APGRD weekly research seminar, Conceptual Metaphors in Reception Studies, starting next Tuesday at 2pm (UK time); for anyone who cannot make it to the Ioannou Centre Lecture Theatre (66 St Giles, OX1 3LU) the Zoom link for online attendance at these hybrid seminars will be: https://zoom.us/j/92722753991
PUBLIC EVENTS:
‘For the sake of history alone’: Queer adaptations of Greek Tragedy in Greece
Giorgos Sampatakakis (University of Patras)
5pm Monday 3 November
A public lecture in the Main Hall, Taylor Institution co-organised with Modern Greek; we are currently working with the venue to see if online attendance or live streaming will be possible.
Phoebe Giannisi in conversation with Brian Sneeden and A. E. Stallings
5pm Monday 17 November
A performance by Greek Poet Phoebe Giannisi from her new collection, Goatsong, followed by a conversation with her translator, Brian Sneeden, hosted by Oxford Professor of Poetry, A. E. Stallings; co-organized with Modern Greek, in the Taylor Institution Main Hall.
Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography
Gregory Jusdanis (Ohio State)
5pm Tuesday 25 November
In the Taylor Institution Main Hall; co-organised with Modern Greek. An in-conversation event with Gregory Jusdanis, co-author of Constantine Cavafy: A New Biograph (Gregory Jusdanis and Peter Jeffreys; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025). Again, we are currently working with the venue to see if online attendance or live streaming will be possible.
Dressing 'Greek': Clothing, Movement, and Performance from ancient to modern
Saturday 29 November
Ertegun House, 37a St Giles, OX1 3LD
A one-day interdisciplinary conference that will bring together participants from Classical Archaeology, Philology, Classical Reception, Ancient dance studies, English, Theatre History, Fashion History, and Gender studies. It will feature a live performance by Marie-Louise Crawley (Coventry) and an accompanying textile art exhibition by Carla Bocchetti (IFAS). Free and open to all; no registration is needed. See the APGRD website for the list of speakers.
Akram Khan in conversation
2.30pm Friday 5 December
Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda’s. Dancer and choreographer Akram Khan will be in conversation with Marcus Bell (UCL); followed by drinks reception, co-organised with DANSOX. Further details to be confirmed.
Songs of Solidarity: Writers’ Room Workshop
15 to 17 December
Led by Dash Arts and PROJEKT EUROPA, in partnership with the APGRD and COMPAS, a three-day workshop will be held in the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda’s to support the development of a new epic narrative through devised performance, drawing on Gilgamesh, Iliad, Kalevala and Ramayana. Further details to be confirmed, check for updates on the APGRD website.
