Dear all,
Bookings for the Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Ancient Literature
(10th-11th November) close tomorrow, so if you haven't booked yet, now is
your last chance.
Since the postal strike has wreaked havoc we may not have received your
booking, so if you're unsure, email us at [log in to unmask] to check.
Similarly, if you can't get a psotal booking through on time, you can
download the registration form and send it back to that address with a
note that any payment for accommodation will be sent separately.
You can download a booking form from
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~abxsnm/ampal, along with full details. The
conference programme is included below.
Best wishes,
Toni Badnall
AMPAL 2007, University of Nottingham
>
> Saturday 10th November
> All of the conference will be held in: The Graduate School, Trent
Building
> (room A18),
> University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD.
>
> Registration and Lunch 12 noon – 1.30 pm
>
> Welcome 1.30 pm – 2 pm
>
> Panel 1: Greek literature 5th - 4th c. BC
> 2 pm – 3.30 pm. Chair: tba.
>
> "Admetos as an Everyday Hero in Euripides' Alkestis"
> Dimitra Kokkini (UCL)
>
> "Euripides' Ion – Slavery and the (De)construction of an Athenian Hero"
> Laura Proffitt (RHUL)
>
> "The Similar Chiastic Structure of the Iliad and the Republic"
> Maya Alapin (Balliol College, University of Oxford)
>
> Coffee
> 3.30 pm – 4 pm
>
> Panel 2a: Latin Literature -Real Romans as literary heroes
> 4 pm – 5.30 pm. Chair: tba.
>
> "Thesea fide: Heroic Faith and Faithlessness in Ovid's Exile Poetry"
> Gail Trimble (Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford)
>
> "When a God Becomes a Hero: Terminology of Emperor Worship as Recorded
by
> Cassius Dio"
> Gwynaeth McIntyre (University of St. Andrews)
>
> "Cicero the Heroic Litterateur"
> Steve Kennedy (University of Exeter)
>
> Panel 2b: Reception 1 -Classics and the 20th c.
> 4 pm – 5.30 pm. Chair: tba.
>
> "From Herakles to the Hulk: Considering the Grotesque Hero"
> Lynn Kozak (University of Nottingham).
>
> "Aesop: Teller of Tales, Slayer of Monsters, Pawn of the Playful Gods"
> Leanne Hunnings, (RHUL).
>
> "The Classical Pastoral War Hero in 20th century War Poetry"
> Georgina Willms (University of Exeter)
>
> Coffee
> 5.30 pm – 6 pm
>
> Keynote Speech: Jasper Griffin
> 6 pm – 7 pm. Chair: tba
>
> Wine Reception followed by dinner
> 7 pm
>
> Optional entertainment after dinner
>
> The screening of two "Xena Warrior Princess" episodes in arrangement
with
> Amanda Potter (OU).
>
> Sunday 11th November
> Panel 3a: Greek literature Hellenistic-Roman period
> 9 am – 10.30 am. Chair: tba
>
> "A Few Good Men: A Phoenician Among Heroes"
> Hannah Mossman (University of Exeter)
>
> "Spartan Heroes in Plutarch's Parallel Lives"
> Michele Lucchesi (Lincoln College, University of Oxford)
>
> "Death of a Hero? Euripides in Hellenistic Epigrams"
> Ranja Knöbl (University of Durham)
>
> Panel 3b: Reception 2
> 9 am – 10.30 am. Chair: tba
>
> "Performing Odysseus: the ‘Man of Many Turns’ in Musical Theatre"
> Charles MacDougall (RHUL)
>
> "Invisible Odysseus"
> Justine McConnell (RHUL)
>
> "Hélisenne de Crenne and the New Epic Hero: Aeneas in 16th c. France"
> Sharon Marshall (University of Exeter)
>
> Coffee & Planning for AMPAL 2008
> 10.30 am – 11.15 am
>
> Panel 4: Latin Literature -Literary Roman heroes and heroism
> 11.15 am – 1 pm. Chair: tba
>
> "Plotina: An Intra-Textual Heroine in Apuleius' Metamorphoses and her
> Significance"
> Joanna Atkin (Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge)
>
> "Dying Like a Hero: Paulus and Varro at Cannae in Silius Italicus’
Punica"
> Kiu Yue (University of Exeter)
>
> "Deceptive Pietas?"
> Dalida Agri (University of Nottingham)
>
> Lunch & Departure
> 1 pm onward
>
> Conference ends.
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