[Usyd_Classics_Events] Final Classics and Ancient History Research Seminar for 2020 (Thursday 22nd Nov)

[Ben Brown]

Dear Friends,

The final Classics and Ancient History/CCANESA online research seminar for Semester 2 and 2020 will be held on the November 26th with
Rebecca Georgiades
Frightened Figures: exploring the iconography of fear in Athenian vase-paintings between 600-300 BCE
Abstract:
Although emotions, particularly fear, have biological foundations, they are by no means universal and are significantly shaped by the surrounding cultural and social contexts where they are expressed. This paper explores the concept of fear in antiquity by examining representations of violent interactions between humans in Athenian vase-paintings from the 7th - 4th centuries BC. By focusing on specific case studies, including the sack of Troy and Herakles’ encounters with Bousiris and Eurystheus, I will discuss how fear was visually defined through gesture, posture, and facial expression in images of violence. The final part of this paper will demonstrate how representations of fear communicated and reinforced important ideas about culture, gender and status which were circulated among the producers and consumers of these images. As such, it highlights how emotion can function as a type of knowledge that is shared, modelled, and redefined among society.
Please register for this free presentation (if you have not already registered for the series):
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The Zoom meeting details for this seminar are:
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ONLINE TRIVIA FOLLOWING FINAL PAPER!
To celebrate the completion of the online seminar series, we invite you to stay for our online trivia event at 5pm,following the presentation. Those with alternative commitments who cannot make the seminar are welcome to join us at 5pm, using the Zoom links for our final paper. We have been busily crafting questions on a wide scope of ancient historical topics that might perhaps puzzle the Sphinx itself!  Looking forward to seeing you there.

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We look forward to seeing you as we bring our research community together online for the final seminar of the series! For any further information or questions, please contact us at ccanesa.general at sydney.edu.au<mailto:ccanesa.general at sydney.edu.au>

All very best, Ben

DR BEN BROWN
Classics and Ancient History
School Undergraduate Curriculum Coordinator (SOPHI)
Research Seminar Coordinator (CAH)
School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI)
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