The Agora Speaker Series is hosted by the School of Liberal Arts. Lectures presented as part of the series are free of charge and are open to members of the School of Liberal Arts, the University and the general public.
Agora Speaker Series 2023 - Professor Alastair Blanshard
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Wollongong Campus
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Surveying the Reception of Rome: Sex, violence, myths, and factoids
This lecture offers a broad overview of some of the dominant observable trends in the reception of ancient Roman history and culture. It looks at which particular Roman stories and motifs have flourished, and why. It locates these trends within both historical and generic contexts. In particular, it is interested in charting the ways in Rome has been framed as place of sex, violence, and (a very Protestant version of) Christianity.
Alastair Blanshard is the Paul Eliadis Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Queensland. He is director of UQ’s Centre for Western Civilisation and is the program director for the Advanced Humanities degree.