Antonio Gramsci and the Ancient World

Newcastle University, 8th - 9th December 2017
Armstrong Building, room 2.49

 8th December

1.00 p.m. — Registration 
2.00 p.m. — Sara Borrello (Newcastle University), Luigi Di Iorio (Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”): Greetings and Introduction 
2.15 p.m. — Opening Lecture. Christopher Smith (University of St Andrews): Gramsci and the Augustan Cultural Revolution
3.00 p.m. — Q&A

3.15 p.m. — Coffee Break

Panel 1: Hegemony and Slavery in Greek Culture

3.30 p.m. — Laura Swift (The Open University): Cultural Hegemony and Homeric Society
4.00 p.m. — Mirko Canevaro (University of Edinburgh): Upside-down Hegemony? Ideology and Power in Ancient Athens
4.30 p.m. — Kostas Vlassopoulos (University of Crete): Hegemony and Slavery in Antiquity
5.00 p.m. — Discussion

7.30 p.m. — Conference Dinner

 9th December

Panel 2: Ancient Economy and Philosophy in Gramsci’s Work

9.15 a.m. — Phillip Horky (Durham University): Gramsci on the History of (Ancient) Philosophy
9.45 a.m. — Cristiano Viglietti (Università di Siena / Centro AMA): 'Cultural Hegemony' and 'NIE-orthodoxy'. Mainstream and Alternative Approaches to Roman Economy in the 21st Century
10.15 a.m. — Discussion

10.45 a.m. — Coffee Break

Panel 3: Land, Imperialism and Conflicts

11.00 a.m. — Michele Bellomo (Università degli Studi di Milano / Newcastle University): Antonio Gramsci between Ancient and Modern Imperialism
11.30 a.m. — Mattia Pietro Balbo (Università degli Studi di Torino): Gramsci, the Gracchi and the Italians
12.05 p.m. — Discussion

12.30 p.m. — Lunch

Panel 4: Gramsci’s Reflections on Historical Problems

1.30 p.m. — Emma Nicholson (University of Exeter): Polybios, Gramscian Intellectuals, and Passive Revolution
2.00 p.m. — Federico Santangelo (Newcastle University): Caesarism as an Historical Problem
2.30 p.m. — Discussion

3.00 p.m. — Coffee Break

Panel 5: Power and Caesars in Imperial Rome

3.15 p.m. — Elena Giusti (Warwick University): Caesarism as Stasis in Lucan’s Bellum Ciuile: an “equilibrium with catastrophic prospects”
3.45 p.m. — Jeremy Paterson (Newcastle University): Perceptions of Power: Gramsci, Tacitus, and Luke on living under autocracy
4.15 p.m. — Discussion

4.45 p.m. — Coffee Break

5.00 p.m. — Round Table: What’s next? Conclusions and Proposals for Future Research
Anna Maria Cimino (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa), Roberto Ciucciové (Newcastle University), Alberto Esu (University of Edinburgh), Emilio Zucchetti (Newcastle University)

Discussion