Amphorae XVI

Amphorae XVI Conference, 28th June - 1st July. Hybrid Mode via the University of Queensland. #AmphoraeXVI. Account run by @christie_lover

[Tyla Cascaes @TylaCascaes]

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us for @AmphoraeXVI this week. It was a delight to hear so many insightful papers and share in such diverse research, with the added joy of seeing UQ bustling with new and familiar faces!(Thread of thanks incoming…)

[Corrupted by the sea @joce_cpt]

Thank you @AmphoraeXVI team for the wonderful conference and warm welcome to Brisbane. Thoroughly enjoyed my time and an in-person conference was the perfect way to cap off my time in academia.

[Amphorae XVI @AmphoraeXVI]

And with that we must end #AmphoraeXVI. Thank you everyone who attended whether online or in-person. We here at UQ hope you all had a marvelous time!

[Saskia Herren @holyzeusalmight]

Excited to present my research for the first time at #AmphoraeXVI! Been loving watching everybody else’s presentations as well

[Amphorae XVI @AmphoraeXVI]

Good morning everyone! Today is our last day at #AmphoraeXVI. We’re going to begin with a wonderful workshop on Material Culture as well as the last of our student presentations.

[Amphorae XVI @AmphoraeXVI]

I’d like to give a shout out to ASCS Postgrad Reps @teganjoyy and @AhrenbergBryant for the great AGM today! As well as @joce_cpt for moderating out Postgrad Forum. #AmphoraeXVI may have been created by our lovely team at UQ but we’d like to thank everyone for your support.

[Amphorae XVI @AmphoraeXVI]

15mins until the #AmphoraeXVI online social event!

[Amphorae XVI @AmphoraeXVI]

Third day of #AmphoraeXVI, wonderful talks about Roman Imperialism and how the Empire Strikes Back, same-sex desire in antiquity and intellectualism in Classical Athens.

[Shona Edwards @ShonaEdwards2]

I enjoyed presenting @AmphoraeXVI yesterday but the best part was getting a question on whether I prefer Ovid or Virgil... surely that's obvious - Virgil didn't even make it into my title! 😂

[Amphorae XVI @AmphoraeXVI]

Good morning! Day three of #AmphoraeXVI will commence with a range of wonderful student speakers, the Postgraduate Open Discussion Forum, and the AGM.

Tonight there will be an in-person dinner and an online trivia game so everyone can socialize and get to know one another!

[Amphorae XVI @AmphoraeXVI]

We have our keynote coming up at 4pm with Dr. Kit Morrell titled ‘Reforming the Roman Republic’. Get your biscuits, get your tea and enjoy this afternoon. #AmphoraeXVI

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Wrapping up this afternoon’s wonderful sessions from Persia to Rome, Steve Reeves, the theatre, togata’s, and of Mice and Weasles! #AmphoraeXVI

[Amphorae XVI @AmphoraeXVI]

@portusprince I will send this on to the committee!

[Amphorae XVI @AmphoraeXVI]

That wraps up our morning sessions for Day 2 of #AmphoraeXVI! Women, Greek Culture, and the East, oh my!

[Kathryn H. Stutz @kathrynstutz]

Thanks to @JHUHumanities, I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be offering a free, online course this summer about the intersecting worlds of J.R.R. #Tolkien & the #AncientMediterranean. Registration is open now, through the links below! #ClassicsTwitter

[Australasian Classical Reception Studies Network @ACRSN_org]

KLW notes how horrendous COVID has been for the creative arts, esp. live theatre - will there be another chance for #Phaedra (hopefully!)? KLW is asked about other Greek myths that appeal for adaptation - KLW has been considering a caravan park #Medea & also #Phaedra's pre-story.

[Australasian Classical Reception Studies Network @ACRSN_org]

KLW discusses the weight of all the other Phaedras & the play/s' continuous appeal; but also notes how appealing it is to deal with a complex passionate woman of a certain age. The complexity of the woman who is also a monster & a victim of abuse tied in with #metoo for KLW.

[Australasian Classical Reception Studies Network @ACRSN_org]

KLW's #Phaedra was inspired by a particular moment just after the 2019 federal election when Scott Morrison gloated “How good is Queensland?!” - the stimulus for a dystopian take on a wall-building seceded Queensland, inspired by a long history of eccentric political legacies.