Poster and Programme - Workshop 2 (London)
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Conflict Resolution in Ancient and Modern Contexts II:
Theory and Genre
1st-3rd 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 1st 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 2nd 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 3rd 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