Classics in Colonial Cities: Virtual Conference

In the light of the extensive interest in the classical heritage evident in so much of the British Commonwealth, we have decided to organise a virtual conference on Classics in Colonial Cities in the first week of November 2021.

These conferences will focus on Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, and how classicism contributed to the development of cities and the creation of civic life and identities.

How it works

Recordings of the papers will be distributed to everyone who registers prior to the event.  The conference will involve panels at which each of the paper givers will give a short live talk and then be available to answer questions and engage in general discussion.  Attendees are asked to watch the recordings before attending the panel sessions. Abstracts will be circulated prior to the conference.

Panels will be organized around the following themes:

• Reception
• Education
• Sculptures and Artefacts
• Heritage
• Architecture and Place

All times are AEDT (= UTC +11, NZDT = UTC +13, SAST = UTC +2)
In order to allow for international participation, this event has been scheduled for three evenings (Sydney time) over three days.

Program

1 November 

• 17:00-17:20
  OPENING REMARKS: Alastair Blanshard
• 17:20-18:20
  RECEPTION
  Chair: Alastair Blanshard
  Laura Ginters, Sarah Midford, Marguerite Johnson, The Trojans, Carthage and “corrobory”: Creating a Colonial City through Classical Reception
  Craig Barker, Pompeii Down Under: Henry J. Pain’s pyrotechnic show in Australia, 1886-1904
• 18:25-18:55
  EDUCATION
  Chair: Alastair Blanshard
  Jeffrey Murray, Classical education in colonial cities
  Peter Brownlee, Badham of Sydney: The making of a Public Intellectual in Colonial New South Wales 1867-1884  

2 November 

• 17:00-17:30
  SCULPTURE AND ARTIFACTS
  Chair: Keith Dobney
  Tom Zanker, Classicizing Sculpture around Adelaide Oval
  Andrew Stiles, Classicism in Centennial Park: The Changing Identities and Uses of [Neo]Classical Statuary in the Colon
• 18:00-18:45
  HERITAGE
  Chair: Julia Horne
  Dr Andonis Piperoglou, Diaspora and Civilisational Heritage: The Classical Tradition and Greek Settler Colonialism
  Caitlin McMenamin, The influence of Classics in the commemoration of World War I across the commonwealth 

3 November  

• 17:00-18:00
  ARCHITECTURE AND PLACE
  Chair: Julia Kindt
  Jack Lee and Cam Logan, Picturesque Visions and Colonial Possessions: Classicism in Hardy Wilson’s Old Colonial Architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania
  Federico Freschi, A comparative study linking the classicising architecture of late-19th and early-20th century Johannesburg with that of Dunedin
  Kathryn H. Stutz, Neo-Latin Inscriptions and Neoclassical Architecture: Colonial Constructions of Lady Franklin and Sir John in Hobart, Tasmania
  Ray Laurence, “The Field of Mars” in place-making
• 18:05-18:25
  CLOSING REMARKS: Grant Parker 

TO ATTEND VIA ZOOM: 

• Register via Eventbrite
• If you wish to be added to the Classical Heritage mailing list, please sign up here. 

All times are AEDT (= UTC +11, NZDT = UTC +13, SAST = UTC +2) 

Photograph by Tom Lennon. Collection: Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences.