[Usyd_Classics_Events] Reminder: Critical Antiquities Workshop 2024, #2

[Ben Brown]

Dear Friends of Critical Antiquities,



At the next Critical Antiquities Workshop, we are very excited to host Marco Formisano (Ghent University) for his paper,



‘“The nomadic alternative": Classics in motion.’



The event will take place on Zoom on Thursday, April 11, 09:30-11:00am (Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane time).



The event will be in a hybrid format broadcast from the School of Humanities Common Room (Rm 822, Brennan-MacCallum Building, University of Sydney).



Here is the time in other locations:


Los Angeles/Vancouver: Wednesday, April 10, 4:30-6pm
Mexico City: Wednesday, April 10, 5:30-7pm
Chicago: Wednesday, April 10, 6:30-8pm
New York: Wednesday, April 10, 7:30-9pm
Santiago/Buenos Aires/Rio de Janeiro: Wednesday, April 10, 8:30-10pm
Dublin/Belfast/London: Thursday, April 11, 12:30-2am
Paris/Berlin/Rome: Thursday, April 11, 1:30-3am
Johannesburg/Athens/Cairo: Thursday, April 11, 2:30-4am
Beijing/Singapore/Perth: Thursday, April 11, 7:30-9am
Tokyo: Thursday, April 11, 8:30-10am
Darwin/Adelaide: Thursday, April 11, 9:00-10:30am



To register, please sign up for the Critical Antiquities Network mailing list to receive Zoom links and CAN announcements: https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Au5sCQnMBZfBX3nNpFxLVlW?domain=signup.e2ma.net<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Au5sCQnMBZfBX3nNpFxLVlW?domain=signup.e2ma.net>



Here is the abstract:



Nothing seems to be so alien to scholarly activity than nomadic life, i.e. a non-sedentary existence, in constant motion and with an unstable identity, an identity that is not strictly connected to a specific place. Moreover, nomadic culture almost sounds like an oxymoron from a certain perspective: culture is always connected with fixed places and their possible transformations through the ages. But what if classicists adopt a nomadic perspective in order to read ancient Greek and Latin texts? Is there a textuality that can be defined as nomadic? Philosopher Rosi Braidotti discussed and identified a “nomadic theory” that resists dominant neo-liberal concepts of culture by emphasizing alterity, post-human otherness and the relevance of the environment.  In this talk, bearing the title of a book that British writer Bruce Chatwin wanted to write but was not able to accomplish, I launch the hypothesis of a nomadic approach to ancient texts, with the purpose of offering a new perspective on current debates proliferating around the discipline of Classics, its role in contemporary culture, and its uncertain future.



We hope to see you there,



Tristan and Ben
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