The Classics Section of the 55th annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference solicits proposals for papers on four topics: CLASSICAL STUDIES, SPACE & PLACE, TEXT & IMAGE, and a LATIN LANGUAGE & LITERATURE with papers presented exclusively in Latin. The Conference will be held in Lexington and on the campus of the University of Kentucky, 18-20 April 2002. Papers will be 20 minutes in length, followed by a 10-minute discussion period. Proposals of no more than two pages in length should be sent, preferably via email, by November 1st to:

Prof. James A. Francis
jafran1 at uky.edu
1015 Patterson Office Tower
Lexington KY 40506-0027

fax: 859-257-3743

Further information on the KFLC may be obtained at the Conference web site http://www.uky.edu/AS/KFLC; specific information on the Classics section and Classics at U.K. may be obtained at the Classics Dept. web site http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/.

Description of specific topics:

CLASSICAL STUDIES - Proposals may be submitted on any topic pertaining to the language, literature, or civilization of ancient Greece or Rome, including the Classical Tradition.

SPACE & PLACE IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD - Proposals are specifically solicited which discuss concepts of either real or imagined spaces or places in literature, archaeology, religion, art, etc.

TEXT & IMAGE: POINTS OF CONVERGENCE IN CLASSICAL LITERATURE AND ART - Proposals are specifically solicited which examine material in which verbal and visual representation are combined. Examples would includes ekphrasis, works such as Lucian's Eikones, the use of visual metaphors in philosophy and theology, and physical sites which are extant only in literary description.

VENITE! VENITE! ESTOTE PARTICIPES CONVENTUS KENTUKIANI LINGUAS EXTERNAS PROFITENTIUM; ET LOQUIMINI LATINE! - Anno Domini bis millesimo altero Lexintoniae, in civitate Kentukia, quinquagesimus quintus Conventus Linguas Externas Profitentium, qui annua vice celebratur, a die mensis Aprilis duodevicesimo usque ad vicesimum agitabitur. Quo in conventu mos iam inveteratus est ut quaedam sessiones litteris Latinis Graecisque dicantur: at hisce sessionibus anno bis millesimo secundo addetur et alia, cuius participes de quibuslibet auctoribus argumentisve sint orationes habituri, sed nulla lingua nisi LATINA. Quam sessionem qui participare voluerit, orationis summarium sive epitomen Latine scriptam (quae duabus summum paginis contineatur) ad Kalendas Novembres, cursu aut publico aut electronico aut per telesimulatrum mittat ad Iacobum Franciscum professorem. Quaesumus ut omnes oratores orationum suarum exemplaria chartacea secum afferant, quo facilius qui audiant loquela Latina minus assuefacti, verba tamen loquentium capiant. Qui orationes in sessionibus habebunt, eos oportebit et pretium adeundi solvere et, quod speramus, conventum participare totum.

Acceptance of a paper for presentation implies a commitment to register and attend the conference. All presenters must pay the registration fee. Graduate students receive a substantial discount of the registration fee and are particularly encouraged to submit papers.

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