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| Title | Speaking Your Mind / Minding Your Speech in Classical Antiquity |
| Body | From:American Philological Association http://www.apaclassics.org/ Speaking Your Mind / Minding Your Speech in Classical Antiquity CALL FOR PAPERS University of Southern California, Department of Classics Graduate Student Conference 20-21 February 2004 A graduate conference in the Dept. of Classics at Princeton University March 5-7, 2004 Keynote Speakers: Ellen Oliensis, University of California at Berkeley Ralph Rosen, University of Pennsylvania Whether a society espouses "freedom of speech" as the right of all or the privilege of the few, the articulation of this concept rarely (if ever) aligns with its practice. Every individual and group must navigate multiple levels of constraint imposed upon expression, whether these are explicitly prescribed by an authoritative body or enshrined through convention and decorum. Similarly, agents must negotiate changes in historical circumstance that affect the laws and customs surrounding different kinds of self-expression, including speech, behavior, dress, and aesthetics. We invite papers that explore the freedoms and limitations that agents encountered in the ancient Mediterranean world. Possible topics include theories of free speech; self-expression that is hidden by necessity (e.g. magic and mysticism); ways in which speakers try to achieve their ends by modifying their expression in response to political, religious, and social constraints, including gender, class, and morality; the social contexts of these constraints; and historical watersheds in the regulation of expression. The problem of freedom of expression is not confined to history. We are living in a time when First Amendment protections have come under renewed scrutiny; limits explicitly or implicitly imposed upon public action and private expression emphasize both the power of personal expression and the struggle to control it. Following the presentation of papers, we will host a roundtable discussion chaired by Josiah Ober to consider ancient responses in light of contemporary issues.Please send anonymous abstracts of up to 500 words by October 31, 2003 to: Dept. of Classics ATTN: Graduate Conference 141 East Pyne Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544. Provide your paper title, name, institution, department, mailing address, phone number, and email address on a separate sheet. Email submissions should be sent as an attached file; provide the information listed above in the body of the email. Direct inquiries to: Eugenia Lao, elao@princeton.edu. |
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