Spinning Fates and the Song of the Loom: the use of textiles, clothing and
cloth production as metaphor, symbol and narrative device in Greek and
Latin literature
A one day round-table at the Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre
for Textile Research, Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen
1st June 2012
Ancient writers were [...]
CALL FOR PAPERS: Committee on Ancient and Modern Performance Panel
APA/AIA Joint Annual Meeting
January 3-6, 2013
Seattle, Washington, USA
BODIES IN MOTION: CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO CHORAL PERFORMANCE
The classical chorus’ combination of text, music, and dancing is a rare phenomenon in the history of Western theater. The [...]
CALL FOR PAPERS: Women’s Classical Caucus Panel
Annual Meeting, American Philological Association
January 3-6, 2013
Seattle, Washington, USA
SEXUAL LABOR IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
Organized by Allison Glazebrook
The Women’s Classical Caucus invites proposals for a panel session on sexual labor to be presented at the Annual Meeting [...]
CALL FOR PAPERS: Lambda Classical Caucus Panel
Annual Meeting, American Philological Association
January 3-6, 2013
Seattle, Washington, USA
TRANSGRESSIVE SPACES IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY
Organizers, Sarah Levin-Richardson, Rice University (slr@rice.edu)
Lauri Reitzammer, University of Colorado at Boulder (reitzammer@colorado.edu)
What spaces in Greek and Roman antiquity were [...]
CALL FOR PAPERS for the Women’s Network/Réseau des Femmes Panel
Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada
May 8-10, 2012
The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CANADA
WOMEN AND THE RECEPTION OF THE CLASSICAL WORLD
The Women’s Network/Réseau des Femmes of the CAC/SCÉC invites [...]
Important Dates: Submissions and Major Meetings
Alphabetical Listing of Conference Titles
- Spinning Fates and the Song of the Loom: the Use of Textiles, Clothing and Cloth Production as Metaphor, Symbol and Narrative Device in Greek and Latin Literature
- Bodies in Motion: Contemporary Approaches to Choral Performance
- Sexual Labor in the Ancient World
- Transgressive Spaces in Classical Antiquity
- Women and the Reception of the Classical World
Subjects & Topics
ancient city ancient Eygpt ancient Greece ancient Mesopotamian ancient Rome ancient topography archaeology choral performance classical reception corporeality daily life in antiquity dance drama education and pedagogy feminism film and cinema gender boundaries Gender Studies gendered space Greek chorus intertextuality music performing arts philosophy popular culture prostitution religious studies roman gladiators roman triumph sexual boundaries sexual labor the "female voice" The Body visual arts women intellectuals world literature
