Our Mythical Childhood...

The Reception of Classical Antiquity in Children’s and Young Adults’ Culture in Response to Regional and Global Challenges

Our Mythical History: People


Jerzy Axer

Jerzy Axer

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

axer@al.uw.edu.pl

‘By Oak, Ash, and Thorn!’: The Meaning of the Lessons in Roman History with Puck of Pook’s Hill

Rachel Bryant-Davies

Rachel Bryant-Davies

Department of Classics and Ancient History, Durham University

rgwb3@cam.ac.uk

'A nobler entertainment': Graeco-Roman History in British Children's Toys and Games, c. 1750–1914

Krishni Burns

Krishni Burns

Department of Classics and Mediterranean Studies, University of Illinois Chicago

ksburns@uic.edu

Spectacular Colonialism: Naumachia in "Children of Blood and Bone"

Véronique Dasen

Véronique Dasen

Department of Historical Sciences, University of Fribourg

veronique.dasen@unifr.ch

Gods, Heroes, and Monuments: Greek and Roman Antiquity in Games

Eleanor A. Dasi

Eleanor A. Dasi

Department of English ENS, University of Yaoundé 1

wandasi5@yahoo.com

Mythic Fulfillment and Performance in the Bafut Abinimfor and the Greek Dionysian Festivals

Susan  Deacy

Susan Deacy

Department of Humanities, University of Roehampton

S.Deacy@roehampton.ac.uk

Making Sixth-century BCE Athens All about Herakles for Autistic Children: Out of Myth – into History

Didymus T. Douanla

Didymus T. Douanla

Department of English ENS, University of Yaoundé 1

diddytsangue@yahoo.ca

PhD-Thesis: The Construction of Post-ethnic Identities in J.M. Coetzee’s Fiction

Raimund Fichtel

Raimund Fichtel

Institute of Classical Philology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

raimund.fichtel@klassphil.u...

The Birth of the Suetonian Nero from the Spirit of Mythology and Its Modern Variations

Frances Foster

Frances Foster

Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge

fjf20@cam.ac.uk

Another Late Antiquity: John Christopher’s "Fireball"

Valentina  Garulli

Valentina Garulli

Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies, University of Bologna

vgarulli@gmail.com

The Irresistible Charm of History: Laura Orvieto’s Narrative on Historical Themes

Elizabeth  Hale

Elizabeth Hale

School of Arts, University of New England

ehale@une.edu.au

Funny Bones: Archaeology, Humour, and Australian Children’s Books

Edith Hall

Edith Hall

Department of Classics, King’s College London

edith.hall4@btinternet.com

Secular Ethics for Junior Socialists: F.J. Gould on ancient history, 1906–1913

Owen Hodkinson

Owen Hodkinson

Department of Classics, University of Leeds

owen.hodkinson@gmail.com

Groovy Greeks, Rotten and Ruthless Romans: The Classical Past in the “Horrible Histories” Serie

Elena  Iakovou

Elena Iakovou

Seminar for Classical Philology, University of Göttingen

Panel Moderator

Markus  Janka

Markus Janka

Institute of Classical Philology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

markus.janka@klassphil.uni-...

Rejuvenating Heroes of Roman History in Robert Harris' Novels and HBO's "Rome"

Katarzyna Jerzak

Katarzyna Jerzak

Institute of Modern Languages, Pomeranian University in Słupsk

kasiajerzak@gmail.com

Mark Twain’s “Innocents Abroad” (1869): An Irreverent Look of the New World Upon the Old

Przemysław  Kaniecki

Przemysław Kaniecki

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

p.kaniecki@al.uw.edu.pl

Ancient History in Contemporary Modern Greek Comics

Jan  Kieniewicz

Jan Kieniewicz

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

jotka@al.uw.edu.pl

A Knight with No Blemish and without Fear and beyond Reproach: Heroic Myth in Polish Children Novel and National Identity during Captivity

Przemysław  Kordos

Przemysław Kordos

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

pkordos@al.uw.edu.pl

Ancient History in Contemporary Modern Greek Comics

Karolina  Kulpa

Karolina Kulpa

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

k.kulpa@al.uw.edu.pl

“Caesar and Cleopatra unite Rome and Egypt”: (Re)creating and Playing with Ancient History on the Playmobil Series

Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer

Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer

German Department, University of Tübingen

bettina.kuemmerling-meibaue...

“The most splendid guy of ancient history”: Facts and Fiction on Spartacus in Leftist German Children’s Literature

Nick Lowe

Nick Lowe

Royal Holloway, University of London

n.lowe@rhul.ac.uk

Agnieszka  Maciejewska

Agnieszka Maciejewska

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

agnieszka.maciejewska@stude...

PhD-Thesis: The Reception of Queen Cleopatra VII Philopator in Children's and Youth Culture

Katarzyna  Marciniak

Katarzyna Marciniak

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

kamar@al.uw.edu.pl

The Once and Future Antiquity: Greek and Roman Heritage in BBC Merlin

Lisa  Maurice

Lisa Maurice

Department of Classical Studies, Bar-Ilan University

lisa.maurice@biu.ac.il

Reading the Greco-Roman World from Right to Left: The Portrayal of Greeks and Romans in Jewish Children’s Fiction

Anna  Mik

Anna Mik

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

anna.m.mik@gmail.com

PhD-Thesis: Signs of Exclusion. Monsters Inspired by Greek and Roman Mythology as Symbols of Rejected Minorities in Literature, Film, and TV-Series for Children and Young Adults: From Mid-20th Until Early 21st Century

David  Movrin

David Movrin

Department of Classical Philology, University of Ljubljana

david.movrin@ff.uni-lj.si

Classics & Communism project co-leader (with Elżbieta Olechowska), Panel Moderator

Sheila  Murnaghan

Sheila Murnaghan

Department of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania

smurnagh@sas.upenn.edu

Champion of History, Inveterate Liar: Biographies of Heinrich Schliemann for Young Readers

Divine Che  Neba

Divine Che Neba

Department of English ENS, University of Yaoundé 1

nebankiwang@yahoo.com

Mythic Fulfillment and Performance in the Bafut Abinimfor and the Greek Dionysian Festivals

Sonya  Nevin

Sonya Nevin

Department of Humanities, University of Roehampton / Panoply Vase Animation Project

sonya.nevin@roehampton.ac.uk

Create Your Own Ancient Vase

Daniel A.  Nkemleke

Daniel A. Nkemleke

Department of English ENS, University of Yaoundé 1

nkemlekedan@yahoo.com

Mythic Fulfillment and Performance in the Bafut Abinimfor and the Greek Dionysian Festivals

Elżbieta Olechowska

Elżbieta Olechowska

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

elzbieta.olechowska@gmail.com

Ancient History in DC’s “Legends of Tomorrow”, Season 3, Episodes 1, 6, 18 (“Aruba-Con”, “Helen Hunt”, “The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly”)

Hanna  Paulouskaya

Hanna Paulouskaya

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

hannapa@al.uw.edu.pl

The Lives of Remarkable Ancients for Use of Soviet Youth

Edoardo  Pecchini

Edoardo Pecchini

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

edoardo.pecchini@gmail.com

Ayelet  Peer

Ayelet Peer

Department of Classical Studies, Bar-Ilan University

ayelet.peer@gmail.com

He Came, He Saw, He Conquered Hollywood: Julius Caesar in Popular Culture

Deborah H.  Roberts

Deborah H. Roberts

Department of Classics, Haverford College

droberts@haverford.edu

The Gadfly and Athenian Girlhood: Socrates in Historical Fiction for Children

Giacomo Savani

Giacomo Savani

Department of Classics, University of Leeds

G.Savani@leeds.ac.uk

Getting the Narrative Right: Authority and Imagination in the Educational Book “Life in the Roman World: Roman Leicester”, Co-authored by Giacomo Savani, Sarah Scott and Mathew Morris

Ulrich Schädler

Ulrich Schädler

Swiss Museum of Games

u.schaedler@museedujeu.ch

Gods, Heroes, and Monuments: Greek and Roman Antiquity in Games

Sonja  Schreiner

Sonja Schreiner

Department of Classical Philology, Medieval and Neolatin Studies, University of Vienna

sonja.schreiner@univie.ac.at

Reduced to Stereotypes vs. Historical Realism: Ancient People in Children’s Literature in the 1950s and in the Third Millennium

Steve  Simons

Steve Simons

Department of Humanities, University of Roehampton / Panoply Vase Animation Project

steveksimons@gmail.com

Create Your Own Ancient Vase

Wilfried Stroh

Wilfried Stroh

Institute of Classical Philology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

stroh@klassphil.uni-muenche...

De fabulis scaenicis in Germania exhibitis (inaugural lecture in Latin)

Robert A. Sucharski

Robert A. Sucharski

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

sucharsk@al.uw.edu.pl

Witold Makowiecki and His Two Novels on the Mediterranean in the Sixth Century BC

Karoline  Thaidigsmann

Karoline Thaidigsmann

Slavic Department, University of Heidelbeg

kthaidigsmann@gmx.net

Post-Socialist Identity between Slavic Gods, the Graeco-Roman Tradition and Western Christianity. A Reading of Dorota Terakowska’s Crossover Novel "The Loneliness of the Gods"

Renzo Tosi

Renzo Tosi

Faculty of Classical Philology and Italian Studies, University of Bologna

renzo.tosi@unibo.it

Cluster Board Member, Panel Moderator

ERC Grant Seminar Students' Session

Olga  Banasikowska

Olga Banasikowska

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

“Classic History Lesson” by Jacek Kaczmarski

Viktoryia  Bartsevich

Viktoryia Bartsevich

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

Have the Triumvirates Been Behind Everything? Nero, Caligula, Commodus in “The Trials of Apollo” by Rick Riordan

Anastasiia  Khrul

Anastasiia Khrul

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

Alexander the Great, as Seen by Soviet Novelists

Agnieszka  Maciejewska

Agnieszka Maciejewska

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

To the Rescue of Alexandria – Cleopatra and Romans in “Caesar, Who's He?” Alain Surget’s series “Children of the Nile”

Anna  Mik

Anna Mik

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

“Dobby is Free!” The House Elf as Spartacus of the Wizarding World

Haruka  Miwa

Haruka Miwa

International Students Exchange Programme, Shinshu University in Nagano

Three Historical Heroes from a Neutral Point of View

Marta  Pszczolińska

Marta Pszczolińska

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

Sparta between Myths and History – “The Wolf of Sparta” by Antonis Antoniadis and the Modern Hero of Ancient History>

Krzysztof  Rybak

Krzysztof Rybak

Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw

Our Honeyed History: The Ancient World in “The Book of Bees” and “The Book of Trees” by Piotr Socha and Wojciech Grajkowski

Belarusian and Russian Bursary Recipients' Session

Anastasiia Ashaeva

Anastasiia Ashaeva

The School of Advanced Studies in the Humanities of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

A Polish Mirror: Ancient Mythology in the USSR from Tadeusz Zieliński to Kazimierz Kumaniecki

Anastasiya  Davydava

Anastasiya Davydava

Faculty of Philology, Belarusian State University

Mikhail Gasparov, or How to Make Greece Entertaining

Angelina  Gerus

Angelina Gerus

Faculty of Philology, Belarusian State University

“Socrates in Love”: How to Introduce Plato to the Youngest

Alexandra Pisaruk

Alexandra Pisaruk

Faculty of Philology, Belarusian State University

alexandrapisaruk@gmail.com

Ancient History in Contemporary Street Art of Modern Greece