Monday, October 6th
16:00 – 18:00
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Please join us for a presentation of the latest volume of Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens.
From Homer to Hatzi-Yavrouda – Aspects of Oral Narration in the Greek Tradition provides a multidisciplinary discussion of the concept of orality in the framework of Greek narrative tradition, from Antiquity to the 21st century.
The volume presents different perspectives and academic fields (classics, byzantine studies, folklore studies, comparative literature) and discusses topics such as interrelationship with written literature, cross-cultural and trans-historical influences, different genres, as well as specific narrators and their role in their communities.
Taking the Greek tradition as a point of departure for a diachronic analysis of orality, from Homer to the female storyteller, Hatzi-Yavrouda from Kos, the book shows that orality, both in its old and new forms, is continuously present in modern and post-modern discourse and still dominates everyday communication, despite our growing dependence on digital and iconic universes.
At the book launch, the editors will present the book and discuss the continuous presence of orality the book uncovers, as well as the ramifications and consequences of this diachronic perspective for our wider understanding of the study of oral literature.
17:00 – 19:00
Lecture by Benjamin Pedersen: Aristotle, the Peripatetics and the Origin of Ancient Biographical Writing
19:00 – 13:59
Lecture by Mathias Danbolt: Sculpture and the Puppetry of Power: Art, Materials and Colonial Dynamics in 18th Century Denmark-Norway (Date TBC)
17:00 – 19:00
Nana-Francisca Schottländer: Oracuclar. Performance and artist talk
07:00 – 17:00
Chairefontos14A Platia Aghias Aikaterinis, Plaka GR-105 58 Athens
Cognition and Emotion in Ancient Historical Writing
By Benjamin Pedersen
17:00 – 19:00
Lecture by Magnus Brandt Nielsen: Greek Roots, Arabic Branches: The Concept of Nature in Arabic Philosophy
06:00 – 16:00
Sanctuary, City and Congregation: Athana Lindia and her Sanctuary in Context
16:00 – 18:00
Artist Talk: Marie Lund
By Marie Lund
17:00 – 19:00
Concert: Anton Friisgaard & Oscar Friisgaard