May be of
interest... Can be linked o love magic after all...
Call for papers
for APHRODITE REVEALED (conference at Reading)
Posted by:
"Amy C. Smith" [log in to unmask]
acsmithuk
Date: Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:48 am
((PDT))
CALL FOR PAPERS
Aphrodite revealed: A goddess
disclosed
University of Reading, Department of Classics
8-9 May,
2008
The Greek goddess of love is ambiguous, alluring, and
influential.
The Greeks offer at least two mythic traditions regarding
her birth,
and never agreed as to her origins, perhaps foreign.
Aphrodite's
representations served many purposes: religious,
political, and
secular. Her story became no clearer in later
antiquity, and her post-
antique depiction and its reception continue to
beguile.
The image of Aphrodite has been at the centre of the Ure Museum
of
Archaeology since its recent redesign. She thus invites scholars
to
Reading to debate her persona and its representation.
We
seek papers for a two-day interdisciplinary international
colloquium
on the subject of Aphrodite revealed. Discussion in all
areas is
welcome, but suggested topics may include:
* Aphrodite's representation and
representation
* The genealogy of the goddess
* Her arrival in Greece
*
The manipulation of her multiple guises
* Her reception during and since
antiquity
Scholars, including postgraduate students, are asked to send
300-word
abstracts, before 30 November 2007, to either:
Dr.
Amy C. Smith
Department of Classics
School of Humanities
University of
Reading, Whiteknights
RG6 6AA
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or
Miss Sadie A. Pickup
Wolfson
College
Oxford
OX2 6UD
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http://www.reading.ac.uk/humanities/conferences/hum-event-aphrodite.asp
