Classics x Medieval: Exploring the Past in the Present through Literature, Art, and Popular Culture (Panel)
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Primary Area / Secondary Area
Comparative Literature / Classics
Chair(s)
Jared Simard (New York University)
Afrodesia McCannon (New York University)
Abstract
Both antiquity and the Middle Ages have been manipulated in the present in creative and destructive ways. The past has been weaponized often with racialization as its barb, but also used to posit alternative, culturally diverse worlds as spaces of creative, generative play. How might the uses of these periods be compared? How can we de-silo the disciplines to enrich the study of their manipulations and expressions in the present? Can we think of “classicism” or “medievalism” as a methodology that can be extended to any period or does each period have its own -ism? The panel hopes to bring classicists and medievalists together (and those who study both) to produce an interdisciplinary discussion about how different pasts intersect with the present.
In our panel, we explore the interplay between the ancient and medieval worlds and their reverberation in contemporary culture. We are especially interested in global and interdisciplinary perspectives on this topic and invite a broad range of topics in literature, art, and popular culture that employ a variety of critical perspectives. We hope to create a space for academics of all levels to enter into conversation with one another and dialogue with scholars from equally interdisciplinary fields. Papers that explore decentering or challenging Eurocentric interpretations of history or that seek to uncover alternative narratives and marginalized voices are especially welcome.
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Antiquity and the Middle Ages have been manipulated and at times weaponized in their many reception histories down to the present. This panel invites scholars of all levels, Classicists and Medievalists alike, to explore together how different pasts intersect in the present.
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