We are delighted to announce our programme of research seminars for Spring Term 2014.
Unless otherwise indicated, all seminars will take place at 4pm in HumSS G25. Everyone welcome.
15 January
Maria Stamatopoulou (Oxford):
‘New light on old finds from Thessaly: the Pasikrata sanctuary at Demetrias’
22 January
Karla Pollmann (Kent):
‘Augustine between Science and Salvation’
29 January
Shane Butler (Bristol):
‘The Ancient Phonograph’
5 February
Elodie Turquois (Oxf0rd):
‘Monumentality, aesthetics, and emotions in Procopius of Caesarea’s ekphrasis of Constantinople’
NB. This seminar will take place in the Ure Museum (HumSS G38)
12 February
Xavier Espluga (Barcelona):
‘Cicero’s speech on the government of consular provinces: text and context problems’
19 February
Peter Wiseman (Exeter):
‘Why everyone gets Augustus wrong’
NB. This seminar will take place in the Ure Museum (HumSS G38)
26 February
Ahuvia Kahane (Royal Holloway):
‘Image, word, and history: Cy Twombly and antiquity’
5 March
Lynette Mitchell (Exeter):
‘Oriental despotism: Herodotus and Montesquieu’
12 March
Rosa M. Andújar (UCL):
‘Chorus of one: encroaching on the choral role in Greek tragedy’
NB. This seminar will take place in the Ure Museum (HumSS G38)