BU Classics Dept. Grad. Conference

The Department of Classical Studies at Boston University is now accepting papers for its 11th annual Graduate Studies Conference entitled "The Mythological Other".

This year, the conference will examine the question of marginalization in mythic narratives and religious life in the Greek city-states, the kingdoms of the Hellenistic Period and the Roman Republic and Empire. We invite papers that explore how the ancient Greeks and Romans – citizens and non-citizens, male and female, free and slave alike – sought to define who belonged, and who did not, in both their mythic narratives and religious practice.

Our keynote speaker, Rebecca Futo Kennedy, will give a talk entitled "Suppliants at the Dionysia: Embracing Refugees in an Anti-Immigrant Athens".

Abstracts for 20 minute papers should include a brief bibliography and should not exceed 500 words. Please send your proposals and a title to [email protected] by January 7th, 2019.

See full CFP here: https://t.co/II2OdXqVg0

Miss the deadline for registration on March 9th? Never fear! You may not get a free lunch, but there will still be food for the soul (and also coffee). So if any of these talks speak to you, make sure you clear your schedule for Saturday and come to BU's School of Theology (745 Commonwealth Avenue) and make Seneca proud! (For as we all know, Seneca knows how to have a good time!)

9:45-11:15am: Panel One: Identity in Greek and Roman Cults
Sherry Lee, Yale University: “From Courtesans, To Goddesses: Tracing Locrian female cult and the Adonia in the dedicatory epigrams of Nossis”
Kevin Woram, University of Virginia: “The Matronae Cult of the Roman Rhineland: Religion, Identity and Creolization in a Provincial Context”
Maggie Eismeier, University of California, Los Angeles: “Societal Multilingualism and Personal Identity in Roman Leptis Magna”

11:30am-12:30pm: Panel Two: Identity Politics of Judaism and Christianity
Ben Nikota, New York University: “Famosae Urbis Supremum Diem: Idealization, Anxieties of Empire, and Ethnic Distortion in Tacitus’ Jewish Excursus”
Damon Smith, Catholic University of America: “Hellenic Identity and Julian’s Edict on Teachers”

2:00-3:30pm: Panel Three: Slavery, Provincial Identity, and Material Culture in Greece and Rome
Rebecca Gerdes, Cornell University: “‘International cuisine’ in port cities of the Hellenistic Aegean”
Sergio Arguello, University of Southern California: “Vox Capillata: The Identity of Slave Boys in the Cena Trimalchionis”
Luther Karper, Brown University: “From Thessaly to Rome: The Journey of a Provincial Ass in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses”

3:45-5:00pm: Keynote
Steven Smith, Hofstra University: “A Question of Breeding: Aelian, Aristotle, and Alexander the Great in India (De natura animalium 8.1)”

We hope to see you there!

Registration for our 2018 Graduate Conference, "Identity Under Empire," is now LIVE! You won't want to miss out on a day full of exciting talks, from cult worship to the material culture of Hellenistic food and so much more!

We're looking forward to you joining us and meeting all the impressive speakers; so make sure you sign up by March 9th!

Graduate Student Conference | Classical Studies

What a great conference! We were really pleased to have such a wonderful lineup of speakers. Thanks to everyone who helped make yesterday's event possible!