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The Reception of Eunuchus

Venue
Auditorium, Corpus Christi College
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Corpus Christi College Classics Centre, the APGRD, and the University of Leipzig are pleased to invite you to a double act dedicated to Terence’s Eunuchus, which will consist of a hybrid weekly introductory seminar (Tuesdays 11.30am, 26 April to 14 June) and a one-day research conference, both open to everyone.

Organizers: Stefano Cianciosi (LMH, Oxford), Domenico Giordani (UCL), Vincent Graf (Leipzig/Oxford), and Giuseppe Pezzini (CCC, Oxford).

Research conference

As Terence's most successful play, Eunuchus was consistently part of the Latin school canon from the late Roman Republic to the modern era. Over a period of more than two thousand years, the comedy has been edited, performed, commented on, criticised, illustrated, and imitated numerous times. By bringing together experts on the ancient, medieval, and modern reception of the play, the workshop aims to discuss a wide range of approaches and provide insight into the colourful afterlife of one of Rome's most successful poets.

Programme

9.30-10:00: Arrival and Coffee
10.00-10.10: Introduction to the Conference

  • 10.10-10.45: Vincent Graf (Universität Leipzig/Oxford): 'Quoting Terence – Mocking Cicero? A Passage from Eunuchus in Cic. Tusc. 4.75 and Hor. Sat. 2.3.259-271.'
  • 10.45-11.20: Prof Andrew Cain (University of Colorado Boulder): 'From the Stage to the Page. The Reception of Terence’s Eunuchus in Late Antiquity.'
  • 11.20-11.55: Prof Stefan Feddern (Universität Leipzig): 'Augustine’s Reception of Terence’s Eunuchus.'
  • 11.55-12.30: Vittorio Danovi (University of Oxford): 'Late-Antique Grammarians Reading the Eunuchus.'

12.30-13.30: Lunch at Corpus Christi

  • 13.30-14.05: Dr Andrew Turner (University of Melbourne): 'Badius’ Eunuchus. Between Illustration and Theory.'
  • 14.05-14.40: Dr Giulia Torello-Hill (University of New England): 'Re-imagining Terence. The Revival of Eunuchus in Renaissance Italy.'
  • 14.40-15.15: Dr Beatrice Radden Keefe (Universität Zürich): 'What's the Getup? The Eunuch's Clothes in the Terentius Vaticanus.'
  • 15.15-15.50: Prof Antony Augoustakis (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign): 'The rape scene in Terence’s Eunuchus and its reception in the Joseph plays in the 16th century.'

15.50-16.20: Tea Break

  • 16.20-16.55: Andrea Peverelli (Huygens Institute): 'The reception of the Eunuchus in Early Modern Drama from a DH perspective.'
  • 16.55-17.30: Prof Edith Hall (Durham University): 'Terence's Eunuchus and the post-Restoration English theatre.'

17.30-18.00: Final discussion, Summary and Next Steps

Registration

If you are planning to attend the event (either in person or via Zoom) please register your details in our online Conference form. 

Contact

If you have any queries, please feel free to email Stefano Cianciosi at: stefano.cianciosi@lmh.ox.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

Seminar Programme to transfer: Corpus Christi College Oxford

Week 1: Tue 26 April, 11.30am-1pm - Seminar room

  • Beppe Pezzini (Oxford): Transmission
  • Vincent Graf (Leipzig): Roman Theatre in Terence’s Times

Week 2: Tue 3 May, 11.30am-1pm - Rainolds Room

  • Wolfgang De Melo (Oxford): Language
  • Kevin Protze (Leipzig): Ter. Eun. 1-45/prologue 

Week 3: Tue 10 May, 11.30am-1pm - Rainolds Room

  • Domenico Giordani (Oxford/UCL): Metre
  • Boris Kayachev (Oxford): Ter. Eun. 46-231/romantic love 

Week 4: Tue 17 May, 11.30am-1pm - Rainolds Room

  • Stefano Cianciosi (Oxford): Greek Model
  • Benjamin Cartlidge (Oxford): Ter. Eun. 232-390/hangers-on and the cunning slave

Week 5: Tue 24 May, 11.30am-1pm - Morelli Room

  • Nicolò Campodonico (Pisa): Suetonius’ Life of Terence
  • Thomas Nelson (Oxford): Ter. Eun. 391-506/the braggart soldier 

Week 6: Tue 31 May, 11.30am-1pm - Auditorium

  • Benjamin Victor (Université de Montréal): Some remarks on Donatus
  • Camilla Poloni (Roma): Donatus’ Commentary
  • Alberto Corrado (Oxford): Ter. Eun. 507-614/the rape 

Week 7: Tue 7 June, 11.30am-1pm - Auditorium

  • Marius del Core (Pisa): Ter. Eun. 615-726/misunderstanding
  • Basil Nelis (Oxford): Ter. Eun. 727-816/familial bonds and the quarrel

Week 8: Tue 14 June, 11.30am-1pm - Rainolds Room

  • Lewis Webb (Oxford): Ter. Eun. 817-970/women’s legal statuses 
  • Holly Hunt (Oxford): Ter. Eun. 971-1090/resolution

Introductory Seminar
Tuesdays 11.30-1pm, 26 April - 14 June
Corpus Christi College Oxford - and on Zoom ​

Our programme encompasses a wide array of topics and perspectives on the play — from textual criticism to gender studies, from ancient and modern reception to stage-related issues and performance. In addition to presentations on selected passages given by graduate students and early career researchers, the first five sessions will include short introductions on several aspects of the text such as transmission, language, metre, Greek model, and the historical context of its performance.

We’d like to stress that the seminar is open to everyone and it is by no means expected that participants will have any prior knowledge of the Eunuchus or of Roman comedy in general. In fact, our aim is to bring different approaches to bear on the text and thus open up new avenues for interpretation. 

The programme, including the location for each session, can be found below <jump to seminar programme> or can be downloaded here as a Word Doc.

Seminar Registration

If you are planning to attend the seminar (either in person or via Zoom), please register your details in our online Seminar form.