Call for Papers for Conferences to be held in 2009/10:
Details are listed in order of earliest call deadline
(see 2009 listing for further details of conferences)
Conferences 2010
January 6-9 (Deadline for submission February 15 2009)
APA 141st Annual Meeting: Contexts for Greek and Roman Drama
The 2009 CAMP panel takes up the theory and practice of performance and how performance contributes to our understanding of ancient drama. In 2010, we step back to investigate the socio-political contexts of such performances, and to ask how different cultural and political situations have informed or influenced productions of ancient drama.
This question is familiar to classicists because of its counterpart in the study of 5th century drama: Did Athenian 5th-century theatre thrive, become complex and profound, because of the new democratic context the city provided for it? The relationship between Greek theatre and Athenian democracy has driven much scholarly work on ancient drama in recent decades.
At this panel, we invite submissions interrogating socio-political contexts of reception. What cultural or political conditions prevail in Asia, Africa, America, Europe to encourage or condition productions of ancient plays? What local socio-political dynamics in individual cities or towns lead to community engagement with and support for Greek and Roman theatre? We invite panelists to consider historical examples, for example, the immigrant Greek population in Chicago, which led Jane Addams to support the staging of Greek plays at Hull House in the early 20th century as well as contemporary examples of socio-political concerns, on a local or national level, influencing the staging of an ancient play.
Please submit abstracts by e-mail attachment by February 15, 2009 to Hallie Marshall at <halliem@interchange.ubc.ca>. Abstracts should be only one page in length and must not include the author's name. In accordance with APA regulations, all abstracts will be reviewed anonymously. Please follow the APA guidelines for formatting abstracts, available on-line at: www.apaclassics.org/Newsletter/2008newsletter/09_AM_program_guide.pdf
April 7-10 (Deadline for submission 31 August 2009)
Classical Association Annual Conference 2010, Cardiff University.
Call for papers The Classical Association Annual Conference 2010 is to be hosted by Cardiff University. Panels and plenary lectures will be held in the Cathays Park campus of the University. The President's address and conference dinner will take place in the National Museum and the City Hall in Cardiff's civic centre.
We welcome proposals for papers (20 minutes long followed by discussion) and coordinated panels (comprising either 3 or 4 papers) from academic staff, graduate students, and school teachers on the topics suggested below, or on any aspect of the classical world. We are keen to encourage papers from a broad range of classical, historical, and archaeological perspectives.
Suggested topics: ancient warfare; family life and the built environment; western Greek historians; early Rome; ancient and modern contexts of Greek and Roman drama; currency; time and calendars; ancient skies; nostalgia and ancient attitudes towards the past; electronic publishing; epigraphy, literacy and society; mobility and connectivity in the Mediterranean; frontiers and boundaries; mosaics and visual culture; art and imperialism; religion and society in late antiquity; classical heritage in Wales; literary and cinematic historical fiction.
Title and an abstract (no more than 300 words), and any enquiries should be sent to the address below (preferably by email) not later than 31 August 2009:
Dr Guy Bradley, CA 2010,
School of History and Archaeology,
Humanities Building, Cardiff University, Colum Drive, Cardiff CF10 3EU, Wales, UK
Email: ca2010@cf.ac.uk
Tel. +44 (0)29 2087 482
Conferences 2009
(Deadline for submission 29 March, 2009)
June 22 at the Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Oxford
June 23 at Royal Holloway, Egham (Noh Studio)
9th Annual Postgraduate Symposium on the Reception of Ancient Drama: ‘Truth, Secrets, and Lies'
Organised by postgraduates, this annual symposium focuses on the reception of Greek and Roman drama, exploring the afterlife of ancient dramatic texts through reworkings of Greek and Roman tragedy and comedy by writers and practitioners. In previous years, speakers from a number of countries have given papers on many aspects of the reception of Greek and Roman drama. Abstracts of papers from previous symposia are accessible online: www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events.htm
Those who wish to offer a short paper (20 mins) or performative presentation on ‘truth, secrets, and lies” are invited to send an abstract of up to 400 words outlining the proposed subject of their discussion to postgradsymp@classics.ox.ac.uk by 29 March 2009 at the latest. (Please include details of your current course of study, supervisor and academic institution). Any questions relating to the symposium should be directed to the same address.
May 12-14 (Deadline for submission 16 January , 2009)
Classical Association of Canada, Annual Meeting:Generations of Women, to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia (hosted by the University of British Columbia).
The theme for this year's Women's Network/Réseau des Femmes Panel at the CAC is "Generations of Women". This panel explores the construction and representation of women as mothers, daughters, sisters, and grandmothers, and intergenerational connections with the body, the family, and society more broadly, as well as the legacy of women scholars in the discipline of Classics. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: functional and dysfunctional familial relationships (including both public and private contexts); women and reproduction (within medical texts, religious rituals, and demography); women in foundation myths; feminist pedagogy; contributions of 19th and 20th century female classical scholars. This call for papers is meant to be suggestive rather than exclusive; we welcome papers that consider the theme from a variety of perspectives and sources of evidence (textual, visual, and material). Send 300 word abstracts on the Proposal Form by January 16, 2009 to Dr. Leanne Bablitz via e-mail: (lbablitz@interchange.ubc.ca) or regular mail: Dr. Leanne Bablitz, Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, University of British Columbia, BUCH C 1866 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1. In addition, send a second copy of the abstract and the Proposal Form , meeting the same criteria, to Dr. Allison Glazebrook via email: (aglazebrook@brocku.ca aglazebrook@brocku.ca) or regular mail : Dept. of Classics, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S 3A1. Indicate on the submission form and in the e-mail subject line that the submission is to be considered for the "Generations of Women – WN/RF panel". See http://www.cnrsconferences.arts.ubc.ca/index.php?id=426 for the proposal form, under “call for papers”.
June 29 - July 2 (Deadline for submission 31 January, 2009)
Boundaries and Crossings The 27th biennial conference of the Classical Association of South Africa (CASA) will be held at the University of Pretoria.
We welcome the offer of papers from professional classicists and from students working at postgraduate level. Titles and abstracts (c. 100
words) should be sent to Dr. Koos Kritzinger by e-mail
(koos.kritzinger@up.ac.za) by the 31st of January 2009.
January 24-25 (Deadline for submission 1st October 2008)
Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Ancient Literature (AMPAL) 'Sex and the (ancient) City: Love and Friendship in Greece and Rome' will be hosted by the Open University in Milton Keynes, a little later than its regular slot in November (hence AMPAL 2008-late).
AMPAL is a conference where graduate students present their research to other postgraduates. It offers an opportunity to take part in discussion, exchange ideas and meet other postgraduates in a friendly and supportive environment.
Call for Papers: We are now accepting abstracts (maximum 250 words) on any aspect of the above theme. Some suggestions are: Gendered roles; Relationships; Families, fraternities and friendship; Importance of the city; Metamorphoses and transformations; Boys and girls initiation rites.
The above are suggestions only, and we welcome any other interpretations of the theme, and, as in previous years, expect to see a mix of papers covering ancient Greek and Roman literature, performance and reception.
Keynote speaker: Professor Lorna Hardwick.
Registration for this conference will be free, although delegates will need to arrange their own accommodation.
See the conference website for further details of the venue and accommodation: www.open.ac.uk/Arts/ampal2008/
Please send your abstract to ampal08@googlemail.com with the word 'Abstract' in the subject line and include, in the body of the email, your name, University, and title of paper, by 1 October 2008. Please also direct any queries about the conference to this address.
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