Ancient Comedy: Reading, Theory, and the Boundaries of the Classical

May 11 - May 12. 2023
3335 Dwinelle Hall

May 11 Schedule

10 am – 12:30 pm
Panel Discussion of Page Du Bois, Democratic Swarms: Ancient Comedy and the Politics of the People (U of Chicago P 2022)
Participants: Daniela Cammack (Chair), Demetra Kasimis, Leslie Kurke, Mark Griffith 

2:30 pm – 5 pm
Panel Discussion of Mario Telò, Resistant Form: Aristophanes and the Comic of Crisis (Punctum 2023)
Participants: Stephen Best, Sean Gurd, Sarah Nooter, Jim Porter (Chair)

 May 12 Schedule

10 am – 1 pm
Page Du Bois, “Rhetoric and the Comic Body.”
Demetra Kasimis, “Lysistrata and Other Conspiracies”|
David Williams, “‘Addressing Clouds’: Aristophanes’ Critique of Natural Philosophy.”

2 pm – 5 pm
Sarah Nooter, “Aristophanes and the Music of Comedy”
David Youd, “Terence’s Queer Aesthetics: Hecyra and the Death Drive."
Mario Telò, “The Autistic P(l)ot: Character Comedy Neuroqueerness.”