Experiments in Classical Reception: A Symposium in Honour of Professor Emerita Lorna Hardwick
Date: Saturday 13 June 2026
Location: MBI Auditorium, Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford and Online
Programme:
10.30-11.00: Arrive/register/coffee
Welcome and short introduction
Anastasia Bakogianni and Stephen Harrison (University of Oxford)
11:00-12:15 Panel 1 Chair: Stephen Harrison
The Popular Turn in Classical Reception Studies: Challenges, Methods and Media
Anastasia Bakogianni and Luis Unceta Gómez (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
12.15-1.30 Panel 2 Chair: Anastasia Bakogianni
Temporalities and Reception
Fiona Macintosh (University of Oxford) and Justine McConnell (King’s College London)
1.30-2.15: Sandwich lunch (included)
2:15-3.30 Panel 3 Chair: Anastasia Bakogianni
Stop, Look and Listen: Paradigms of Reception panel
- How To Talk About Classical Reception
Joanna Paul (The Open University) - Red Lamps and Shades of Reception
Henry Stead (St Andrews)
3:30-4:15 Tea
4.15 – 5.30: Panel 4 Chair: Stephen Harrison
- Towards a Sociology of Classical Reception
Christopher Stray (Swansea University)
- Beyond Allusion
Elizabeth Vandiver (Whitman College)
5:30: Concluding thoughts
Stephen Harrison
5:45-6:15 Final drinks and celebration
This conference is free of charge to all participants, including lunch.
Attendance is limited to 60 in person; there will also be an online option.
For in-person registrations sign up by emailing Dr Anastasia Bakogianni (a.bakogianni@massey.ac.nz) by 31 May, stating any dietary or other needs.
For online participants the deadline for signing up is 10 June via email as above.
Note: this is not a Classical Association event – please contact the organisers directly with any enquiries.