The Classics Department warmly invites you to a Symposium in honour of Professor Boris Rankov and Professor Anne Sheppard, ‘On Edges: Frontiers and Coasts From Literature to Philosophy; from Philosophy to Literature’.
We are organising a Symposium to honour two former colleagues, Em. Professor Boris Rankov and Em. Professor Anne Sheppard, both of whom retired a few years ago. We are celebrating their long, distinguished careers and their significant contributions to scholarship with a one-day event that focusses on ancient military history, classical philosophy and literature. Papers will be given by colleagues, former students and friends of our honorands.
This event is free and open to all attendees. If you are interested in Roman Military history, Ancient Philosophy, tragedy and/or comedy, you will find at least one paper that you will find interesting on the programme of the Symposium (see below). For our RHUL students, this may be your first opportunity to experience a Classics conference/research event. We would be delighted if you could come, even for a part of the day.
On Edges: Frontiers and Coasts From Literature to Philosophy; from Philosophy to Literature - A Symposium in honour of Boris Rankov and Anne Sheppard
Date: 8 June 2023,
Venue: Windsor 005 (Egham campus, Royal Holloway, University of London)
Programme
10:00-10:05 Welcome
10:05-10:35 Blanka Misic (University of Vienna) "Bonded by Ritual: Cognitive and social effects of rituals on military worshippers of Mithras"
10:35-11:05 Steve Matthews (Royal Grammar, High Wycombe) “Who were the Logisticians? Dispensatores, imperial agents supplying the army”
11:05-11:35 BREAK
11:35-12:05 Michael Ng (Seattle University) "RMD III 139: An Urban cohort on the Danube?"
12:05-12:35 David Blackman (University of Oxford) “Archaeology and sea levels”
12:35-13:00 Richard Alston (RHUL) “Thinking Frontiers”
13:00-14:00 LUNCH
14:00-14:30 Raphael Woolf (KCL) “kalon in the Charmides”
14:30-15:00 Fiona Leigh (UCL) “Emotion and Tragedy in Republic X”
15:00-15:30 Stavroula Kiritsi (RHUL) “Emotions and Cognition: The View from Greek Comedy”
15:30-16:00 BREAK
16:00-16:30 David Preston (RHUL) “Asininity and ἀλαζονεία: Pythagoreans in Middle Comedy”
16:30-17:00 Attila Németh (Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest), “Lucretius and the Epicurean Self”
17:00-17:30 Sebastian Moro Tornese (Barcelona) “Neoplatonic Education: Honouring the Impact of Anne Sheppard's Teaching and Research”
17:30-17:45 Further Discussion
17:45-18:00 The honorands: Anne Sheppard and Boris Rankov
