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From: Linda Wright <lwright@cac.washington.edu>
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Subject: Call For Papers: Art and Artifice in the Roman World (fwd)
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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:33:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Timothy O'Sullivan <tsulliv@fas.harvard.edu>
Subject: Call For Papers: Art and Artifice in the Roman World



ars adeo latet arte sua: Art and Artifice in the Roman World
A graduate conference in the Department of Classics, Harvard University
March 15-16, 2002

Keynote Speaker: Shadi Bartsch, University of Chicago

Any attempt to find common ground among the different meanings of the word
"ars" involves focusing on what it is not: it is neither natural nor real.
The dialogue between art and nature is a recurrent theme in ancient
thought and informs all manner of Roman cultural production, from
literature and art to architecture and public spectacle.  We invite papers
that explore the ways in which Roman society both draws and transgresses
the boundaries between the real and the artificial, between nature and
art, as well as the various connotations attached to what is manmade or
unreal.

This dichotomy between art and nature manifests itself in many different
ways, and we welcome a wide variety of topics and approaches. Possible
questions to consider: How do poets call attention to the fictiveness of
their art, or alternatively, seek to define a superior realm of artistic
reality?  How do art and poetry explore the relationship between the
spectator and work of art or emphasize the role of perception in the
construction of truth or reality?  How do writers merge truth and fiction,
or combine myth with history?  How do the Romans explain the power of
artistic expression or voice anxiety about its potential to deceive or
mislead?

Interested graduate students and recent PhD's should submit an abstract of
1-2 pages (double-spaced) to the following address by November 15, 2001:
                                Department of the Classics
                                ATTN: Graduate Conference
                                Boylston Hall 204
                                Harvard University
                                Cambridge, MA 02138
Abstracts should be submitted anonymously.  Please provide a cover letter
with your paper title, name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and
department.  Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes.  Please indicate
any special needs you have, such as a slide projector.

Web site:
www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/conferences/artandartifice

Questions? Contact:
		Madeleine Goh (goh@fas.harvard.edu)
		Leah Kronenberg (kronenb@fas.harvard.edu)
		Tim O'Sullivan (tsulliv@fas.harvard.edu)





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