Conflict Resolution in Ancient and Modern Contexts II:

Theory and Genre

1^st-3^rd July 2019

Location: King’s College London

Organizers: Martin T. Dinter (Classics) and David Whetham (Defense Studies)

We thank the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Classical Association, the King's Centre for Military Ethics, and the Department of Classics at King's College London for their generous support towards this conference.

Monday 1^st July

Location: Bush House, South Wing, 4.04

Panel 1: Conflict Resolution from Homer to Clausewitz

Chair: Paula da Cunha Correa, Universidade de São Paulo

13.00 – 13.40 Theories of Conflict Resolution

Marina Miron, King’s College London (UK)

13.40 – 14.20 Mediation in Conflicts: The Speech of Nestor in Il. 1.254-284

Juan Jesús García Vélez, Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)

14.20 – 14.50 Coffee

14.50 – 15.30 Rewriting the End of the Odysseyfrom a Conflict Resolution Perspective

Rodrigo Verano, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)

Panel 2: Peace in the Polis

Chair: Rodrigo Verano, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)

15.30 – 16.10 Towards a Theory of Resilience in Plato’s Republic

S. Sara Monoson, Northwestern University (USA)

16.10 – 16.40 Coffee

16.40 – 17.20 ‘Concord’ and the ‘Public Good’: Resolving Civic Strife in Classical Athens

Alexandra Eckert, University of Oldenburg (Germany)

Panel 3: Drama and Conflict

Chair: Jacques Bromberg, University of Pittsburgh (USA)

17.20 – 18.00 The Progymnasmata in the Classroom: Conceptualizing Conflict Resolution through Fables

Marcos Martinho and Paula da Cunha Correa, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)

18.00 – 18.40 The Tyrant Within: Conflict and Regime Change in Senecan Tragedy

Jonathan Mannering, Loyola University Chicago (USA)

Tuesday 2^nd July

Room: Edmond J Safra Lecture Theatre, King’s Building

Panel 4: Conflict Resolution in Ancient Rome

Chair: Martin Dinter, King’s College London (UK)

9.00 – 9.40 The Vestal Virgins and Conflict Resolution Across Genres: Livy and Valerius Maximus

Morgan Palmer, Tulane University/University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA)

9.40 – 10.20 Popular Participation and Social Disorder in Ciceronian Philippics IV and VI

Gilson Charles dos Santos, Universidade de Brasília (Brazil)

10.20 – 10.50 Coffee

Panel 5: Latin Poetry and Interpersonal Conflict

Chair: Jonathan Mannering, Loyola University Chicago (USA)

10.50– 11.30 Plea and Mercy: Forgiveness as a Revelation of ἦθος

Andrea Lozano Vásquez, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (Colombia)

12.10 – 12.50 Praise and Insult: Initiating and Resolving Interpersonal Conflict in Martial’s Epigrams

Astrid Khoo, King’s College London (UK)

12.50 – 14.20 Lunch

Panel 6: Rewriting Conflict Resolution

Chair: Kathryn Tempest, University of Roehampton (UK)

14.20 – 15.00 Roman Abuse in Terence's Comedies through Aelius Donatus' Commentaries

Gemma Bernadó Ferrer, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (Colombia)

15.00 – 15.40 Dealing with Contested Narratives in Brazil through Neo-Latin Texts

Leni Ribeiro Leite, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (Brazil)

15.40 – 16.10 Coffee

Panel 7: Women and Conflict

Chair: Rebecca Langlands, University of Exeter (UK)

16.10 – 16.50 Guilty Women: Brazilian Sexist Laws and the Play Hecyraof Terence

Carlos Renato Rosário de Jesus, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas (Brazil)

16.50 – 17.30 A Plutarchean Narrative of Conflict Resolution: Structure and Examples in the Bravery of Women

Ronald Forero Álvarez, Universidad de La Sabana (Colombia)

17.30 – 18.10 Tacitus, Gender Violence and Misogyny as Political Expressions in Brazil and Colombia

Sarah Azevedo and Ginneth Gómez, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)

Wednesday 3^rd July

Room:Edmond J Safra Lecture Theatre, King’s Building

Panel 8: Coping with Conflict through Literature

Chair: Andrea Lozano Vásquez, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

9.30 – 10.10 Prejudice and Pride: Resisting Fascism through Classical Literature

Charlene Miotti, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

10.10 – 10.50 Tropical Tragedy: Coming to Terms with Revenge and Hatred in Macondo

Claudia Montilla Vargas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (Colombia)

10.50 – 11.20 Coffee

Panel 9: Contemporary Conflict Resolution

Chair: David Whetham, King’s College London

11.20 – 12.00 The Rewriting of the Classical Fable in Luuanda, by Luandino Vieira: Imagining a Postcolonial Angolan Nation

Ana Filipa Patinha Prata, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (Colombia)

12.00 – 12.40 The Resolution Will Not be Televised: Manufacturing Useful Enemies and Regime Crises from Parthia to Yemen

Nandini B. Pandey, University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA), and André Heller Perache, Médecins Sans Frontières‎ (France)

12.40 onwards Lunch