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Research Cluster on classical reception

“Popularising the Past: The Ancient in the Modern World”

An Open University Research Conference held at the Harborne Study Centre on January 17th, 2006

Programme:

Session one

“Classical Myth and the Popularisation of Freud’s Phallic Symbol”
Daniel Orrells: The University of Warwick

“The Mistletoe and the Moderns: Druids and the Modern World”
Andrew Fear: The University of Manchester

“Thermopylae fans and Frank Miller’s 300”
Lynn Fotheringham: The University of Nottingham

Session two

“Reinventing Cleopatra”
Trevor Fear: The Open University

“Heroes in High Heels”
Amanda Potter: The Open University

“ ‘Are You Entertained?’: Rome and the Spectacle in Gladiator (2000)”
Elena Theodorakopoulos: The University of Birmingham

Session three

“Myth Making at the Movies: Using Film for the Study of Classics”
Paula James: The Open University

Plenary discussion


 


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