Events

  Jocasta Classical Reception Greece (http://jocasta.upatras.gr/) is pleased to organise, as part of the course Reception of Ancient Greek Drama, a lecture and discussion with director Sotiris Karamesinis on ''The Bacchae in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro''. The lecture and discussion will take place on Wednesday April 6th 2016 at the AULA, Department of Philology, University of Patras, Greece. Because of the limited number of available seats (35) please prebook your seat electronically here, should you wish to attend the…

Jocasta Classical Reception Greece is pleased to organise, as part of the course Reception of Ancient Greek Drama, a lecture and discussion with Professor Spyridon Rangos, entitled "Τὰ γενόμενα καὶ αἰεὶ ἐσόμενα: Thucydides on the consequences of a crisis", followed by a workshop by director and theatrologist Georgina Kakoudaki, entitled “Δημόσιον σῆμα: History through the Narrative of the Polis”. Recently there has been a renewed interest in the re-reading of Thucydides’ History of The Peloponnesian War in relation with today’s society…

1st Annual Postgraduate Symposium in Classical Reception “Continuities and Discontinuities in Classical Reception” Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 May 2016 Room: K9, Department of Philology, University of Patras, Greece The full programme is now available.  Download here. ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM Jocasta Classical Reception Greece is pleased to announce the 1st Annual Postgraduate Symposium in Classical Reception, which will take place on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th of May 2016 at the Department of Philology, University of Patras, Greece. Reception is…

 International Conference on Classical Reception and the Human Friday, June 10, 2016 to Sunday, June 12, 2016  Room: II.9, Conference and Cultural Centre of the University of Patras, Greece  Download full programme and abstracts here. Info about Accommodation, Transportation and Conference Buildings ABOUT THE CONFERENCE Jocasta Classical Reception Greece based at the University of Patras is pleased to announce an International Conference on 10-12 June 2016 which seeks to explore the interrelatedness of Classical Reception and the Human. In the very…

  Greek in Greece (GIG Program) is pleased to announce the 2nd Ohio - Patras Transatlantic Conversation in collaboration with Jocasta Classical Reception Greece. This telediscussion focuses on Classical Reception (especially the cinematic reception of Oedipus king and Medea). The telediscussion will take place on Tuesday, November 8th 2016 . Because of the limited number of available seats (45) please prebook your seat electronically until Sunday November 6th 2016 12.00pm here, should you wish…

International Conference on Classical Antiquity & Memory from the 19th to the 21st Century   Quand l'homme a voulu imiter la marche, il a créé la roue, qui ne ressemble pas à une jambe. Apollinaire, Les mamelles de Tirésias, Préface   (EXTENDED Deadline for abstract submissions: May 31st 2017 - EXPIRED!) Reading Antiquity always already presupposes an act of re-membering and thereby a…

    Jocasta Classical Reception Greece is pleased to announce its participation for the first time in the 4th Exhibition Patras Innovaton Quest – PatrasIQ, a know-how transfer event which aims to develop and strengthen cooperation among the research community and the productive sector. Visit us at kiosk 81. For more information, visit Patras IQ website here.New Balance Running Shoes

Jocasta Classical Reception Greece has the pleasure to host a discussion with Panagiotis Evangelidis and Konstantinos Kyriakos, which will be held on May 25th, 2017 in the frame of the Course Reception of Ancient Greek Drama. The discussion will focus on the queer shades in the reception of ancient Greek myth in post-war Greek theatre and cinema. Panagiotis Evangelidis is a scriptwriter, director, author and translator. He is known for the films Xenia (2014), Strella (2009) – both directed by…