Programme 10:00-10:30 – Arrival, coffee, and welcome 10:30-12:30 – Panel 1. Chair: Phil Booth Claudia Rapp, Contextualizing George of Pisidia: Christian Poetry in the Changing Landscape of Late Antiquity Nadine Viermann, ‘A New Image for a New Age’: Contextualising George of Pisidia's Contra Severum Marina Bazzani, Homeric Language in Prodromos’ Historical Poems: Just a Case of Plagiarism? 12:30-14:00 – Lunch 14:00-15:20 – Panel 2. Chair: Mirela Ivanova Katerina Carvounis, From Homer to Apollonius, Virgil and Quintus: The Evolution of Quintus’ Style Filip Doroszewski, Nonnus on Vita Activa and Vita Contemplativa: Martha and Mary in Paraphrasis 11 15:20-15:50 – Coffee Break 15:50-17:00 – Panel 3. Chair: Averil Cameron Peter Heather, Julian’s Letter to Themistius Revisited Gillian Clark, Sine qua non: Mary Whitby and TTH 17:00 – Final Words 17.30 – Drinks Reception
