Date: 16/4/2010, 9:00-17:45

Location: Drakopoulos Amphitheatre, Central Halls of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Organizers: Associate Professor Efterpi Mitsi, Assistant Professor Christina Dokou

This Colloquium, which is sponsored by the Postgraduate Program of the Faculty of English Language and Literature, will focus on the theme of the representation of classical heroism and its implications in the practice and theory of conflict in the medieval and early modern periods. This conference will concentrate not only on the influence of antiquity upon violent cultural change in these periods but also on the ways in which warfare in ancient cultures was remembered by succeeding centuries. There will be papers on several aspects of the configurations of the classical past with particular reference to: medieval/early modern heroism; conflict; warfare; and/or the influence of classical writing upon these fields of enquiry.

Keynote Address: Andrew Hiscock, Professor of English, University of Bangor, Wales, and President of the Cultures of War and Conflict Resolution Research Network