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<b>What does Homer’s <i>Odyssey</i> have to say to the 21st century? <br>
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</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Date: Friday 26 June 2026 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (UTC+10)</b></span></div>
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<b>Where: Upstairs at Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe NSW 2037</b></div>
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The <i>Classical Association of New South Wales</i> invites you to join us for an
<a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/M-DpCE8wmrtgYPmqRINfxU7CenF?domain=trybooking.com">evening of discussion</a> as a panel of the most exciting scholars working in Australia today speak about Homer’s Odyssey and how this epic poem shapes them and their thinking about the 21st century.
From migration and exile to war, identity, hospitality, homecoming, storytelling, and the longing for meaning, the Odyssey continues to speak uncannily to contemporary concerns. <br>
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<a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/M-DpCE8wmrtgYPmqRINfxU7CenF?domain=trybooking.com">Placing the Odyssey in the 21st Century</a> brings together an interdisciplinary array of academics to consider why love for and intrigue about this ancient poem persist into the present and what questions
drive their engagement. How should we interpret the character of Odysseus today? What about its other characters, including its women who are often overlooked? What does the epic reveal about power, violence, gender, and survival? Could it be that the journey
home—as an idea and especially as a feeling—is bound to become ever more compelling in our age of growing global instability, uncertainty, and the desire to escape? <br>
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Whether you are a long-time lover of the classics, you're simply curious about why ancient literature still matters or you want to become better acquainted with the text before the upcoming release of Christopher Nolan's film adaptation, this event invites
you into a rich and accessible conversation about one of the foundational works of world literature. <br>
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Audience Q&A will follow.</div>
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<b>An event not to be missed!</b></div>
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best, on behalf of the CANSW</div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 6.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">DR BEN BROWN </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 6.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Senior Lecturer, Classics and Ancient History</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 6.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Co-director
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 6.5pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><i><u><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/E50YCGv0oyC06gm8ju7h4UBGvMr?domain=criticalantiquities.org/" title="https://criticalantiquities.org/" data-outlook-id="662ccf9d-898d-4c41-8c90-d91e03f71537" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Critical
Antiquities Network</a></u></i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 6.5pt; color: rgb(77, 77, 77);">THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 6.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">NSW 2006 </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 6.5pt; color: rgb(77, 77, 77);">Ph.: 9351 8983; Office: Main Quad J6.07</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 6.5pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><u><a href="mailto:benjamin.brown@sydney.edu.au" title="mailto:benjamin.brown@sydney.edu.au" data-outlook-id="07332de1-3bb5-4cfd-8ac3-37798f01d66f" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">benjamin.brown@sydney.edu.au</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 6.5pt; color: rgb(77, 77, 77);"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 6.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">|
W </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 6.5pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><u><a href="http://sydney.edu.au/arts/classics_ancient_history/staff/profiles/benjamin.brown.php" title="http://sydney.edu.au/arts/classics_ancient_history/staff/profiles/benjamin.brown.php" data-outlook-id="1bf65909-c599-405e-bece-20def174b359" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">http://sydney.edu.au/arts/classics_ancient_history/staff/profiles/benjamin.brown.php</a></u></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 6.5pt; color: black;"><i>Aux approches de la soixantaine, on n’est pas toujours plus sage qu’à vingtans —
</i>Marc Bloch</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 6.5pt; color: black;"><i>Es eine Ungerechtigkeit ist, daß damit auch die Männer keine Erwähnung finden, welche sich dadurch, daß sie sich
auf Lehre und Erziehung beschränkten, gar nicht selten ein sehr viel höheres Verdienst erwarben, als mancher, der ein Scherflein zur Wissenschaft beitrug</i> — U. von Wilamowitz-Moellendorf</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 6.5pt; color: black;">Recent Scherflein: “Remains of the Day: Unfreedom in Ancient Greece”
<i>Philosophy, Politics and Critique</i> 1.2, 2024, 165–184.</span></p>
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