Sanctuary Study Day

Based at the University of Oxford, the APGRD is a pioneering international centre for research into performances of Greek and Roman drama worldwide, from antiquity to the present, on stage, screen and radio, in opera and dance.Pleasevisit our websitefor more details.

APGRD: Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama

An in-person study day on the theme of Sanctuary, co-organised by Marina Warner, A.E. Stallings and Fiona Macintosh. At Oxford University.

All Souls College

This event will be free, but places are limited due to the capacity of the venue so booking is essential. The event will take place in All Souls College Old Library until 3.30pm when we will relocate to the JdP Music Building at St Hilda's College for the performances.Please note, access to All Souls Old Library is via steep stairs; arrangements can be made for those with mobility requirements - please contact the <a href="https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/contact-all-souls-college" title="https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/contact-all-souls-college" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">College Lodge by email</a> (or by phone: 01865 279379) at least 48 hours in advance of the event to make arrangement and confirm details.PROGRAMME9:30am: All Souls College, Old Library <ul><li>9.30am: Welcome: A.E. Stallings, Marina Warner and Fiona Macintosh</li><li>9.30-10.30am: Oliver Taplin (Oxford) and David Greig (playwright) on Aeschylus’ The Suppliant Women</li><li>10.30-11.15am: Anthony Bale (Cambridge), 'Revisiting medieval sacred spaces of imprisonment and sanctuary: Jerusalem and beyond'</li></ul>11.15-11.45am: Coffee Break (Wharton Room) <ul><li>11.45am-12.15pm: A.E. Stallings (Oxford Professor of Poetry) on Elias Venezis’ Land of Aeolia (1943)</li><li>12.15pm-12.45pm: Elena Isayev (Exeter) on Imagining Futures through Un/Archived Pasts</li></ul> 12.45pm-1.45pm: Lunch Break (Wharton Room)1.45pm–3.30pm: Panel Discussion: How can sanctuary work today?<ul><li>Chair: Helen Mountfield (Chair) (Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford)</li><li>Nadina Christopoulou (co-founder, the Melissa Network)</li><li>Clelia Bartoli (Palermo)</li><li>Esa Aldegheri (Glasgow)</li><li>David Herd (St. Andrews)</li></ul>Response: Mark Goldring (Asylum Welcome) 3.45pm: Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, St Hilda’s College3.45pm-4.15pm: TeaPerformances:<ul><li>Workshop led by Dine Diallo of Giocherenda, Palermo</li><li>A.E. Stallings readings</li><li>Scene from Asylum Seekers, a new translation of Aeschylus’ Suppliants by Dan Byam Shaw</li><li>Oedipus at Colonus ode, directed by Alex Silverman</li></ul> *The JdP Music Building has step free access; please see the <a href="http://www.accessguide.ox.ac.uk/st-hildas-college#collapse4063276" title="http://www.accessguide.ox.ac.uk/st-hildas-college#collapse4063276" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Online Access Guide</a> for further details about the JdP and St Hilda's. Please email the college at: <a href="https://lodge@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk" title="https://lodge@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">lodge@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk</a> with any accessibility requirements/queries about the JdP.

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