Conferences

The APGRD has been holding international conferences since 1998, when ‘Medea in Performance, 1500-present’ was held 10-11 July at Somerville College, Oxford. ‘Agamemnon in Performance, 458BC- AD2001’ followed on 20-22 September 2001 at Wadham College, Oxford.

Since then we have held several major conferences including ‘Aristophanes Upstairs and Downstairs: Peace, Birds, and Frogs in Ancient and Modern Performance’ (Magdalen College, Oxford, 16-18 September 2004); ‘New Perspectives on Ancient Pantomime’ (Classics Centre, Oxford, 13 July 2005); ‘Greek Drama and Modern Dance’ (Magdalen College, Oxford, 12 July 2006); ‘Pronomos: His Vase and its World’ (Magdalen College, Oxford, 26-27 September 2006); ‘Ancient Drama in Modern Opera, 1600-1800’ (Classics Centre, Oxford, 12 July 2007); ‘Theorising Performance Reception ‘ (Classics Centre, Oxford, 14-15 September 2007); and ‘Choruses: Ancient and Modern’ (Classics Centre and St Hilda’s College, Oxford, 13-14 September 2010).

 

27 June, 2024 - 10:00 to 28 June, 2024 - 17:00
Aedicula of masks for Phormio. Vatican City, BAV, MS Vat. lat. 3868, fol. 77r
Valentino Gargano (Oxford); ll. 895-1055
6 March, 2024 - 17:00 to 18:30
Aedicula of masks for Phormio. Vatican City, BAV, MS Vat. lat. 3868, fol. 77r
Matthew Wainwright (Oxford); ll. 726-894
28 February, 2024 - 17:00 to 18:30
Aedicula of masks for Phormio. Vatican City, BAV, MS Vat. lat. 3868, fol. 77r
Charlotte Susser (Oxford); ll. 567-726
21 February, 2024 - 17:00 to 18:30
Aedicula of masks for Phormio. Vatican City, BAV, MS Vat. lat. 3868, fol. 77r
Melina McClure (Oxford); ll. 465-566
14 February, 2024 - 17:00 to 18:30
Aedicula of masks for Phormio. Vatican City, BAV, MS Vat. lat. 3868, fol. 77r
Sebastian Hyams (Oxford); ll. 347-464
7 February, 2024 - 17:00 to 18:30
Two dark silhouetted ancient Greek soldiers, with spears and round shields, on a red background. In the style of ancient Greek vases.
3 February, 2024 - 10:00
Aedicula of masks for Phormio. Vatican City, BAV, MS Vat. lat. 3868, fol. 77r
Jonathan Katz (Oxford); ll. 231-347
31 January, 2024 - 17:00 to 18:30
Aedicula of masks for Phormio. Vatican City, BAV, MS Vat. lat. 3868, fol. 77r
Matthew Leigh (Oxford); ll.111-230
24 January, 2024 - 17:00 to 18:30
Aedicula of masks for Phormio. Vatican City, BAV, MS Vat. lat. 3868, fol. 77r
David Shipp (Oxford); ll. 1-111
17 January, 2024 - 17:00 to 18:30
Dress rehearsal photograph of the 2022 play iKrele leChiza; photo by Rob Keith
26 September, 2023 - 10:30 to 27 September, 2023 - 14:00
Monumental head of the goddess Commagene (Tyche-Bakht) from Mount Nemrut
29 June, 2023 - 10:00 to 30 June, 2023 - 18:00
rd century CE mosaic panel illustrating Menander’s Philadelphoi, the model of Plautus’ Stichus: the scene depicts the father addressing the two daughters
16 June, 2023 - 09:00 to 18:00
30 June, 2022 - 10:00 to 1 July, 2022 - 17:00
Map of the world, dated 1649, by Jan Jansson; British Library collections
24 June, 2022 - 10:00 to 19:00
Poster advertising symposium, yellow text on a black background reads: Challenging Traditions and Traditions of Challenge in the Theory and Practice of Greek and Roman Drama, below a ripped illuminated manuscript of Medea
28 June, 2021 - 09:00 to 29 June, 2021 - 18:00
2 July, 2020 - 11:00 to 3 July, 2020 - 16:30
24 June, 2019 - 10:00 to 25 June, 2019 - 17:00
25 June, 2018 - 10:00 to 26 June, 2018 - 17:00
Nineteenth century engraving of Lord Byron contemplating the Colosseum: engraving by James Tilbitts Willmore, after William Westall
12 December, 2017 - 09:30
22 September, 2017 - 10:00
26 June, 2017 - 10:30 to 27 June, 2017 - 19:00
16 September, 2016 - 10:00
Detail of painted ceiling in Waltham Abbey Parish Church, depicting Janus, photograph by Steve Day
27 June, 2016 - 10:00 to 28 June, 2016 - 10:00
10 June, 2016 - 10:00
Irene Papas, as Helen, Michael Cacoyannis' Trojan Women (1971)
29 June, 2015 - 10:45 to 30 June, 2015 - 21:00
18 September, 2014 - 09:30 to 19 September, 2014 - 17:00
4 July, 2014 - 10:00 to 5 July, 2014 - 17:00
30 June, 2014 - 10:00 to 1 July, 2014 - 17:00
20 September, 2013 - 09:30 to 13:30
Pinturicchio - Performing Epic
19 September, 2013 - 10:00 to 20 September, 2013 - 19:00
18 June, 2013 - 11:00 to 19 June, 2013 - 11:00
Gilbert Murray
1 December, 2012 - 11:00
18 June, 2012 - 14:00 to 19 June, 2012 - 18:00
27 June, 2011 - 00:00 to 28 June, 2011 - 00:00
13 September, 2010 - 00:00 to 14 September, 2011 - 00:00