Sidonius and the Other

Sidonius is thematized in two upcoming papers at the conference ‘Othering and the Other. Performing Identity in the Roman Empire’ (Universities of Coimbra and Évora) on 13 July, 15:15 – 16:45 (Lisbon-London time): Pavle Pavlović (Singidunum University of Belgrado), The…

15 April: Van Waarden on Performance

Joop van Waarden is to give a lecture at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa on performance aspects of the Panegyric of Anthemius. Title: ‘A Ceremony Embodied: Experiencing Anthemius’ Panegyric’ Date and time: Thursday 15 April, 16:00-18:00 CEST Mode: distance.…

Magnani to Discuss Po Valley

Stefano Magnani is to give a paper on ‘Non solo rane e zanzare. Paesaggi padani nella descrizione del viaggio in Italia di Sidonio Apollinare’ at the online conference ‘Italia settentrionale e regioni dell´arco alpino tra V e VI secolo’, 15-17…

Jean Marcel Mirrors Sidonius

Filomena Giannotti (Siena) is to read a paper ‘Je suis le miroir à la fin de la décadence: mirror-games between Sidonius Apollinaris and Jean Marcel’ at the International Virtual Mirror Studies Conference (IVMSC) – Beijing, China. Date: Thursday 4 March,…

Giannotti on Self-Representation

On 27 February, 11.00 GMT, Filomena Giannotti will speak on ‘Self-Representation and Fictional Portraits of a Key Figure in Late Antiquity: Sidonius Apollinaris’ at the 23rd International Graduate Conference of the Oxford University Byzantine Society. Full programme and registration here

Ep. 3.12 in Titubanti testi

On 3 May (N.B. date has changed) at 18 h. Filomena Giannotti (Siena) and Simona Corso (Roma Tre) are due to discuss Sidonius’ Ep. 3.12 in the third series of Marco Formisano‘s Titubanti testi: Binomio di lettura. Download the complete…