BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies - ECPv6.3.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230214T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230214T200000 DTSTAMP:20240328T085554 CREATED:20230116T234740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230118T144242Z UID:1045-1676401200-1676404800@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Sappho As Imagined: From Plato's Pillow Book to Lesbian Icon DESCRIPTION:Shane Hawkins\, Carleton University \nThere are few names from antiquity as widely recognized as Sappho\, and few poets whose work has been so consumed with controversy. Her poetry was revered in antiquity\, though reading and appreciating it had already become difficult and the putative details of her private life—and often the outlandish tales about her that may derive from Greek comedy—threatened to overshadow the beauty of her verse even then. This talk explores the long history of (re)imagining Sappho from antiquity until today. As sublime poet\, schoolmistress\, music teacher\, jilted and doomed lover\, feminist heroine and gay role model\, Sappho has been continually re-read and mis-read from the archaic period up to the recent sensational discoveries of new poems and the tabloid-worthy scandals surrounding them. The fragmentary state of her poetry and its powerful emotional content have haunted the imagination of readers for over two and a half millennia. \nin person at Dominion-Chalmers Cultural Centre\, 355 Cooper Street\, Ottawa \nShane Hawkins is Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Studies and Director of the College of Humanities at Carleton University. His research is on ancient Greek literature and historical linguistics. He has published on Homer\, Hesiod\, the Greek lyric poets\, Aristophanes\, and on the ancient Greek language. He is currently writing a commentary on Ancient Greek Iambic Poetry. \nCo-sponsored by the Parnassos Hellenic Cultural Society of Ottawa. \n   URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/sappho-as-imagined-from-platos-pillow-book-to-lesbian-icon/ LOCATION:Dominion Chalmers\, 355 Cooper Street CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR