NEW! Exhibiting antiquity

Held at Birbeck, University of London. What place does the exhibited object have in the reception of classical antiquity? What is at stake in acquiring such objects, in displaying them, in viewing them, in the museum and beyond? This two-day international conference (generously supported by the British Academy) will bring together those working on classical reception studies and English literature, as well as art historians, museologists, curators, archaeologists and intellectual historians to discuss the part played by the display of objects in the reception of the classical world from the eighteenth century to the present. Confirmed speakers include: Elizabeth Prettejohn, Kenneth Lapatin, Caroline Vout, Athena Leoussi, Stefano-Maria Evangelista, Debbie Challis, Michael Hatt, Katherine Harloe, Alain Schnapp. Organisers:... [read full story]