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Classical Traditions and Receptions

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Chairs: Emily Greenwood, John Hamilton, Adrian Staehli, Richard F. Thomas

Investigates the reception, elaboration, and revaluation of ancient and classical traditions from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to modernity and postmodernity....

Teaching the Humanities in a Cold Climate

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CLASSICAL TRADITIONS AND RECEPTIONS SPEAKER: Joseph Howley, Columbia University

Mantlets and sallies and tribes, oh my! On Caesar’s empire-building in translation

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CLASSICAL TRADITIONS AND RECEPTIONS SPEAKER: Cynthia Damon, University of Pennsylvania Emerita Cynthia Damon is a Professor of Classical Studies, Emerita, at the University of Pennsylvania. Her books include The Mask of the Parasite (1997), commentaries...

Viktor Pöschl's Virgil and Fascist Aesthetics

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CLASSICAL TRADITIONS SPEAKER: Richard Thomas, HARVARD UNIVERSITY Richard F. Thomas is George Martin Lane Professor of Classics at Harvard University, where his teaching and research interests are focused on Hellenistic Greek and Roman literature...

Magister ex machina or AI: Who really wrote the student poetry of the Old Society of Jesus

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CLASSICAL TRADITIONS AND RECEPTIONS SPEAKER: Yasmin Haskell, Cassamarca Foundation Chair in Latin Humanism Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia; Martin L. and Sarah F. Leibowitz Member, Institute for Advanced Study

How Ideal is the Ancient Self

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CLASSICAL TRADITIONS AND RECEPTIONS SPEAKER: James Porter, UC-Berkeley How to Join Please add your name and email address to this registration page. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with a link and passcode to the event. If you...

A Bob Dylan Conversation

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CLASSICAL TRADITIONS AND RECEPTIONS SPEAKERS: Marco Zoppas, Independent Scholar, Author; Richard Thomas, Harvard University About the Speakers Marco Zoppas: December 2019: Author of the book “Twinology – Letteratura e rock nei misteri di Twin Peaks” May...

Fascist Receptions of Antiquity in Metal Music

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CLASSICAL TRADITIONS AND RECEPTIONS SPEAKER: JEREMY SWIST, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY Since its genesis a half-century ago, heavy metal music and the counterculture that formed around it has generally defined itself through transgressive sounds, words, and...

Wickerwork: On Poetic Translation

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GERMAN STUDIES: NEW PERSPECTIVES SPEAKERS: Richard Sieburth (New York University), Christian Lehnert (University of Leipizig) Richard Sieburth will present his translations and engage in discussion with Christian Lehnert. About the Speakers Richard...

Particular Joyce

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CLASSICAL TRADITIONS AND RECEPTIONS SPEAKER: Adam Parkes, University of Georgia An investigation into conceptions of particularity in James Joyce's Ulysses. While the novel encourages readers to see analogies and connections between numerous disparate...

Ungeheuer ist viel: Heidegger on Technology, Convenience, and Monstrous Transformation

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GERMAN STUDIES: NEW PERSPECTIVES SPEAKER: John Hamilton, Harvard University A reconsideration of Martin Heidegger’s engagement with archaic Greek texts, specifically the Fragment of Anaximander and the first stasimon from Sophocles’ Antigone , challenges...

Odysseus Returns: Reflections on Christopher Nolan’s "The Odyssey"

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Panelists: David Elmer , Emily Greenwood , and Jie Li Moderator: Robin Kelsey About the Event Since its release in July, Christopher Nolan’s IMAX film The Odyssey has made as big a splash as any film in recent memory, drawing large crowds to theaters and...