Please note that all times are expressed in BST and that Class and Classics will take place as a virtual event, because of the pandemic. Thank you in advance for your comprehension.
Day 1 | Monday, 31 May 2021
09:15 - 09:30 | Introduction | Anna Maria Cimino | Gramsci Research Network
Session 1
Chair | Natasha Remoundou | National University of Ireland, Galway
09:30 - 10:00 | Reflections on Class as an Analytical Category in Discussing Classics and its Reception | Edit Hall | King’s College, London
10:00 - 10:30 | The Aberrant Antiquity of Jack Lindsay and Lewis Grassic Gibbon | Henry Stead | University of St. Andrews
10:30 - 11:00 | Discussion
Session 2
Chair | Emma Nicholson | University of Exeter
11:30 - 12:00 | Nativism vs. class denigration: Athenian autochthony between exclusion and inclusion | Mirko Canevaro | University of Edinburgh
12:00 - 12:30 | The Ancient Prince: Searching for the Subaltern History of Augustus | Richard Alston | Royal Holloway, London
12:30 - 13:00 | Discussion
Session 3
Chair | Neville Morley | University of Exeter
14:15 - 14:45 | Arthur Rosenberg: Ancient History and People’s Education in the German Revolution | Vittorio Saldutti | Università degli Studi di Napoli, “Federico II”
14:45 - 15:15 | Ancient Greece and Marxist Pedagogy in Mario Alighiero Manacorda’s Thought | Luca Silvestri | Università degli Studi Roma Tre
15:15 - 15:45 | Resisting Romanisation in 1970s Paris | Federico Santangelo | Newcastle University
15:45 - 16:30 | Discussion
Session 4
Chair | Elena Giusti | University of Warwick
17:00 - 17:30 | Cultural Hegemonies: Subaltern Agency through Greek and Roman Texts | Lorna Hardwick | The Open University
Day 2 | Tuesday, 01 June 2021
Session 1
09:30 - 11:00 | The End of Eternity: a Short History of Long Classics | Christopher Stray | Swansea University
Session 2
Chair | John Holton | Newcastle University
11:30 - 12:00 | Classics Poverty: the Unequal Access to Classical Subjects in Schools in England | Arlene Holmes-Henderson | University of Oxford/University of Sussex/King’s College, London
12:00 - 12:30 | The Public System Is Not (Necessarily) Enough: Material Obstacles to Classical Education in Italy | Gramsci Research Network
12:30 - 13:00 | Discussion
Session 3
Chair | Andrea Avalli | Università degli Studi di Genova
14:00 - 16:00 | General Meeting Part 1 | Accessibility, Inclusivity, and the Future of Classics and Ancient History
Session 4
Chair | Michele Bellomo | Università degli Studi di Milano
16:30 - 18:30 | General Meeting Part 2 | Discussion
