Australasian Classical Reception Studies Network (ACRSN)
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#classicalreception - #CFP - #antiquity in the #postclassical world. Website: http://acrsn.org Twitter: @acrsn_org 📷:Miranda Skoczek
"moments such as this remind us of the importance of public spaces in which ideas can be tested & contested, challenged, & reconsidered" - The best argument for the humanities is playing at your local cinema - Prof. Julia Kindt FAHA (Sydney) humanities.org.au/power-of-the... #Odyssey
Why The Odyssey is the best argument for the humanities
Julia Kindt FAHA on why the biggest take away from Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is an appreciation for all the humanities offer us.
humanities.org.au
#CFP #AMPHORAE XX 2026 - Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Hellenic or Roman Antiquities and Egyptology - hybrid/University of Newcastle, Australia - Nov 24-25 - Due by Sept 4 to docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Questions to amphorae2026@gmail.com
![AMPORAE XX 2026 Call for Papers
Submissions are now open for the Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Hellenic or Roman Antiquities and Egyptology (AMPHORAE XX). The Classics and Ancient History postgraduates of the University of Newcastle are excited to hear from you. AMPHORAE XX will be held at the University of Newcastle from the 24th-25th November 2026 in hybrid form with social events and workshops to be held in person.
AMPHORAE XX provides postgraduate students a forum to share in the amazing research being conducted by their peers while presenting their own research in a supportive and encouraging environment. This is an opportunity to network and gain experience in the field of academia and we encourage submissions from Honors to PhD students. We invite papers of 20 minutes with 10 minutes of questions on a variety of research topics which seek to explore the ancient world.
Submissions require a completed application form found HERE [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpTaKYQyFlHUU5nQ8Yvnr5i-XslKkWoX5cOAS69nGczmXOtg/viewform] including an abstract of no more than 250 words and a biography of 100 words maximum. Submissions are due by 11:59 PM AEST on 4 September 2026.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to reach out to the organizers at amphorae2026@gmail.com](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bue5ofeiypmeolo3slfqoujh/bafkreihpckg3jzgg2uizu4ahuk7zwkln6bxe3lazbkorf6j7frrrag5zem)
Podcasting is amazing as it brings together people with amazing shared interests. Dr Rad and I were fortunate to be interviewed by Tristan for The Ancients podcast many years ago, and yesterday we got to meet in person!
Aug 14 hybrid/Sydney (9am-4pm AEST, Vere Gordon Childe Centre Boardroom) Teaching Classical Languages Symposium 2026: Imagine the Perfect Textbook. Book events.humanitix.com/tcls-2026
Teaching Classical Languages Symposium 2026: Imagine the Perfect Textbook
Teaching Classical Languages Symposium 2026: Imagine the Perfect Textbook
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Aug 14 extended deadline #CFP #ASCS48 Australasian Society for Classical Studies annual conference - University of Sydney - Feb 1-4, 2027 www.ascs.org.au/news/ascs48/...
ASCS: The Australasian Society for Classical Studies
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Aug 3 deadline #CFP AIMS Virtual Conference 2026 - Nov 6-10 (Americas/UK/EU); Nov 7-11 (Australasia) - "any topic related to the reception of the ancient Mediterranean world in modern media" antiquityinmediastudies.wordpress.com/annual-meeti...
Annual Conference
Annual Conference 2026 Call for Proposals: AIMS Virtual Conference 2026 Friday, Nov. 6 – Tuesday, Nov. 10 (Americas/UK/EU) Saturday, Nov. 7 – Wednesday, Nov. 11 (Australasia) Antiquity …
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Aug 3 deadline #CFP An Extraordinary Substance: A History of Demons and Blood Across Time - online - October 3, 2026 - see sites.google.com/view/bloodan...
Blood & Demons 2026
An online conference that explores the connections between demons and blood
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In #Homer’s epic, a bold princess helps #Odysseus home – but not in Nolan’s film. Who is #Nausicaa? - by K.O. Chong-Gossard (Melbourne) - The Conversation @aunz.theconversation.com theconversation.com/in-homers-ep...
In Homer’s epic, a bold princess helps Odysseus home – but not in Nolan’s film. Who is Nausicaa?
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey has been criticised for simplifying its complex characters – particularly women. We asked an expert to fill some of the film’s gaps.
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November 18-27 Christchurch, Auckland, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth -- An Evening with Mary Beard: Talking Classics fane.com.au/whats-on/an-...
REVIEW: THE #ORESTEIA – A TRULY INTRIGUING PRODUCTION AT CARRIAGEWORKS musicaltheatre.au/2026/07/29/r...
REVIEW: The Oresteia – a truly intriguing production at Carriageworks
Carriageworks has always taken the lead in championing experimental works, and its production of The Oresteia in conjunction with Sydney Chamber Opera and ELISION is no exception. Based on Aeschylu…
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Stuart & Revett's The Antiquities of Athens found bricked up in a fireplace -- Book returned to NSW library 150 years after being borrowed -- ABC Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Library book returned after 150 years, $28k fine waived
A NSW library has a book returned rather late, but the policy of fining people for the offence was dropped at some point during the 150 years since it was borrowed.
abc.net.au
In Mary Sturgeon’s UNC grad course on Hellenistic architecture 🏛️, I wrote on the reception of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus in Late Antiquity. So seeing this new vol. is exciting (& 50x better than my grad essay—especially love the Crusader Castle portions). We do love the reception of a wonder #OA
The Afterlife of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
Cambridge Core - Architecture - The Afterlife of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
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"Cianciosi has done much here to make the Christiad interesting and relevant" - #classicalreception #neolatin @ BMCR #review John Jacobs on Stefano Cianciosi, Ancient #Latin epics in Girolamo Vida's #Christiad bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.07...
Ancient Latin epics in Girolamo Vida’s Christiad – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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#job Senior Lecturer in Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies - University of Sydney - FT, perm - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSK070/s...
The #Oresteia review – this body-shaking, blood-soaked opera is exhilaratingly wild - Guardian www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j... - "Opera is the perfect format for this ancient drama..." [until 31 July at Carriageworks, Sydney]
The Oresteia review – this body-shaking, blood-soaked opera is exhilaratingly wild
Six singers put not only their vocal cords but their bodies on the line in a physically demanding performance of Liza Lim’s aurally challenging opera
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July 24-31 Sydney (Carriageworks) Sydney Chamber Opera - Liza Lim's The #Oresteia (with a libretto adapted by Barrie Kosky) carriageworks.com.au/events/the-o...
The Oresteia - Carriageworks
Electra, Cassandra, Orestes, Clytemnestra and Agamemnon are summoned to relive their murderous hatreds in Liza Lim’s first opera The Oresteia.
carriageworks.com.au
New CfP on the CRSN site!! In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the publication of Ted Hughes' "Tales from Ovid," the Ted Hughes Society and the School of Classics, University of St Andrews are accepting proposals for papers! Find out more information: classicalreception.org/event/cfp-te...
CfP: Ted Hughes’ “Tales from Ovid”, Thirty Years On
2027 will be the 30th anniversary of the publication of Tales from Ovid. Twenty-four Passages from the Metamorphoses by the Poet Laureate Ted Hughes. Tales from Ovid was immediately acclaimed and w…
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Now up on the CRSN Blog Page! Leslie Wong (King's College London) has written a reflection on this past year's CRSN/ICS Summer Seminar Series: "Overlooked/Undercooked: Classical Reception in Colonial and Postcolonial Southeast Asia"! Read more below: classicalreception.org/reflecting-o...
Reflecting on the CRSN/ICS Summer Series 2026 (Overlooked/Undercooked: Classical Reception in Colonial and Postcolonial Southeast Asia)
Growing up in Singapore, my conception of ‘the classics’ was confined to golden oldies on the radio, the composers haunting the ABRSM piano syllabus, and Great Illustrated Classics such as Ivanhoe,…
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Blogging the History of Women in Ancient World Studies - Vale Marguerite Johnson (1965-2026) www.awaws.org/history-of-w...
Vale Marguerite Johnson (1965-2026)
AWAWS was shocked and saddened to hear of the recent death of emerita professor Marguerite Johnson on the island of Lesvos. She was a brilliant, kind and thoughtful supporter, mentor and teacher of...
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#Odysseus gets lost in translation: What separates #Homer’s epic from Nolan’s blockbuster? - by Ben Brown (Sydney) - ABC Australia www.abc.net.au/religion/ody...
Odysseus gets lost in translation: What separates Homer’s epic from Nolan’s blockbuster? - ABC Religion & Ethics
Christopher Nolan gives us a psychologically modern Odysseus who undergoes a traumatic dissociation, is wracked by guilt but accepts that he must move on — this “complicated” man is a far cry from Hom...
abc.net.au
Fundraiser for the family of Marguerite Johnson (Hon Professor in Classics, Uni Queensland; former Prof of Classics, Newcastle; great influence on #classicalreception studies in Australia & beyond) who has died with her partner in an accident in Greece www.gofundme.com/f/help-kate-...
Donate to Help Kate and Jack After the Tragic Loss of Their Parents, organized by Edyn Chapman
It is with unimaginable heartbreak that we share the devastat… Edyn Chapman needs your support for Help Kate and Jack After the Tragic Loss of Their Parents
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Friday essay: I’ve been reading The #Odyssey my whole life. Nolan’s film version is exhilarating – but not perfect - Anthony Macris (Sydney) @aunz.theconversation.com theconversation.com/friday-essay... #diaspora
Friday essay: I’ve been reading The Odyssey my whole life. Nolan’s film version is exhilarating – but not perfect
Is Christopher Nolan’s adaptation a definitive film version of Homer’s Odyssey? No, it isn’t. In fact, it can’t be.
theconversation.com
Join us on Saturday for our free online conference: “Anubis in Contemporary Popular Culture” There are papers on lit, video games, metal, manga, film, automata and more. Check out the full schedule and how to join here: manchestergamecentre.org/events/2026/...
July 21 online (5pm CET) Centre for the Study of Medicine & the Body in the Renaissance: Fabrizio Bigotti & John Wilkins, #Galen's Remedies Beyond the Renaissance: Early Modern Traditions and Theories of Materia Medica. Register: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...
Galen's Remedies Beyond the Renaissance - CSMBR
Why did Galenic pharmacopoeia survive for nearly two millennia? This lecture explores the intellectual, cultural, and practical reasons behind its extraordinary resilience.
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#classicalreception @ BMCR review Frances Myatt on Neil W. Bernstein, #Poppaea Sabina: the life and afterlife of a Roman empress bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.07... "innately political nature of classical reception,.. how antisemitism and misogyny have influenced the later depiction of Poppaea"
Poppaea Sabina: the life and afterlife of a Roman empress – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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#classicalreception @BMCReview - Craig Davis on Brigid Ehrmantraut, Classical myth in medieval Ireland bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.07...
Le casting de l'Odyssée de Christopher Nolan vous énerve ? Alors l'histoire du talon d'Achille va aussi vous agacer antiquipop.hypotheses.org/18524
Le Talon d’Achille : anatomie d’un mythe moderne
Barbara Carè Université de Lausanne Lorsque Christopher Nolan a annoncé son adaptation de l’Odyssée, les réactions n’ont pas tardé. Avant même la sortie du film, les débats se sont multipliés sur les ...
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July 8-10 Leuven, Belgium - New Ancient Greek Literature: Contexts, Audiences, Legacies - www.dalet.be/hellbel
DaLeT
Welcome to DaLeT, Database of the Leuven Trilingue. It is the first database devoted to an early modern trilingual institute, the Collegium Trilingue Lovaniense, or the Three-Language College in Leuve...
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#CFP Workshop: On the Fringes of the Catena Format - Catena-Commentaries, Composite Exegesis, and the Posterity of Catenae - KU Leuven - March 9–10 2027 www.arts.kuleuven.be/grieks/nieuw... Due by Oct 15
CfP: On the Fringes of the Catena Format: Catena-Commentaries, Composite Exegesis, and the Posterity of Catenae
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#CFP #CA2027 Classical Association Conference - hybrid/London (Notre Dame) - April 9-11, 2027 classicalassociation.org/conference/ Due by Sept 25
Conference - The Classical Association
The largest annual Classics Conference in the UK! We are delighted to open the Call for Contributions for our 2027 Conference, at the University of Notre Dame in London. Our key themes for 2027 are: Y...
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