Presented By: Classical Studies
Editorial Vision and Prospects of a Classical Receptions Series (2015-2023)
Professor Laura Jansen, Univ. of Bristol
Contexts for Classics invites new and returning faculty and students to a presentation of work in progress, followed by discussion and a welcome reception.
Laura Jansen will reflect on her work as General Editor for the Bloomsbury monograph series, Classical Receptions in Twentieth-Century Writing. What new authors, topics, and directions does the series currently pursue, and why? And how might the series continue to redefine the practice and scope of classical reception studies?
Professor Jansen is the author of Borges’ Classics: Global Encounters with the Graeco-Roman World ( 2018), and editor of Susan Sontag’s Tangential Classics (2024), Anne Carson’s Euripides (2023), Anne Carson/Antiquity (2021), and The Roman Paratext (2014).
Laura Jansen will reflect on her work as General Editor for the Bloomsbury monograph series, Classical Receptions in Twentieth-Century Writing. What new authors, topics, and directions does the series currently pursue, and why? And how might the series continue to redefine the practice and scope of classical reception studies?
Professor Jansen is the author of Borges’ Classics: Global Encounters with the Graeco-Roman World ( 2018), and editor of Susan Sontag’s Tangential Classics (2024), Anne Carson’s Euripides (2023), Anne Carson/Antiquity (2021), and The Roman Paratext (2014).
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