The Department of Classical Studies (Duke University), the Department of Classics (Oberlin College & Conservatory) and the Department of Classics (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) announce the 19^th Trends in Classics (an in-person event) to be held in Thessaloniki from May 22 to 24, 2025. The conference topic is:

“The Ages of Nero: Reality and Reception”

https://lit.auth.gr/research/conferences/trends-in-classics/19th_trends

(Nero and his age continue to fascinate us. The past decade alone has seen two Companions, three major museum exhibitions, new excavations of the Domus Aurea, and several biographies that aim to shed new light on Rome’s notorious fifth emperor and the years 54-68 CE. It is also clear that the Age of Nero lived on well after the death of the man himself. In the centuries since his suicide in 68 CE, different groups of people have refashioned their own ideas of Nero or their own idea of the Age of Nero, from the Flavian reshaping of his memory and the Christian creation of the Nero Antichrist legend to the influence of Neronian authors on early modern poetics, the reclaiming of Nero in the late 19th century as a symbol of decadent masculinity, and Hollywood’s use of Nero as symbol of its own spectacular power. Perhaps it is time that we speak of Ages of Nero in the plural. This international conference brings together scholars from different academic disciplines to explore such Ages of Nero including the literature, philosophy, art and architecture of Nero’s principate as well as the reception of Nero and Neronian culture from antiquity to today.)

The list of speakers is available online on the Department of Classics (AuTh) website via the link below:

https://lit.auth.gr/research/conferences/trends-in-classics/19th_trends_speakers

The conference is to be held in Auditorium 1 at KEDEA, September 3^rd Avenue, University Campus, Thessaloniki:

https://kedea.rc.auth.gr/info.html

 For further information or queries, please contact:

Stavros Frangoulidis (Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein.)

Looking forward to seeing you in Thessaloniki!

The Organizing Committee

Lauren Donovan Ginsberg (Duke University)
Christopher Trinacty (Oberlin College & Conservatory)
Antonios Rengakos (Aristotle University & Academy of Athens)
Stavros Frangoulidis (Aristotle University)