[Usyd_Classics_Events] USYD CAH Research Seminar #3 Julia Kindt, April 14

[Ben Brown]

Dear Friends,

We would be delighted for you to join us at our next Classics and Ancient History/CCANESA online research seminar in the Semester 1 series.
Our program continues Thursday, April 14th (4pm, AEST UTC/GMT +11) with our own Julia Kindt (University of Sydney).

Professor Kindt will present: "The Trojan Boar: Meat Eating and Masculinity – Ancient and Modern."

Abstract:

This paper invites its audience to attend a (fictional) Roman dinner party somewhere in the bay of Naples sometime during the reign of the emperor Nero. It starts from the wild boar served as the main course to discuss the link between the consumption of meat and the forming of human identities, both ancient and modern. I show that the link between meat-eating, physical vitality, and social standing points to some of the arguments made in the ancient philosophical debate about the nature of human exceptionalism. The paper illustrates the centrality of meat-eating to notions of masculinity and discusses differences between the ancient and modern consumption of red meats. Finally, we turn to the fact that not everybody participated in the feast. Already in classical antiquity there were people who forged their identities along different lines by consciously opting out of this defining association. Intriguingly, perhaps, some of the arguments made two millennia ago promoting vegetarianism resonate with modern advocacy of a meat-free diet.

Presenter biography:

Julia Kindt is Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Sydney and a ARC Future Fellow (2018-22). Her research interests include ancient Greek history (from the Archaic period through to Roman Greece), ancient Greek religion and the interdisciplinary study of religions, ancient anthropology and human/animal relations, historiography (ancient and modern) as well as Herodotus. She is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Ancient History, Sydney University Press and a Senior Editor of the Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Religion (ORE).

Please register for this free online 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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Please note, our seminars begin promptly at 4 pm. To assist in facilitating the online space, please ensure that your Zoom username matches the name on your registration (where possible).

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This seminar will not be recorded.

We look forward to seeing you as our program continues! For any further information or questions, please contact us at ccanesa.general at sydney.edu.au<mailto:ccanesa.general at sydney.edu.au>

Best wishes, Ben

DR BEN BROWN | Classics and Ancient History | School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI)
School Undergraduate Curriculum Coordinator (SOPHI)
School BAS Coordinator (SOPHI)
Research Seminar Coordinator (CAH)
Co-director Critical Antiquities Network
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