Programme
Thursday 25.09
9:00 Greetings and opening remarks
Michele Sollecito, Mayor of Giovinazzo
Stefano Bronzini, Rector University of Bari
Paolo Ponzio, Head of DIRIUM Department
Anna Tiziana Drago, University of Bari
Owen Hodkinson, University of Leeds
Rafael J. Gallé Cejudo, University of Cádiz
Session 1: Development and consolidation of a genre
Chair: Piero Totaro, University of Bari
9:30 Ana Cristina Vicente Sánchez, University of Zaragoza
The Erotic Letters of Theophylact Simocatta. Rhetorical and
Literary Background
10:00 Antonios Pontoropoulos, University of Uppsala
Representations of female voices and subjectivity in the letter
collection of Theophylact Simocatta
10:30 Coffee Break
Chair: Paola Ingrosso, University of Bari
11:00 Giulia Marolla, Pegaso University
The readers of Pliny’s love letters in Late Antiquity
11:30 Onofrio Vox, University of Salento
Testimonia of ancient love letters (literary and private)
12:00 Sabira Hajdarević, University of Zadar
Gossip and Misogyny in Aristaenetus’ and Theophylact’s Collections
12:30 Round table
Chair: Anna Tiziana Drago, University of Bari
13:00 Lunch
Session 2: Interaction and generic hybridisation
Chair: Owen Hodkinson, University of Leeds
15:00 Patricia A. Rosenmeyer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Kandake episode in the Alexander Romance
15:30 Elizabeth M. Conner, University of Maryland
Eros compels my prattling!: Same-sex desire in the letters of
Procopius and Aeneas of Gaza
16:00 Coffee Break
Chair: Pietro Berardi, University of Bari
16:30 Enrico Simonetti, Pegaso University
Writing and Reading Letters in Ancient Novel: Intersection of
Literary Genres
17:00 Effrosyni Tsakou, University of Lille
Exploring Love Letters in Byzantine Erotic Novels
17:30 Round table
Chair: Rafael J. Gallé Cejudo, University of Cádiz
Friday 26.09
Session 3: Echoes, Polyphonies, Receptions
Chair: Anna Tiziana Drago, University of Bari
9:30 Ashley Walker, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Renaissance editions of the Heroides
10:00 Tatiana Alvarado Teodorika, Academia Boliviana de la Lengua
The Letters of Phaedra and Helen: Antiquity seen from the
Antarctic World
10:30 Coffee Break
Chair: Angela Gigliola Drago, University of Bari
11:00 Rafael J. Gallé Cejudo, University of Cádiz
The first Latin translation of some Philostratus’ letters made by
Vicente Mariner
11:30 Silvia Lorusso, University of Bari
The Farewell Letter in the Modern French Novel
12:00 Round table
Chair: Owen Hodkinson, University of Leeds
12:30 Closing Remarks
Franco Montanari, University of Genova