Location: The Treehouse, Berrick Saul Building, University of York
Registration fee: £10 (includes lunch)
Programme and further details at Greek Matters
Expanding upon recent interest in the influence of Greek antiquity on early modernity, this workshop sets out to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue that explores the reception of texts alongside other encounters with the past: the circulation of images, the collecting of antiquities, archaeology, architecture, epigraphy, etc. From difficulties in printing the Greek alphabet to developments in Neoplatonism, is there a special dialogue between Hellenism and the engagement with matter and material form that emerges for the early modern period? How is ‘Greekness’ imagined and reconstructed across media? We are interested in materiality understood in its broadest sense and welcome proposals on anything from book historical approaches to those considering Hellenism in dialogue with art, architecture, the material world or the philosophy of matter.
Registration fee: £10 (includes lunch)
Programme and further details at Greek Matters
Expanding upon recent interest in the influence of Greek antiquity on early modernity, this workshop sets out to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue that explores the reception of texts alongside other encounters with the past: the circulation of images, the collecting of antiquities, archaeology, architecture, epigraphy, etc. From difficulties in printing the Greek alphabet to developments in Neoplatonism, is there a special dialogue between Hellenism and the engagement with matter and material form that emerges for the early modern period? How is ‘Greekness’ imagined and reconstructed across media? We are interested in materiality understood in its broadest sense and welcome proposals on anything from book historical approaches to those considering Hellenism in dialogue with art, architecture, the material world or the philosophy of matter.
This workshop will consider the intersection of Hellenism and material culture in the early modern world (1400-1800). The workshop will consist of a series of short papers on a variety of themes with extended time for discussion. We will explore the reception of texts alongside other encounters with the past: the circulation of images, the collecting of antiquities, archaeology, architecture, epigraphy etc. From difficulties in printing the Greek alphabet to developments in Neoplatonism, is there a special dialogue between Hellenism and the engagement with matter and material form that emerges for the early modern period? How is ‘Greekness’ imagined and reconstructed across media? (No knowledge of Ancient Greek required!)
Please register via www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/greek-matters-tickets-46795211738
Registration closes Wednesday 11 July
This event is generously sponsored by the Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies.
Please register via www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/greek-matters-tickets-46795211738
Registration closes Wednesday 11 July
This event is generously sponsored by the Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies.
