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Dressing 'Greek': Clothing, Movement, and Performance from ancient to modern

Venue
Ertegun House, Oxford
Date
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Thank you to Ertegun house, The Hellenic Society and the Craven fund for their generous support towards this conference.
 
By drawing on the rich and interdisciplinary nature of clothing, this conference will bring together seasoned scholars and doctoral students from an array of backgrounds to cultivate a multidimensional approach to clothed bodies and objects in dance and performance. By connecting threads between disciplines, the conference will create a generative web of knowledge and engagement with modes of movement and dressing across the ancient and modern worlds. Since dress is an often-overlooked area of study, inter-disciplinary dialogue is vital to showcase the multitude of scholarly responses to ancient Greek bodies, performance and clothing.
 
The event will bring together participants from Classical Archaeology, Philology, Classical Reception, Ancient dance studies, English, Theatre History, Fashion History, and Gender studies. It will feature a live performance and an accompanying textile art exhibition.
 
Performance work-shop by Marie-Louise Crawley (Coventry)

Accompanying textile art exhibition by Carla Bocchetti (IFAS).

Unfortunately we cannot provide online access to this event, in-person only.


Registration and meals

This event is free and open to all, to register please contact milly.cox@classics.ox.ac.uk

Lunch will only be provided for speakers, chairs and delegates who have pre-paid. There are many cafes and supermarkets nearby to purchase lunch if required.

Programme 

9.15-9.45 Coffee and registration 
9.45-11.15 Panel 1 (Chair: Ruth Webb, Lille)  
          Audrey Gouy (Lille) 
          Marina Weiss (FUB) 
          Zoa Alonso Fernández (Madrid) 
11.15-11.30 Morning coffee break 
11.30-13.00 Panel 2 (Chair: Fiona Macintosh, Oxford) 
          Gail Marshall  (Reading) 
          Debbie Challis (Liverpool) 
          Laura Monrós-Gaspar (Valencia)  
13.00-14.00 Lunch (with Film screening at 13.45 and Exhibition) 
14.00-15.30 Panel 3 (Chair: Sue Jones, Oxford) 
          Tom Sapsford (Boston College) 
          Milly Cox (Oxford) 
          Megan Girdwood (Edinburgh) 
15.30-15.45 Afternoon coffee break
15.45-17.15 Panel 4 (Chair: Olga Taxidou, Edinburgh) 
          Marcus Bell (UCL) 
          Gillian Dee (Oxford) 
          Constance Everett-Pite (Oxford) 
17.45-18.15 Performance, Classics Centre (Chair: Sophie Bocksberger, Oxford)
          Marie-Louise Crawley (Coventry) 
18.30- 19.00 Drinks reception, Ertegun House with Closing Remarks 
           Fiona Macintosh and Milly Cox 
19.30 Dinner for speakers and chairs at Al-Shami 

Accessibility

Ertegun House is located at 37a St Giles, Oxford (OX1 3LD). Please see the online access Guide for more details about the building's accessibility. Feel free to contact the APGRD with any queries.