“Popularising the Past: The Ancient in the Modern World”



Popularising the Past: The Ancient in the Modern World

An Open University Research Conference to be held in Birmingham, 17th January, 2006

Conference Venue : Birmingham Region Study Centre, 66 High Street, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9NB

Harborne is a suburb 3 miles to the south west of the city centre, lying between Hagley Road (A456) and Bristol Road (A38). The Regional Centre is a modern office block at the city centre end of Harborne High Street, between Barclays Bank and shops/offices/residential development with blue brick design arches.

A link is included to the Streetmap website. Please enter postcode B17 9NB.

|10.30 | |Arrival and Coffee |

|11.00 |Session One |Classical Myth and the Popularisation of Freud’s Phallic Symbol, Daniel Orrells (University of Warwick) |

| | |The Mistletoe and the Moderns: Druids and the Modern World, Andrew Fear (University of Manchester) |

| | |Thermopylae fans and Frank Miller’s 300, Lynn Fotheringham (University of Nottingham) |

|12.30 | |LUNCH |

|1.30 |Session Two |Reinventing Cleopatra, Trevor Fear (The Open University) |

| | |Heroes in High Heels, Amanda Potter (The Open University) |

| | |‘Are You Entertained?’: Rome and the Spectacle in Gladiator (2000), Elena Theodorakopoulos, University of Birmingham |

|3.00 | |Coffee |

|3.15 |Session Three |Myth Making at the Movies: Using Film for the Study of Classics, Paula James (The Open University) |

|3.30 – | |Plenary Discussion |

|4.15 | | |

Conference fee: £5 to cover catered lunch and coffee

If you would like to attend please email Trevor Fear at t.fear@open.ac.uk by 10th January, 2006

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