Workshop: But is it art? Exploring the aesthetic limits of Roman poetry (30 September – 1 October 2021)
Following our Call for Papers and Posters, we are delighted to announce the preliminary programme of our second MAPPOLA workshop “But is it art? Exploring the aesthetic limits of Roman poetry”.
The workshop will be held digitally. Attendance is free of charge, but booking is mandatory.
If you wish to secure a place for this workshop, please email Team MAPPOLA at butisitart (at) mappola (dot) eu, confirming your interest in the workshop, your first name and surname, as well as your professional affiliation (if applicable).
Programme
N.B. Abstracts are accessible to all (just click on the link). Access to any submitted papers and material requires registration with the conference organisers (as per the above): instructions and passwords for access will be sent out to registered participants only.
All times are given as CEST – Central European Summer Time. If you happen to live in a different time zone and wish to convert the times of our event to the equivalent of your own time zone, you might use e.g. the Time Zone Converter (no, we don’t get any royalties: we just want to be helpful 🙂 ).
Thursday, 30 September
| Time (CEST) | Presenter(s) | Title | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14.00 – 14.15 | Peter KRUSCHWITZ | Welcome and Introductory Talk | |
| INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION | |||
| 14.20 – 14.35 | Concepción FERNÁNDEZ MARTÍNEZ | CIL XVIII/2: Carmina Latina Hispaniae. Criterios para la inclusión o exclusión de materiales | ➣ Abstract |
| 14.35 – 14.50 | Rocío CARANDE HERRERO | Epigrafía en versos líricos: el contexto | ➣ Abstract |
| CASE STUDIES | |||
| 15.00 – 15.15 | Günther E. THÜRY | Musenliebe oder Dichterweihe? Eine Inschrift gesteht die Liebe zur Kunst | ➣ Abstract |
| 15.15 – 15.30 | Team MAPPOLA | A Verse Inscription from Tomis (Or Is It??) | ➣ Abstract |
| EXPLORING THE LIMITS | |||
| 15.40 – 15.55 | Alberto BOLAÑOS HERRERA | Not everything that rhymes is a hexameter. On the Limits between Metrics and Phraseology | ➣ Abstract |
| 15.55 – 16.10 | Dylan BOVET | The Elegiac Lameness Exposed: How to Walk Steadily among the Epigraphic ‘Distichs’? | ➣ Abstract |
| 16.10 – 16.25 | Jan KWAPISZ | Sotades’ Little Revolution | ➣ Abstract |
Friday, 1 October
| Time (CET) | Presenter(s) | Title | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14.00 – 14.05 | Peter KRUSCHWITZ | Introducing the second day of the workshop | |
| CROSSING BOUNDARIES | |||
| 14.05 – 14.20 | Flavia VASCONCELLOS AMARAL | Forging a genre with a garland: Meleager, the poet and the editor | ➣ Abstract |
| 14.20 – 14.35 | Simon OSWALD | Metrical Distress: the Aesthetics of Prosody | ➣ Abstract |
| ROUND TABLE I | TAKING STOCK | ||
| 14.45 – 15.30 | |||
| ROUND TABLE II | FORGING AHEAD | ||
| 15.40 – 16.25 | |||
| CONCLUSION | |||
| 16.25 – | Final considerations and virtual drinks reception |