CLASS AND CLASSICS

HISTORIOGRAPHY, RECEPTION, CHALLENGES:

Towards a Democratisation of Classical Studies

Please note that all times are expressed in BST and that Class and Classics will take place as a virtual event, because of the pandemic. Thank you in advance for your comprehension.

31 May 2021

9.15-9.30 AM: ANNA MARIA CIMINO (GRN), Introduction

Chair: NATASHA REMOUNDOU (National University of Ireland, Galway/American College of Greece)

9.30 – 10: EDITH HALL (King’s College, London), Reflections on Class as an Analytical Category in Discussing Classics and its Reception

10 – 10.30 HENRY STEAD (University of St. Andrews), The Aberrant Antiquity of Jack Lindsay and Lewis Grassic Gibbon

10.30- 11: Discussion

Chair: EMMA NICHOLSON (University of Exeter)

11.30 – 12 noon: MIRKO CANEVARO (University of Edinburgh): Nativism vs. class denigration: Athenian autochthony between exclusion and inclusion

12 - 12.30 : FEDERICO SANTANGELO (Newcastle University), Resisting Romanisation in 1970s Paris

12.30 - 1 PM: Discussion

Chair: NEVILLE MORLEY (University of Exeter)

2.15 -2.45: VITTORIO SALDUTTI (Università degli Studi di Napoli, “Federico II”), Arthur Rosenberg: Ancient History and People’s Education in the German Revolution

2.45 -3.15: LUCA SILVESTRI (Università degli Studi Roma Tre), Ancient Greece and Marxist Pedagogy in Mario Alighiero Manacorda’s Thought

3.15 – 3.45: Discussion

Chair: ELENA GIUSTI (University of Warwick)

4.30 PM: LORNA HARDWICK (The Open University), Cultural Hegemonies: Subaltern Agency through Greek and Roman Texts

1 June 2021

9.30 – 11: CHRISTOPHER STRAY (Swansea University), The End of Eternity: a Short History of Long Classics.

Chair: JOHN HOLTON (Newcastle University)

11.30 – 12 noon: ARLENE HOLMES-HENDERSON (University of Oxford/University of Sussex/King’s College, London), Classics Poverty: the Unequal Access to Classical Subjects in Schools in England

12 -12.30: GRAMSCI RESEARCH NETWORK: The Public System Is Not (Necessarily) Enough: Material Obstacles to Classical Education in Italy

12.30 -1 PM: Discussion

Chair: ANDREA AVALLI (Università degli Studi di Genova)

14 – 16: General Meeting pt. 1: Accessibility, Inclusivity, and the Future of Classics and Ancient History

Confirmed Speakers (in alphabetical order): Aimee Hinds; Barbara Goff; Brave New Classics & Classics and Class; Claiming the Classical; Classics in Communities; CripAntiquity; Emily Allen-Hornblower; Gramsci Research Network; Hannah Clemens-Patrick; London Classicists of Colour; Michael K. Okyere Asante; Nicolette D'Angelo; Pharos; Roberto Ciucciovè; Sportula Europe; Working-Class Classics.

Chair: MICHELE BELLOMO (Università degli Studi di Milano)

16.30 – 18.30: General Meeting pt. 2: Discussion