[Usyd_Classics_Events] USYD CAH SEMINAR SERIES, March 4, Lucy Jackson

[Ben Brown]

Dear Friends of Classics and Ancient History,

We are delighted to invite you to the first presentation of 2024 in our Classics and Ancient History research seminar series.

Monday, March 4, 2pm, School of Humanities Common Room, Mungo MacCallum Building Rm 822

Lucy Jackson (University of Durham)

Containing Multitudes. Psychoanalysis and the Ancient Greek Chorus

Abstract:
In multiple cultures across the globe today, there is a turn towards collective action and to the mobilisation of massed and anonymous voices, often facilitated by online networks and via social media. The pandemic provided a brutal reminder of our interdependence, and threw the uber-individualists concerned with missions into space or personal financial gain into sharp relief. At the same time, the questioning of traditional, vertical, or linear power structures is (and should be) intensifying. In this work-in-progress paper, I will begin to introduce and articulate why the ancient Greek chorus has unrealised potential, both as historical feature of ancient Greek cultures and as a political model and mode of agency in today's world, to speak to these pressing modern concerns. My focus will be on what we might gain from viewing the chorus through the lens of psychoanalytic theory, and with the psychoanalyst Wilfred Bion’s ideas of ‘containment’ in particular in mind.

Lucy Jackson is Humanities Research Centre / Centre for Classical Studies Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University and Associate Professor in Classics (ancient Greek Literature) Department of Classics and Ancient History


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: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/85931637020

Our seminars begin promptly at 4 pm. To further with facilitating the online space, please ensure that your Zoom username matches the name on your registration (where possible).

Please note further 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

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>.

All best, Ben
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