IAS Fellows’ Seminar –  The Secret History of Dido: unravelling an ancient literary snare to reveal a feminist role-model and a new foundation myth, by Magdalena Zira (Fantastico Theatro)

Cosin's Hall, Palace Green Durham Cosin's Hall, Palace Green, Durham, United Kingdom

Image courtesy of CJ Romas (iStock) IAS Fellows' Seminar by Dr Magdalena Zira (Fantastico Theatro) Abstract A new play about Carthaginian Queen Dido, the result of an academic-creative collaboration between Professor […]

IAS Fellows’ Seminar – Human Evolutionary Narratives and Hypotheses: broadening consideration of “unique” human evolutionary developments for testing theoretical predictions in a comparative context, by Dr Adam Gordon (University of Albany)

Cosin's Hall, Palace Green Durham Cosin's Hall, Palace Green, Durham, United Kingdom

Image courtesy of niphon (iStock) IAS Fellows' Seminar by Dr Adam Gordon (University of Albany) Abstract The human and chimpanzee lineages diverged from each other in Africa between nine and five million […]

IAS Fellows’ Seminar – Global Literary Scandals: conceptual considerations using the example of Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther by Dr Urs Büttner (Miami University)

Cosin's Hall, Palace Green Durham Cosin's Hall, Palace Green, Durham, United Kingdom

IAS Fellows' Seminar by Dr Urs Büttner (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf) Abstract Literary scandals form a thriving field of research, and their prerequisites and dramaturgy have been well explored by […]