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Department of Classics and Ancient History

Past Events

The Image of the Author

Ritson Room, Department of Classics & Ancient History

Workshop on The Image of the Author Date: Friday, 4 July 2008 Time: 10 am - 4.30 pm Place: Ritson Room, Department of Classics & Ancient History Sponsors: The Durham Centres for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS) and the Study of the Classical Tradition (CSCT) Programme: 9.45: Coffee 10: Welcome and introduction/ mapping the field: Authors and authorities (Ingo Gildenhard) 10.45: The Lives of the ancient poets in Greece and Rome (Barbara Graziosi) 11.15: Coffee break 11.30: Propertius on the rota Virgilii (Peter Heslin) 12.15: Ancient biographies of Virgil (James Powell) 13.00: Lunch (provided) 14.00: Gardeners, architects and raptors: metaphors for writers and writing in late medieval France and Burgundy (David Cowling and Virginie Minet-Mahy, University of Antwerp, Universite catholique de Louvain and the Fonds de la recherche scientifique-FNRS) 14.45: Fraudulent Alliances: Italian Humanism and the Authorial Canon (Stefano Cracolici) 15.30: End The event is free of charge and lunch will be provided, but for planning purposes could you please notify Ingo Gildenhard (ingo.gildenhard@dur.ac.uk) if you plan to attend.

Contact ingo.gildenhard@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.

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