Call for Papers
Fifth Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in the Reception of
the Ancient World
14th-15th
December 2015
University of
Nottingham
Abstracts
deadline: 31st August 2015
It is with great pleasure that we announce
the fifth Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in the Reception of the Ancient World. AMPRAW
2015 will be a two-day conference aiming to provide
both UK and international postgraduate students from all disciplines with the
opportunity to present their research to the growing academic community focusing
on classical reception.
This year's conference will be held from Monday 14th to Tuesday
15th December 2015 at the University of Nottingham.
We will build on the successful trend of recent AMPRAWs, and
this year the focus will be “Orthodoxy and Dissent”. This theme relates to many
aspects of reception studies, and will further widen the scope of AMPRAW into
the areas of material and visual culture, translation studies, and political
thought.
We welcome proposals for 20-minute papers (with a subsequent
10 minute discussion) that engage with the following key questions:
•
Has there been and is there still an orthodox view(s) of the
ancient world?
•
How have dissenters challenged this picture?
•
Is dissent against orthodoxy essential for art?
•
Do
issues of orthodoxy and dissent help to highlight or shroud issues of
contemporary discourse?
•
In
what ways have the ancient world and its artefacts been used to reinforce or
challenge authority?
•
Is
there an ‘orthodox’ way of teaching Classics today?
Thus far, a wide range of abstracts have been submitted,
testament to the breadth of opportunity that classical reception offers. We
would encourage abstracts focusing on any aspect of the ancient world and how
it has been received in any context since.
In addition to this year's panels, AMPRAW 2015 will feature a
keynote lecture, and practitioner-led workshops from visiting speakers. Our
exciting agenda already includes a keynote speech by Dr. Gideon Nisbet, whose
latest work has focussed on reception of epigram (including a translation of
Martial), and a workshop by Clare Pollard, the poet who recently published a
contemporary verse translation of Ovid’s ‘Heroides’. Further details and panel
topics are to follow in due course.
Evening entertainment is to be arranged for Monday 14th
December, and will be in conjunction with the Centre for Ancient Drama and its
Reception (CADRE). Bursaries may be available to conference-goers and speakers
alike, thanks to generous funding offered to us. Confirmation and details on
how to apply for this will follow in due course.
Please send your title and a 200-300 word abstract (including
your name, affiliation and level of study) to ampraw2015@gmail.com,
by the 31st
August 2015.
For up-to-date conference news and further details, please
visit our website: ampraw2015.wordpress.com and
get involved on twitter @AMPRAW2015.
We look forward to receiving your abstracts!
Sincerely,
The
AMPRAW 2015 Organising Committee
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