In early November, Chris and I will travel to the Fondation Hardt in Geneva for a conference entitled “Lucain et Claudien, face à face: Une poésie politique entre épopée, histoire et panégyrique.”
Chris will hold a workshop explaining how the online tools work and how to use them. I’ll be giving a presentation on Claudian, the late-4th century CE court poet, and how his epic makes use of the Civil War epic of his predecessor Lucan. My goal is to take advantage of Tesserae tools to offer a broader view of this interaction than has been available so far, and in the process to expand traditional conceptions of intertextuality a little.
The program is full of interesting topics to be addressed by distinguished scholars. We’re excited to be able to exchange views with this group. In particular, we’ll have a chance to speak face à face to Damien Nelis of Geneva and his colleagues and continue the discussion of our research partnership.