Department of Drama and Theatre,
Royal Holloway, University of London and
Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford
6TH ANNUAL POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM ON ANCIENT DRAMA:
‘THE BODY'
CALL FOR PAPERS
We are happy to announce that the Sixth Annual Postgraduate Symposium is being organised by the Department of Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London and the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford. This two-day event will take place this year on Wednesday, 14th June at the Classics Centre, Oxford (Old Boys' High School, George Street) and Thursday, 15th June at Royal Holloway, Egham (Noh Studio).
ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM
The Annual Postgraduate Symposium focuses on the reception of Greek and Roman drama, emphasizing the vivid afterlife of the dramatic texts through the revisitings of ancient tragedy and comedy by academics, playwrights and practitioners. In previous years, speakers from a number of countries have given papers on miscellaneous aspects of the reception of Greek and Roman drama. Abstracts of the papers given at the previous Postgraduate Symposia are accessible online at:
http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events.htm
This year's Symposium will focus on the body in the revisitings of Greek tragedy and comedy throughout the centuries - from antiquity to the present day. Papers discussing physicality, gender or politics of the body in literary, theatrical and cinematographic adaptations are welcome.
It is hoped that Peter Brown, Edith Hall, Lorna Hardwick, Fiona Macintosh, Pantelis Michelakis, Scott Scullion, Oliver Taplin and David Wiles will be present. Please note that the schedule of the Oxford day will allow participants and audience to attend lectures by Athol Fugard and Marianne McDonald, followed by a reception at Magdalen College, organized by the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama on the 14th of June.
PARTICIPANTS
Postgraduates from across the globe who are working on revivals of Greek drama are welcome to participate. The Symposium is open to speakers from different disciplines, including researchers in the fields of classics, modern languages and literatures or theatre studies. Practitioners are welcome to contribute their personal experience of working on ancient drama. Papers can also be followed by demonstrations, and there are different theatrical spaces available at Royal Holloway for such purposes.
Those who wish to offer either a short paper or a performance on the ‘Body' 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 FRIDAY, 7TH OF APRIL 2006 AT THE LATEST. (PLEASE INCLUDE DETAILS OF YOUR CURRENT COURSE OF STUDY, SUPERVISOR AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTION). Those who submit abstracts will be notified of acceptance or rejection by Monday, 10th of April.
There will be no registration fee, but participants will have to seek their own funding to cover travel and accommodation expenses. Undergraduates are very welcome to attend.
TRAVEL DETAILS AND MAPS
Egham: http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Shared/Maps/
Oxford: http://www.ox.ac.uk/aboutoxford/maps/depts.shtml (see number 10 on the map)
ORGANISERS
Zachary Dunbar, Royal Holloway, University of London
Elina Dagonaki, University of Oxford
Cecile Dudouyt, University of Oxford
Stephanie Harrop, Royal Holloway, University of London
Eleftheria Ioannidou, University of Oxford
CONTACT FOR ENQUIRIES
postgradsymp@classics.ox.ac.uk