Classics News and Events
Classical Texting, "Deep Thinking: The EdStone and Beyond"
Dr David Fearn writes about monumentalisation in ancient and modern thought in "Deep Thinking: The EdStone and Beyond". See here: https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/classicaltexting/
Trump, Hesiod and Truth
New blog from the Classics and Ancient History Department about Classical Texts, follow link below: http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/classicaltexting/
New publication: C. Petit on 7th c. Alexandria
An article
exploring medicine in late antique Alexandria, based on medical and hagiographic texts of the 7th c. AD.
Caroline Petit, ‘Alexandrie, carrefour des traditions médicales au 7e s.: Les témoignages de Sophrone de Jérusalem, Alexandre de Tralles, Paul d’Egine, Stéphane d’Alexandrie et Jean d’Alexandrie’ in J.-P. Caillet/B. Dumézil/S. Destephen/H. Inglebert (eds.), Aux origines des saints patrons, Paris, Picard, 2015, 287-307
Histories of Freedom of Speech
Students and visiting academics took part in a debate on Histories of Freedom of Speech, Ancient and Modern.
Dr Suzanne Frey-Kupper introduced the event, part of the Humanities Research Centre's Warwick 50 celebration, by highlighting two anniversaries, the 50th anniversary of the University of Warwick and the 75th anniversary of the war-time Coventry Blitz.
Aristophanes' female characters Mika (Maheen Rizvi) and Lysistrata (Sasha Desai), as performed by Warwick undergraduates, demonstrated the problems of free speech within Athenian democracy, our first taste of the complications of ancient free speech. Thomas Matthews-Boehmer and Emma Johnson, directors of our undergraduate Classics plays, spoke about the complications of transferring Aristophanes' comedies, with their ancient ideas and humour, to the modern stage.
Our guests Prof Paul Cartledge, Dr Katie Fleming and Prof Robert Fine each spoke briefly about the history of free speech, from Athens to the present day, Socrates to Charlie Hebdo, demonstrating that it has always been a problematic and contested idea; Dr Dan Orrells then chaired a lively discussion between the panellists and students in the audience.
Highlights and more pictures from the event via Storify
Workshop on Rhetoric, June 6, 2014
The Challenges of Reconstructing Ancient Greek Rhetoric: A Workshop on the History of Rhetoric, from Classical Athens to the Renaissance.
Confirmed speakers and chairs: Mike Edwards, David Lines, Caroline Petit, Simon Swain, Nicolas Wiater, Frédérique Woerther.
Organised by Dr. Caroline Petit
Full description, programme and registration here!