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Call for Papers

Rome and Achaia: Greek Culture and the Roman World
A graduate conference in the Department of Classical Studies, University of Missouri
April 12, 2003

Keynote Speaker: Robert Lamberton, Washington University

Under the Roman empire Greece, or Achaia, was simply one province among many. The idea of Greece, however, profoundly influenced Roman architecture, oratory, literature, art, and even the very construction of Roman identity. Conversely, the dichotomy of the reality (Greece, the contemporary Roman province) and idealized pre-Hellenistic Greece deeply affected the Greeks' perception of themselves as well. We invite papers that seek to examine any part of the spectrum of influences that Greece and the Roman conception of Greece wielded over "rustic Latium" as well as over Hellenic thinkers grappling with this dichotomy.

The conference will address the problem of Roman Greece from the perspectives of both the Greeks and Romans. What were the Greeks' responses to Roman imperial control? How did Romans view the cultural imperialism of Greece? What did "Greece" mean to Romans and, conversely, what did "Rome" mean to the Greeks living under its power? Why did Greek authors, notably Plutarch, Pausanias, and the members of the Second Sophistic, to some extent ignore contemporary and relatively recent history and personalities, preferring to engage the more distant past? We welcome papers on these and other related questions centering on this interface of Greek and Roman cultural identity.

Interested graduate students and recent PhD's should submit an abstract of 1-2 pages (double-spaced) to the following address by December 13, 2002:

                                Department of Classics
                                ATTN: Graduate Conference
                                420 General Classroom Building
                                University of Missouri
                                Columbia, MO  65211

Abstracts should be submitted anonymously. Please provide a cover letter with your paper title, name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and department. Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes. Please indicate any special needs you have, such as a slide projector.

In March, the MU/KU Graduate Student Symposium in Art History and Archaeology will take place. The symposium rotates each year between Columbia, Missouri and Lawrence, Kansas. The 2003 conference will take place at the University of Kansas on March 8. More details about the topic will be posted here as they become available. Information about previous symposia can be found below.
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Each year in February, the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Missouri co-sponsors the Ancient Studies Occasional Papers, which seek to provide a showcase for current research among faculty and graduate students at the University of Missouri as well as at other area institutions. More information about the 2003 Occasional Papers, which will take place on Thursday, February 13, during Arts & Sciences Week, will be posted here as it becomes available. The 2002 schedule can be found below.
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