[LCC] Colloquium on expurgation of classical texts (Oxford)

[Terrence Lockyer]

This notice posted to the (UK) Classicists list by Stephen Harrison might be 
of interested to listmembers here:

The Corpus Christi Centre for the Study of Greek and Roman Antiquity
Presents a Colloquium on Expurgation and The Classics
Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Saturday 13th November 2010.

This one-day colloquium (c.10.00-6.15) looks at expurgation in classical 
scholarship and education and the strategies it has used to deal with 
obscene and other textual material in conflict with Christian and other 
post-classical values. Speakers : Ewen Bowie, Valentine Cunningham, Stephen 
Harrison, Tim Leary, James Morwood, Dan Orrells, Ian Ruffell, and 
Christopher Stray. Cost £10.00 to include coffee, lunch and tea (please pay 
cash on the day); graduate students of Corpus, no charge. If you would like 
to attend, please register with Prof. Stephen Harrison at Corpus 
(stephen.harrison at ccc.ox.ac.uk).

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