{"id":775,"date":"2016-05-13T08:25:36","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T08:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/?p=775"},"modified":"2016-05-23T08:18:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T08:18:13","slug":"remaking-ancient-greek-and-roman-myths-in-the-twenty-first-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/?p=775","title":{"rendered":"Remaking ancient Greek and Roman myths in the twenty-first century"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Arachne<\/a>

Arachne weaving her final tapestry, by Carlyn Beccia (www.carlynbeccia.com) Reproduced by kind permission of the artist.<\/p><\/div>\n

[Update 23rd May: All full-day spaces for this event are now filled.\u00a0If you wish to be placed on a waiting list for a space please get in touch. There are still spaces available for the public event at 5.45pm.]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Registration is now open for this one-day colloquium, which brings together academics and creative practitioners working on contemporary versions of ancient myths.\u00a0The event will\u00a0be held at The Open University in London (1-11 Hawley Crescent, Camden, London NW1 8NP) on 7th July 2016<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Attendance at the event is free but booking is essential. Places are strictly limited and\u00a0will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Attendees may register either for the full event or for the public performance at 5.45pm. To reserve a place please email Emma Bridges (e.e.bridges@open.ac.uk) by Tuesday 28th June<\/strong>, stating whether you wish to register for the whole day or for the public\u00a0event at 5.45pm\u00a0only.<\/p>\n

The programme for the event is as follows:<\/p>\n

10.00 \u2013 Coffee\/registration<\/p>\n

10.25 \u2013 Welcome<\/p>\n

10.30-12.30 \u2013 Session 1 (Chair: Lorna Hardwick)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atreus, Trujillo and the myth-making of Junot D\u00edaz. Justine McConnell (Oxford)<\/p>\n

Border territories: transgressing ancient mythic voices in contemporary poetry. A reading and conversation with Josephine Balmer, Fiona Cox and Elena Theodorakopoulos.<\/p>\n

\u201dThere is another story\u201d: writing after the Odyssey<\/em> in Margaret Atwood\u2019s Penelopiad.<\/em> Emily Hauser (Yale)<\/p>\n

Avid for Ovid: using music to enhance danced interpretations of Ovid’s mythical world. Malcolm Atkins (Open University)<\/p>\n

12.30-1.30 \u2013 Lunch<\/p>\n

1.30-3.30 \u2013 Session 2 (Chair: Jessica Hughes)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Twerking for Dionysus in Jan Fabre\u2019s Mount Olympus.<\/em> Emma Cole (Bristol)<\/p>\n

A thoroughly modern maiden: Artemis myth and ritual in twenty-first century Kent. Frances Eley (Open University)<\/p>\n

\u201dStranger still are waters charged\u201d: metamorphosing Salmacis and Hermaphroditus (Ovid, Met. <\/em>4.285-388). Artist presentation by Anna Parker (Ume\u00e5 Academy of Fine Arts).<\/p>\n

Regendering Oedipus: from tragic drama to many-mouthed lyric. Poet Amy McCauley in conversation with Gareth Prior.<\/p>\n

3.30-4.00 \u2013 Tea<\/p>\n

4.00-5.30 \u2013 Session 3 (Chair: Henry Stead)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where on earth did you get a story like that? Readings from a new play, Orpheus and Eurydice<\/em>, presented by Sharon Jennings (playwright).<\/p>\n

Subversive advents: exploring a Bacchic narrative in popular cinema. David Bullen (Royal Holloway)<\/p>\n

Apotheon<\/em>: redesigning myth for a video game. Maciej Paprocki (LMU Munich)<\/p>\n

5.45-6.45 \u2013 Public event<\/strong><\/p>\n

Giving life to the Amazons via the modern female gaze. Theatre-makers Laura Martin-Simpson and Rachel Bagshaw (Blazon Theatre) in conversation, with readings from ICONS,<\/em> a new play by Paula B. Stanic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Update 23rd May: All full-day spaces for this event are now filled.\u00a0If you wish to be placed on a waiting list for a space please get in touch. There are still spaces available for the public event at 5.45pm.] Registration is now open for this one-day colloquium, which brings together academics and creative practitioners working […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[8,42],"class_list":["post-775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conferences","tag-classical-reception","tag-myth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":834,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions\/834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}