Events
Classical Association/Classical Association of Scotland Conference
Friday 3 - Monday 6 April 2009
Call for Papers
In 2009 the annual meeting of the Classical Association will be held jointly with the Classical Association of Scotland and hosted by the Department of Classics at the University of Glasgow. The academic sessions will take place in the Glasgow Crowne Plaza hotel; accommodation and meals will be provided by the Glasgow Crowne Plaza and the Glasgow Campanile hotels. Excursions will be arranged to the Main Campus of the University and to places of interest outwith the centre of Glasgow.
We welcome proposals for papers (20 minutes long followed by discussion) and co-ordinated panels (comprising either 3 or 4 papers) from academic staff, graduate students, and school teachers on the topics suggested below, or on any aspect of the classical world. Title and an abstract (no more than 300 words) should be sent to the address below (preferably by email) not later than 31 August 2008.
Suggested topics: the classical tradition in Scotland, neo-Latin studies, teaching and learning in Higher Education, digital Classics, Late Antiquity, the reception of Virgil, subaltern culture and texts, religion and the city, operatic classics, geography in the Greco-Roman world, ancient theories of style, politics in the Roman Republic, Augustan poetry, political drama, comedy and humour, the ancient novel, Greek epigraphy and history, and Athenian vase-painting.
Please send your title, abstract, and any enquiries to Dr Costas Panayotakis, CA 2009, Department of Classics, 65 Oakfield Avenue, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland
Please visit the CA/CAS 2009 web-site for information on booking your
accommodation:
http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/classics/newsandevents/cacas2009/
Further details on the programme will be available at this site in due
course. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to get in touch with
Dr C. Panayotakis (+ 44 (0) 141 330 4383;
c.panayotakis@classics.arts.gla.ac.uk).