Monthly Archives: May 2011

Contemporary Aristotelian Studies

Posted on May 24, 2011 by PV

The UK Political Studies Association has  established a new specialist group on ‘Contemporary Aristotelian Studies’. The group’s inaugural conference (‘Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Politics’) will be held at London Metropolitan University, on Friday, 3 June, 2011. Details here.

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Postgraduate Conference: The conceptual life of the polis in modern theory and practice

Posted on May 20, 2011 by barbegoff

Ancient Ideas in the Modern World: Reinventing the Legacy of Greece Faculty of Classics (room 1.11), University of Cambridge, Friday 8th July 2011 This postgraduate conference aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for those working on the reception of classical … Continue reading →

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Programme for Postgraduate Conference

Posted on May 20, 2011 by barbegoff

11am Coffee/registration (Classics Faculty room 1.10) 11.15 Welcome: Professor Paul Cartledge, AG Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, Faculty of Classics, Cambridge 11.30am-1pm Panel 1: Germany between ancient and modern Chair: Carol Atack Charles Clavey (Cambridge, PTIH): The young Nietzsche and … Continue reading →

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Interviews with Barbara Goff and Katherine Harloe

Posted on May 18, 2011 by PV

Here is an interview with our colleague Barbara Goff for  Classics Confidential’s YouTube channel.  The interview was recorded with Jessica Hughes at the meeting of the Classical Association in April 2011. The same site also interviewed Katherine Harloe about her … Continue reading →

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APGRD Reception seminar series ‘Politics and Reception’

Posted on May 11, 2011 by barbegoff

Network members may like to know that the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama Reception Seminar series for Autumn 2011 is organised around the topic ‘Politics and Reception’.  Three network members are presenting papers: Barbara Goff, Sara Monoson … Continue reading →

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David Carter, “Why Athens?”

Posted on May 8, 2011 by PV

We welcome the publication of Why Athens? A Reappraisal of Tragic Politics (Oxford, 2011), edited by our colleague David Carter.  The collection of essays makes a major contribution to the current debate about the political aspects of Greek tragedy.

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Socrates on Radio Free Libya

Posted on May 3, 2011 by barbegoff

Libyan students quoting Socrates on air: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/29/radio-free-libya-gaddafi-misrata

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Humanism in Agonistic Perspective: Themes from the work of Bonnie Honig

Posted on May 1, 2011 by PV

A belated announcement (well, we had posted the information on an old blog before the event) about a conference on the work of a member of our Network, Bonnie Honig.  The conference was “Humanism in Agonistic Perspective: Themes from the … Continue reading →

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Instituto de Estudios Clásicos y Pensamiento Política Antiguo “Lucio Anneo Séneca”

Posted on May 1, 2011 by PV

We are delighted to be in touch with the Instituto de Estudios Clásicos y Pensamiento Política Antiguo “Lucio Anneo Séneca”, at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, whose goals and interests complement our own.  Please click here for the website.

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Adamantios Korais and the European Enlightenment

Posted on May 1, 2011 by PV

A member of our Network, Paschalis M. Kitromilides, has edited a new book on Adamantios Korais and the European Enlightenment (Voltaire Foundation, Oxford, 2010).

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