Join us for AMNE’s 24th Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference. This year’s theme is Rupture and Continuity, and will includes papers from graduate students across the globe. The event will be hybrid– in person at UBC, as well as on Zoom.
When: March 22, 2024, 9:00am – 5pm
Where: Conference panels in Buchanan C203
For more information, including the conference program, and to register for the conference, visit: https://amne.ubc.ca/gradconference2024/
As our keynote lecture, we are delighted to host Melissa Funke (University of Winnipeg) who will speak on the topic ““Mnesarete to Phryne: Fragmentation and Biographical Tradition in Greek Literature.”
When: March 22, 2024 4:00pm Vancouver
Where: Irving K Barber Learning Center, Dodson Room (C204) and on Zoom
Abstract: How did Mnesarete, a girl from Boeotia, turn into Phryne the famous beauty of ancient Greece, and how did she end up as an enduring symbol of ancient Greek culture? Phryne is an ideal case study for examining several aspects of ancient Greek social and literary history as no single ancient work devoted to her alone or featuring her as protagonist survives, yet she has had a significant cultural footprint both in antiquity and in the modern world. Through Phryne and her ongoing cultural presence, from Greece and Rome to the present, we can begin to understand how a biography can be assembled from a set of disparate, fragmentary sources and ultimately what goes into the making of an ancient Greek dreamgirl.
If you have any questions, please contact amne.grad.conference@ubc.ca
