Colloquium on Aeschylus' Agamemnon

Friday, March 21, 2025 - 1:30pm
Ioannou Centre for Research in Classical and Byzantine Studies

This hybrid event is devoted to current research on Aeschylus' Agamemnon. In addition to work in progress, it will celebrate the publication of three new works on the play: Agamemnon, a Performance History by Claire Kenward & Fiona Macintosh (interactive/multimedia eBook, APGRD, 2023), Aeschylus: Agamemnon by Leah Himmelhoch (Bloomsbury, 2023), and Aeschylus: Agamemnon by Edith Hall (Aris & Phillips, Liverpool University Press, 2024).

Speakers and Respondents include: Emmanuela Bakola (Warwick); Felix Budelmann (Groningen); Edith Hall (Durham); Leah Himmelhoch (Hobart and William Smith Colleges); Fiona Macintosh (Oxford); Mai Musié (Swansea); Saskia Peels-Matthey (Groningen); Tommaso Suaria (Lisbon).

Registration for in-person attendance

Please check back shortly for details about how to register to attend in-person. This will be free (excluding lunch), but booking is essential. 

Informal lunch

At 12.30pm we will gather in the Ioannou Centre for an informal buffet-style lunch for an hour before the start of the colloquium. Should you wish to join us for the lunch, there is a charge of £8 per person that can be selected as an optional extra when registering for the colloquium.

Online attendance

For anyone unable to join us in Oxford, feel free to join us via Zoom. Registration is not necessary, the link to join will be published here closer to the day. 

Programme

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