecturer
>
> Department of German Studies
> The University of Nottingham
> University Park
> UK - Nottingham NG7 2RD
>
> Tel.: 0044-115-9515816
> Fax: 0044-115-9515812
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