{"id":4,"date":"2017-01-19T16:45:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T16:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/ancientloveletters2\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-09-16T09:53:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:53:55","slug":"programme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/ancientloveletters2\/programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday 25.09<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

9:00<\/b><\/span> Greetings and opening remarks<\/b><\/p>\n

Michele Sollecito<\/b><\/span>, Mayor of Giovinazzo<\/p>\n

Stefano Bronzini<\/b><\/span>, Rector University of Bari<\/p>\n

Paolo Ponzio<\/b><\/span>, Head of DIRIUM Department<\/p>\n

Anna Tiziana Drago<\/b><\/span>, University of Bari<\/p>\n

Owen Hodkinson,<\/b><\/span> University of Leeds<\/p>\n

Rafael J. Gall\u00e9 Cejudo<\/b>, University of C\u00e1diz<\/span><\/p>\n

Session 1: Development and consolidation of a genre<\/b><\/p>\n

Chair: Piero Totaro<\/b><\/span>, University of Bari<\/p>\n

9:30<\/span> Ana Cristina Vicente S\u00e1nchez<\/b>, University of Zaragoza<\/span><\/p>\n

The Erotic Letters of Theophylact Simocatta. Rhetorical and<\/i><\/p>\n

Literary Background<\/i><\/p>\n

10:00<\/span> Antonios Pontoropoulos<\/b><\/span>, University of Uppsala<\/p>\n

Representations of female voices and subjectivity in the letter<\/i><\/p>\n

collection of Theophylact Simocatta<\/i><\/p>\n

10:30 <\/b><\/span>Coffee Break<\/p>\n

Chair: Paola Ingrosso<\/b>, University of Bari<\/span><\/p>\n

11:00<\/span> Giulia Marolla<\/b><\/span>, Pegaso University<\/p>\n

The readers of Pliny\u2019s love letters in Late Antiquity<\/i><\/p>\n

11:30<\/span> Onofrio Vox<\/b><\/span>, University of Salento<\/p>\n

Testimonia of ancient love letters (literary and private)<\/i><\/p>\n

12:00<\/span> Sabira Hajdarevi\u0107<\/b><\/span>, University of Zadar<\/p>\n

Gossip and Misogyny in Aristaenetus\u2019 and Theophylact\u2019s Collections<\/i><\/p>\n

12:30<\/b><\/span> Round table<\/b><\/p>\n

Chair: Anna Tiziana Drago<\/b>, University of Bari<\/span><\/p>\n

13:00 Lunch<\/p>\n

Session 2: Interaction and generic hybridisation<\/b><\/p>\n

Chair: Owen Hodkinson<\/b><\/span>, University of Leeds<\/p>\n

15:00<\/span> Patricia A. Rosenmeyer<\/b><\/span>, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n

The Kandake episode in the Alexander Romance<\/i><\/p>\n

15:30<\/span> Elizabeth M. Conner<\/b><\/span>, University of Maryland<\/p>\n

Eros compels my prattling!: Same-sex desire in the letters of<\/i><\/p>\n

Procopius and Aeneas of Gaza<\/i><\/p>\n

16:00 Coffee Break<\/p>\n

Chair: Pietro Berardi<\/b>,<\/b><\/span> University of Bari<\/span><\/p>\n

16:30<\/span> Enrico Simonetti<\/b><\/span>, Pegaso University<\/p>\n

Writing and Reading Letters in Ancient Novel: Intersection of<\/i><\/p>\n

Literary Genres<\/i><\/p>\n

17:00<\/span> Effrosyni Tsakou<\/b><\/span>, University of Lille<\/p>\n

Exploring Love Letters in Byzantine Erotic Novels<\/i><\/p>\n

17:30<\/b><\/span> Round table<\/b><\/p>\n

Chair: Rafael J. Gall\u00e9 Cejudo<\/b>, University of C\u00e1diz<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Friday 26.09<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Session 3: Echoes, Polyphonies, Receptions<\/b><\/p>\n

Chair: Anna Tiziana Drago,<\/b> University of Bari<\/span><\/p>\n

9:30<\/span> Ashley Walker<\/b><\/span>, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n

Renaissance editions of the Heroides<\/i><\/p>\n

10:00<\/span> Tatiana Alvarado Teodorika<\/b><\/span>, Academia Boliviana de la Lengua<\/p>\n

The Letters of Phaedra and Helen: Antiquity seen from the<\/i><\/p>\n

Antarctic World<\/i><\/p>\n

10:30 Coffee Break<\/p>\n

Chair: Angela Gigliola Drago, <\/b>University of Bari<\/span><\/p>\n

11:00<\/span> Rafael J. Gall\u00e9 Cejudo<\/b><\/span>, University of C\u00e1diz<\/p>\n

The first Latin translation of some Philostratus\u2019 letters made by<\/i><\/p>\n

Vicente Mariner<\/i><\/p>\n

11:30<\/span> Silvia Lorusso<\/b><\/span>, University of Bari<\/p>\n

The Farewell Letter in the Modern French Novel<\/i><\/p>\n

12:00 <\/b><\/span>Round table<\/b><\/p>\n

Chair: Owen Hodkinson,<\/b> University of Leeds<\/span><\/p>\n

12:30 <\/b><\/span>Closing Remarks<\/b><\/p>\n

Franco Montanari<\/b><\/span>, University of Genova<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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. Gall\u00e9 Cejudo, University of C\u00e1diz Session 1: Development and consolidation of a genre Chair: Piero Totaro, University of...","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/ancientloveletters2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/ancientloveletters2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/ancientloveletters2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/ancientloveletters2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/ancientloveletters2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/ancientloveletters2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/ancientloveletters2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}