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Reception Seminars: Easter 2025
Seminars will take place in the Faculty of Classics.

 

Tuesday 6 May, 12.30-2.00pm (G.21)

Miriam Rawdon Ivo Cruz (English)- New Mythologies: The 1809 Renovation of Covent Garden Theatre, and the Imperial performance of London

Xiangshu Li (MML)- Comparing and Blending Chinese and Greek Philosophy in Avatar: The Last Airbender

 

Wednesday 21 May, 2.00-3.00pm (G.19)

Talk by Dr Emily Hauser (Exeter), author of ‘For the Most Beautiful’ about her new book: ‘Mythica.’

 

Tuesday 27 May, 12.30-2.00pm (G.21)

Alex Tadel (Centre for the Study of the Renaissance, University of Warwick)  - Scholarly Shepherdess: Angela Nogarola’s Eclogue on Milanese Politics (1403)

Albert Koch (Classics)- ‘From Aeneas to Christ: Girolamo Vida’s Christiad’

 

Thursday 29 May, 5.15-6.30pm  (G.21)

Dr Tori McKee (Hughes Hall, Cambridge)- ‘The ‘envoicing’ of women in operatic adaptations of Greek tragedy.’ (followed by a celebratory end of term pub trip!)

 

 

 

 

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