[Usyd_Classics_Events] Reminder: CAH Research Seminar #6 Chris Fear, Thursday Sept 21

[Ben Brown]

Dear Friends of Classics and Ancient History,

We are happy to invite you to our next Classics and Ancient History/CCANESA research seminar for Semester 2, 2023.

Thursday, September 21st at 4pm (AEST/UTC+10; 7am BST)

Christopher Fear (University of Hull)

J. Enoch Powell, Nietzsche, and the Greeks.

Note that this seminar will be presented online on zoom only: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/88036971562

Abstract
Enoch Powell claimed to have been an avid reader of Friedrich Nietzsche in his youth. But what exactly he took from this reading has never been investigated; hitherto there has been only speculation, and some sensationalism, centring upon the more dramatic themes of Nietzsche’s work and Powell’s thought: atheism, nationalism, and power. The first half of this article rehearses Powell’s discovery of Nietzsche, and surveys the suggestive elaborations hitherto provided by biographers and commentators—which, it is explained, are poorly evidenced. The second half details what is revealed in contemporary documentary evidence which, on this point, does not seem to have been consulted before: unpublished notes and lectures found among the Powell papers, held by the Churchill Archive Centre at Cambridge. It is found that Nietzsche inspired (1) Powell’s interest in ancient Greek culture, (2) his theory of education, and (3) his notion of an exactness of ‘style’ in writing, thinking, and living, and the power of classical scholarship to inculcate it.
Biography
Dr Christopher Fear is a researcher and lecturer in the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Hull. His published work has focused on the history of twentieth-century political thought, especially in the liberal and conservative traditions, and especially that of R. G. Collingwood, Michael Oakeshott, and Wyndham Lewis.

Please register for this free online presentation (if you have not already registered for the series):
https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/ApPtCnx1jniXV3Rmkh9DULN?domain=signup.e2ma.net

The Zoom meeting details for this seminar are:
Meeting URL:   https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/88036971562
Meeting ID:  88036971562

Our seminars begin promptly at 4 pm. Please note that by participating in this seminar, you agree to abide by the University of Sydney’s ICT policy. You can view the policy here:
https://www.sydney.edu.au/policies/showdoc.aspx?recnum=PDOC2011/140&RendNum=0

An extra note on recording of seminars
As part of a School initiative to preserve our online content for potential future use, we intend to record our seminars. If you would not like to be inadvertently recorded, please turn off your video and microphone after joining the meeting. To further with facilitating the online space, please ensure that your Zoom username matches the name on your registration (where possible).

We look forward to seeing you as we bring our research community together once again!

For any further information or questions, please contact the Classics & Ancient History Seminar Coordinator, Dr. Ben Brown at benjamin.brown at sydney.edu.au<mailto:benjamin.brown at sydney.edu.au> or CCANESA at ccanesa.general at sydney.edu.au<mailto:ccanesa.general at sydney.edu.au>.

All best, Ben

DR BEN BROWN
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