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LOCATION:Collingwood College
SUMMARY:The Reception of Rome and the Construction of Western Homosexual I
 dentities
DESCRIPTION:The Reception of Rome and the Construction of Western Homosexu
 al Identities An international conference to be held at Durham University,
  16th-18th April 2012, under the auspices of the Centre for the Study of t
 he Classical Tradition. Confirmed speakers include:  Ralph J. Hexter 
 (University of California), Caroline Vout (Cambridge).  More information i
 s available here: http://romosexuality.wordpress.com/This conference will 
 analyse the importance of ancient Rome in constructing Western homosexual 
 identities. Much scholarship exists on the contribution of ancient Greek c
 ulture and literature to discourses of homosexuality, but the originary co
 ntribution of Rome has been overlooked. It matters, however, not least bec
 ause of its impact and presence during the 'Latin Middle Ages' and beyond.
  Latin literature provides the best known versions of homosexual myths suc
 h as Orpheus, Narcissus, Iphis and Ianthe (collected in that mythological 
 compendium, Ovid's Metamorphoses) and explores distinctively Roman homosex
 ual relationships (for instance, Virgil's Nisus and Euryalus), to which a 
 multitude of later artists have responded.  Conversely, authors such 
 as Juvenal and Martia censure homosexual behaviour. There have also been m
 any influential instances of homosexuality from Roman history, from allega
 tions that the youthful Julius Caesar was the 'queen of Bithynia' to the c
 elebrated relationship between the emperor Hadrian and Antinous. This one-
 off international conference aims to bring together scholars working in a 
 range of fields (Classics, Reception Studies, Queer Studies, Modern Langua
 ges, Comparative Literature, Art History) to assess the broad impact of Ro
 man culture on the construction of Western homosexual identities. Explorin
 g this previously neglected area will afford scholarship a better understa
 nding of the ways in which the reception of Roman and Greek culture are di
 fferent and the importance of Rome as a model for later artists with homos
 exual leanings and, conversely, the attempted erasure of Roman homosexuali
 ty in societies where Rome is idealised. It is hoped that a wide variety o
 f media, approaches, and research interests will be represented, particula
 rly from those working outside the discipline of Classics, and that contri
 butions will result in a substantial publication. Any enquiries should be 
 sent to Dr Jennifer Ingleheart (jennifer.ingleheart@durham.ac.uk), Departm
 ent of Classics and Ancient History, 38 North Bailey, Durham University, D
 urham, UNITED KINGDOM, DH1 3EU.
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