Class Acts II: Exploring Roman Comedy and its Reception March 21-22, 2015 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA Keynote addresses by: Dr. Sharon L. James (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Dr. Carmen Gonzalez-Vazquez (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid) Along with traditional theatrical reinterpretations, recent adaptations of Classical subjects in television and film have continued to make ancient Greek and Roman culture accessible to todays audiences, and scholarly interest in these representations of the ancient Greek and Roman world has grown considerably over the last decade. To build upon this dialogue on the reception of the Classical world in performance contexts, we are inviting graduate and undergraduate students to put Classics in the spotlight along with experts from across the Humanities and Social Sciences. The conference proposes to consider Roman comedy and its legacy. We welcome submissions that elucidate the Latin texts, performance history, and cultural context of the plays, as well as the practicalities of ancient comedic performances; but we are also interested in the post-Classical influence of Roman comedy on the world stage as well as in the classroom. Possible paper topics include: • “comic” language in and beyond antiquity; • reconstructions or reimaginings or ancient comic stagecraft and/or dramaturgy; • the translation history of Roman comedies; • allusions to the plays of Plautus and/or Terence in ancient (or modern) literature; • influence of Roman comedic texts on later dramatic traditions; • modern performances or adaptations of Roman comedy in film, television, fiction, drama, etc.; • innovative classroom approaches to teaching comedic literature; etc. We will have one set of panels for undergraduate and one for graduate students. Submissions should contribute either to the scholarship on Roman comedy, or to the discussion of how an understanding of antiquity can facilitate a fuller appreciation of post-classical cultures. Send anonymous abstracts of 500 or fewer words to pittclassicsevents@gmail by Monday, February 16, 2015. For more details see: classics.pitt.edu/ClassActsConference.php
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