Classical Reception Studies Network

The Classical Reception Studies Network was formed in early 2004 as a collaboration between six universities with research specialisms in various aspects of Classical Reception Studies (Bristol, Durham, Nottingham, Open, Oxford and Reading). In 2007 we were pleased to welcome as partners the University of St. Andrews, Royal Holloway University of London, Goldsmiths University of London, and the Institute of Classical Studies, and, in 2008, University College Dublin joined as an overseas affiliate partner. In 2009 the University of Birmingham Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity became a Partner and the Contexts for Classics research centre at the University of Michigan joined as an overseas Partner.

News item: University of Liverpool, School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology has become a partner (August 2009). The School is also the home of the Higher Education Academy's Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology.

The aims of the Network include the promotion of rigorous debate about all aspects of classical reception studies and the development of seminars and workshops to encourage the exchange of expertise and growth of collaborative projects (including the supervision of graduate students). Data is being collected on the research and teaching currently undertaken in Classical departments in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Collection of information about classical reception studies in other Arts and Humanities departments will follow and it is intended to extend the survey to international contacts. Data collected to date is now available as a searchable online database (see link in menu on left). The web site will, in the future, also provide links to research and teaching resources.

Archive of CRSN Events

Recent News

Classics in the Modern World - a Democratic Turn? An International Research Collaboration to be held at Milton Keynes 18-20 June, 2010

This conference will be the culmination of the collaborative work that is being developed with colleagues in Australasia, Europe, South Africa and the US on the implications of the ‘Democratic Turn’, in which classical texts, material culture and ideas seem in recent years to have become more widely used among all sections of society and cultural groups, rather than restricted to elites. The conference will include case studies, analysis of the implications for how classical culture is perceived and transmitted, evaluation of approaches, methods and scholarship and, especially, critical examination of the extent to which the impression of more ‘democratic’ impact is, or is not, justified by the evidence. We expect the conference to lead to a substantial publication.
Conference organisers: Lorna Hardwick (The Open University), Stephen Harrison (Oxford University), Kate Nichols (Birkbeck) and Carol Gillespie (The Open University). Further details (word doc 56K)
If you are interested in organising a Panel please contact Carol Gillespie (c.a.gillespie@open.ac.uk) in the first instance.
We also intend to run some special sessions for graduate students (who will be welcome to attend the whole conference).

Issue 4 (July 2009) of New Voices in Classical Receptions Studies is now available at www2.open.ac.uk/newvoices

Other News:

Call for Papers

Classical Reception Projects and Publications around the UK

site last updated: November 2009