Greek and Roman Antiquity for Children and Young Adults. Poster. July 2023

LECTURE

GIRL TO WOMAN: THE MYTH OF PERSEPHONE IN YOUNG ADULT FICTION

Cristina Salcedo González

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

 

5th July 2023 / 18.00 CAMPUS Am Neuen Palais House 9 / Room 1.02

This lecture investigates the representation of a very popular figure from ancient myth, Persephone, in young adult fiction, analysing a series of examples from a range of anglophone cultures and contexts (New Zealand, South Africa, UK and USA). It will be shown that Persephone can represent and cover a broad range of diverse actual issues, ranging from LGBTQI+ desire to eating disorders, from partner violence to parental mental health, from PTSD to caring responsibility.

Through Persephone’s example it will be shown how relevant Greek mythology still is in contemporary cul- ture – and specifically in the entertainment and forma- tion of young adults in the anglophone world.

 

 

WORKSHOP

GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS

7th July 2023 / 10.00

WIS Bildungsforum Potsdam

 

10.00

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Katarzyna Marciniak Uniwersytet Warszawski

„Eye to Eye with a Cyclops: The Homeric Myth in Children’s Literature“

 

11.00 – 11.30

COFFEE BREAK

 

11.30 – 13.00

PANEL 1

„Greek and Roman Antiquity in Children Books, Young Adult Literature and School Books“

Lea Fürst Universität Potsdam

Marta García Morcillo University of Durham / Universität Potsdam Cristina Salcedo González Universidad Complutense de Madrid Katharina Wesselmann Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Chair: Filippo Carlà-Uhink Universität Potsdam

13.00 – 14.30

LUNCH

 

14.30 – 16.00

PANEL 2

„Having Fun and Learning with Greek and Roman Antiquity“

Filippo Carlà-Uhink Universität Potsdam

Florian Freitag Universität Duisburg Essen

Martin Lindner Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Ricardo Rinne Universität Potsdam

Anabelle Thurn Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg

Chair:

Cristina Salcedo González Universidad Complutense de Madrid

16.00 – 16.30

COFFEE BREAK

 

16.30 – 17.30

FINAL DISCUSSION

Chair: Katarzyna Marciniak Uniwersytet Warszawski

 

Place:

Universität Potsdam

Am Neuen Palais 10, House 9, Room 1.02,

14469 Potsdam

Organiser: Universität Potsdam

Historisches Institut. Geschichte des Altertums. 

Prof. Dr. Filippo Carlà-Uhink

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www.uni-potsdam.de/de/hi-altertum/index

 

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by Gregory N. Daugherty

Organizers: Anastasia Bakogianni (Massey University, New Zealand) and Barbara Goff (University of Reading, UK)

Antiquity in silent films from the Tom Stern Collection shown at the 5th Göttingen Night of Science (5 July 2022)

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