[SydPhil] Agora Speaker Series - Prof Alastair Blanshard, 1 June 2023

[Sally Cole]

The School of Liberal Arts, University of Wollongong invites you to attend the
Agora Speaker Series
Thursday 1 June, 3.30 to 5.00pm
This is an in-person event at the University of Wollongong - Register here<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/HNIVCP7LAXf0ZRW32iziLqO?domain=uow.au1.qualtrics.com>


Professor Alastair Blanshard (University of Queensland)

Surveying the Reception of Rome: Sex, violence, myths, and factoids
This lecture offers a broad overview of some of the dominant observable trends in the reception of ancient Roman history and culture. It looks at which particular Roman stories and motifs have flourished, and why. It locates these trends within both historical and generic contexts. In particular, it is interested in charting the ways in Rome has been framed as place of sex, violence, and (a very Protestant version of) Christianity.


Alastair Blanshard is the Paul Eliadis Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Queensland. He is director of UQ's Centre for Western Civilisation and is the program director for the Advanced Humanities degree.



The Agora Speaker Series is proudly hosted by
The School of Liberal Arts
Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
University of Wollongong
NSW 2522 Australia
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