Publications

IMAGINES has so far published the following volumes based on our conferences: Imagines: Antiquity in the Visual and Performing Arts (Universidad de la Rioja 2008) (link to online publication, all papers free available); Seduction and Power (London 2013); Magic and the Supernatural (London 2015); The Ancient Mediterranean Sea in Modern Visual and Performing Arts (2018)http://imagines-project.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/MAgic-300x450.jpg 300w" alt="" width="200" height="300" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3361" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em 1em; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; max-width: 300px; height: auto; float: right;" decoding="async" data-tf-not-load="1" />

Since 2018, the Imagines conference proceedings, as well as other monographs and collective volumes are being published in our book series, edited by Bloomsbury Academic: Imagines – Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts. For further information on the volumes, go also to publication details in the subpage Imagines Series.

In addition, members of the group have published further collective and monographic works (as authors, co-authors and editors) focusing on the reception of Antiquity in the Visual and Performing Arts. See details on the subpage Publications by Members.

News & Events

Multimodal Landscapes of Mediterranean Antiquity. Workshop, 25-27 April 2024, Essen
The workshop “Multimodal Landscapes of Mediterranean Antiquity” was supported by and held at the College of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Ruhr University Alliance, Essen on 25-27 April 2024. Several members of Imagines, including both organisers, participated in this exploratory event which catalogued and study existing and remembered imageries of ancient pasts in the city of Essen. Co-organised by Senior Fellow Marta García Morcillo (Durham University, UK) and her tandem partner Florian Freitag(University of Duisburg-Essen), this experimental project united researchers from different fields to investigate cultural artifacts and signs on site, including advertising, branding, photographs, and street art as well as permanent, ephemeral, and vanished architectural elements and recorded events that establish connections between ancient Mediterranean cultures and Essen’s modern cityscape (19th to 21st centuries). This pilot project will serve as a case study for an interactive...
News. Coming event. Imagines 8. Pagan Porntopias? Poster and Programme, Madrid 27-29 Sep. 2023
News: Imagines 8 is coming! Here the poster, programme, and information to attend: Pagan Pornotopias? The Reception of Antiquity in Eroticism and Pornography, Madrid, 27 to 29 September 2023.
Lecture and Workshop: Greek and Roman Antiquity for Children and Young Adults, Potsdam 5 and 7 July 2023
LECTURE GIRL TO WOMAN: THE MYTH OF PERSEPHONE IN YOUNG ADULT FICTION Cristina Salcedo González Universidad Complutense de Madrid 5th July 2023 / 18.00 CAMPUS Am Neuen Palais House 9 / Room 1.02 This lecture investigates the representation of a very popular figure from ancient myth, Persephone, in young adult fiction, analysing a series of examples from a range of anglophone cultures and contexts (New Zealand, South Africa, UK and USA). It will be shown that Persephone can represent and cover a broad range of diverse actual issues, ranging from LGBTQI+ desire to eating disorders, from partner violence to parental mental health, from PTSD to caring responsibility. Through Persephone’s example it will be shown how relevant Greek mythology still is in contemporary cul- ture – and specifically in the entertainment and forma- tion of young adults in the anglophone world. WORKSHOP GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS 7th July 2023 / 10.00 WIS Bildungsforum Potsdam 10.00...
New: Imagines Book series, Vol. 14
Volume 14 of the Imagines book series announced The Reception of Cleopatra in the Age of Mass Media by Gregory N. Daugherty
Antiquity in silent films from the Tom Stern Collection
Antiquity in silent films from the Tom Stern Collection shown at the 5th Göttingen Night of Science (5 July 2022) Cinema Méliès, Göttingen
Conference: Performing Ancient Greek Literature in a Time of Pandemic (23-24 June 2022)
Organizers: Anastasia Bakogianni (Massey University, New Zealand) and Barbara Goff (University of Reading, UK)