Flavian Epic Network Conference 2011
An international conference at the University College London, June 23-24 2011
Over the past couple of years the Flavian Epic Network has organised a series of events on individual Flavian epic poets as well as on their relationship to Flavian culture and on their reception. These are now set to culminate in the first major conference devoted to Flavian epic as a whole: Flavian Epic Interactions, hosted by the Department of Greek and Latin at University College London. This conference takes its starting point from the unique fact in Roman literary history that there survive more or less completely preserved epics from three almost contemporary poets.
Hence papers at this conference should focus less on details of individual epics, but rather on reading the poems together. Contributions addressing any aspect of this area will be welcome. Possible topics include: treatment of similar episodes, figures, scenes or epic motifs in two or more Flavian epics; comparison of their respective relationships to predecessors before this period; their respective engagement with their own time and contemporary literature; discussion of chronology and ways of mutual influence; views on Flavian epic in later literature.
Call for papers
Anyone who would like to give a paper (20-30 min) should send a proposed title, an abstract (up to 300 words) and an indication of whether they would need any audio-visual equipment by email to the conference organiser, Gesine Manuwald (at g.manuwald@ucl.ac.uk), by 15 October 2010. A provisional programme will then be circulated by the end of the calendar year.
Registration
Those who would like to attend the conference without giving a paper are asked to register their interest by sending an email to the conference organiser (at g.manuwald@ucl.ac.uk) by 1 March 2011. The conference fee will be £15 per day (payable in cash at registration).
There will be no conference fee for speakers or chairs (or for UCL staff and students); and lunches and refreshments will be provided throughout the conference. An application for funding for speakers’ travel and accommodation costs will be made; however, it cannot be guaranteed at this stage that funding will be available (information about hotels etc. in London will be circulated at a later stage). Speakers should also seek funding from their own institutions or be prepared to pay for themselves. Speakers are asked to indicate whether they would be able to use alternative sources of funding.
Please feel free to contact the conference organiser with any questions or requests for further information:
Dr Gesine Manuwald
Department of Greek and Latin
University College London
Gower Street, WC1E 6BT
g.manuwald@ucl.ac.uk