5-9 February 2012

ASCS 33 (2012)

ASCS 33 will be held next year in Melbourne, hosted by the Classical Studies Program at Monash University. The convenor is Dr Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides. The dates are Sunday 5th to Thursday 9th February 2012.

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24-27 May 2012

Feminism and Classics VI: Crossing Borders, Crossing Lines

To be held at Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada, this conference will focus on boundaries, liminality, and transgression. What kinds of crossings did ancient people experience and what control did they have over such crossings? How did borders and border crossings differ in relation to gender, ethnicity, age, or legal status? If the masculine and feminine were clearly demarcated categories of being, how do we interpret homosexual, transvestite and gender-labile aspects of the ancient world? What points of contrast and connection exist between different types of gendered space (literal or metaphorical) and do they change when geographic or national boundaries are crossed?

We invite submissions for abstracts of papers and workshops that explore these and related themes, and encourage proposals from a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives. Abstracts of 300 words can be submitted electronically (starting 31st January 2011) to the conference website: www.brocku.ca/conferences/feminism-classics-vi. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 30th June 2011.

For inquiries, please contact FCVI@brocku.ca.