Drawing (on) the Classics
October 3rd – 4th, 2023
*All times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
DAY 1: October 3rd
13:30 Meet & Greet
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82353712215?pwd=StomB8w5kT7PGqo5DyMHgQ4q97NMtG.1
14:00: Keynote Lecture I:
Luciana Cardi, Kansai University: On Yamazaki Mari Works and Classical Reception in Japan.
14:45 – 15:30: Discussion
15:30 – 16:30 Break
16:30: Keynote Lecture II:
George Kovacs, Trent University and Toph Marshall, The University of British Columbia: Further Thoughts on Thermae Romae
17:15 – 17:45 Discussion
17:45 – 18:00 Break
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18:00- 20:00 Session One: Manga Narratives
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86296562557?pwd=KDkFCCWifFrrpqCVXl4ytErUXLy76K.1
Roger Macfarlane, Brigham Young University: Empowering a Eurydice to Rescue Orpheus: Riyoko Ikeda’s Orufeusu no Mado (1975-1981).
Graham Oliver, Brown University: Mangaization, history, and biography: Historiē and Eumenes (of Cardia).
Juan Dopico, University of Maryland: Alchemical Transmutations of the Western Classics in Japanese Animanga: The Hubris of Philhellenic Reception.
Closing Remarks for Day I
DAY 2: October 4th
14:30 Meet & Greet
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88069790851?pwd=dueKgXRv2dB1jN9uUI7IpE2mXYaaoi.1
15:00: 16:00 Session Two: Animated Discoveries
Natalie Swain, University of Winnipeg: Seeing Through the Silence: Damar as History’s Invisible Women in Gillen, Kelly, & Bellaire’s Three.
Ronald Blankenborg, Radboud University: ‘The Wide Canvas of Human Drama’: Fantasizing Epic Through Graphic Novel
Silvia Barbantani, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore: Space Odyssey(s). Alfredo Brasioli’s Ulix: a little known classical epic gem from the “Years of Lead”
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 18:30 Session Three: Animated Gods
Bar Leshem, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev: Fighting the Gods: A Study of Classical Reception in Injustice: Gods Among Us
Zofia Guertin, University of St Andrews: ’He knew himself a villain’: Hades as the Byronic Hero in Classics Comics
Luca Valle Salazar, Università degli Studi di Trento: “Such Are the Gods. As Long as We Fight, We Win”. Agonism and Philanthropy in Record of Ragnarok
Pasquale Ferrara, Universität Potsdam: Greek Street and Mainades – The raving women. The perception of Ancient Maenads in Comics and Hentai
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19:00 – 20:30 Comic Drawing Workshop with Hannah Sackett, Researcher, Writer and Cartoonist, Stockholm and Amanda Potter, The Open University and University of Liverpool, UK Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84054294426?pwd=PCGzVvurVPeTKKuMJMKRXCBnSRSxBb.1
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CFP: DRAWING (ON) THE CLASSICS
Call for Papers: Drawing (on) the Classics
October 3-4, 2023, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB)
The ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome have long had a great influence certainly, but not solely, on Western culture.
While various aspects of Classical Reception are researched and examined in multiple areas, such as literature, theatre and art. We note that the reception of classics in the medium of comics and graphic novels is less studied.
Apart from the seminal works, Classics and Comics (Oxford, 2011) and Son of Classics and Comics (Oxford, 2015), there lacks in-depth discussion of this distinctive medium in reference to the Classical world.
Furthermore, the discussion of Eastern comics, manga and manhwa in particular, has also been marginalized.
In this conference we offer, for the first time, the opportunity to illuminate comics, as well as manga media, under the academic spotlight.
The purpose of this conference is to explore the difference between Western and Eastern representations of the Classics as well as hosting a more comprehensive engagement with the unique art form of comics in conveying classical ideas and themes from Greece and Rome. In addition, as this conference shall hopefully demonstrate, the influence of the Classical world has stretched beyond its geographical boundaries, contributing to the exchange of ideas and thoughts around the world.
Contributions might include, but are not limited to:
The construction and representation of the classical hero or heroine in comics/manga.
Gender fluidity and gender roles in comics/manga in comparison with classical models and theories.
Historical narratives in visual form (for example, Julius Caesar’s Bellum Gallicum Latin comics).
Engagement with Greek mythological themes in manga/anime.
Classical themes in Chinese/ Indian comics.
Sophisticated Greeks, Imperial Romans? Representations of Greeks vs. Romans.
Hail Caesar: the representation of the Roman Emperors.
Papers should be no more than 30 minutes in length to allow room for discussion. The conference language will be English.
Direct any questions to the organizers, Ayelet Peer (ayelet.peer@biu.ac.il) and Borja Antela Bernárdez (borja.antela@uab.cat).
Please send your proposals with abstracts (not more than 300 words) and a CV (up to one page) by May 1, 2023, to Ayelet Peer (ayelet.peer@biu.ac.il).
Sincerely,
Ayelet Peer, Bar-Ilan University
Borja Antela Bernárdez, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona