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Sappho\u00a0to\u00a0Elytis\u00a0and Beyond: Archaic Lyric Across Byzantine, Modern Greek, and Wider European Poetic Worlds<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Friday, October 2 (9:15 AM-6:00 PM) and Saturday, October 3, 2026 (9:30 AM-1 PM)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rutgers University\u2014New Brunswick, College Avenue Campus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alexander Library, Teleconference Hall (Friday)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Center for Cultural Analysis, AB West Room 6107 (Saturday)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Friday, October 2<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

9:15 AM \u2014 Welcome<\/strong>
Serena Connolly,<\/em> Chair, Department of Classics, Rutgers University\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:20 AM \u2014 Opening Remarks<\/strong>
Timothy Power<\/em>, Director, Program in Modern Greek Studies; Classics, Rutgers University<\/p>\n

SESSION I \u00b7 9:30 AM\u201312:30 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: T. Corey Brennan (Rutgers University)<\/em><\/p>\n

Artemis Leontis<\/strong>
\nUniversity of Michigan
\nThe Delphic Festivals in the Modern Greek Repertoire of Ancient Choral Lyric<\/em><\/p>\n

Katerina Stergiopoulou<\/strong>
\nUniversity of Edinburgh
\nArchaic Lyric in the Work of Phoebe Giannisi<\/em><\/p>\n

Andrew Ford<\/strong>
\nPrinceton University
\nAnxieties of Influence in Seferis, Eliot and Aeschylus<\/em><\/p>\n

LUNCH \u00b7 12:30\u20131:45 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n

SESSION II \u00b7 1:45\u20133:45 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Bice Peruzzi (Rutgers University)<\/em><\/p>\n

Naomi Weiss<\/strong>
\nHarvard University
\nArchilochean<\/em> poiesis from Guy Davenport to Cy Twombly<\/em><\/p>\n

Kristina Chew<\/strong>
\nRutgers University
\nSappho, Undocumented: Greek poetry and myth in Theresa Hak Kyung Cha\u2019s<\/em> Dict\u00e9e<\/p>\n

COFFEE \u00b7 3:45\u20134:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n

SESSION III \u00b7 4:00\u20136:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Salam Al Kuntar (Rutgers University)<\/em><\/p>\n

Gregory Nagy<\/strong>
\nHarvard University
\nOn the poetics of \u03ba\u03b1\u03b7\u03bc\u03cc\u03c2<\/em><\/p>\n

George Syrimis<\/strong>
\nYale University
\nMarching to the Timpani: The Reception of Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca in Greek Music<\/em><\/p>\n

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Saturday, October 3<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

SESSION IV \u00b7 9:30 AM\u201312:30 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chair: Tim Power (Rutgers University)<\/em><\/p>\n

Ewen Bowie<\/strong>
\nUniversity of Oxford, Corpus Christi College
\nReading Alcaeus in the Roman Empire: Horace to Himerius and beyond<\/em><\/p>\n

Emmanuel Bourbouhakis<\/strong>
\nPrinceton University
\nMetre without Music? Pindar\u2019s Lyric Legacy in Byzantium<\/em><\/p>\n

Lucia Athanassaki<\/strong>
\nUniversity of Crete
\nThe sizzle and buzz of Bacchylides\u2019 dithyramb for the Athenians (c. 19): Poetic self-references in performance \u2013 ancient and modern<\/em><\/p>\n

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12:30\u20131:00 PM: Closing Discussion\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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