Modern Masculinities and the Reception of Ancient Greek and Roman Models

Lecture and Workshop | 6th and 8th November 2024

On the 6th of November, Alastair Blanshard (The University of Queensland) will give a lecture on 'Muscles, Antiquity, and Queer Fantasy: Examining the Depiction of Greece and Rome in Physique Pictorial Magazin' (Campus Am Neuen Palais, House 8, Room 0.58, 6 pm). The lecture will focus on the work of the publicist Bob Mizer and will also include a showing of the 5-minute film The Emperor's Pleasure which has only recently been restored and digitized and has not been seen in public since its release in the late 1950s.

Two days later, on the 8th of November, various panel talks with follow-up discussions will take place in the same room from 9 am to 6 pm. The Key Note Lecture will be given by Luis Unceta Gómez (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) on the topic 'Subjugated Bodies. Disciplinaries Regimes and Masculinities in the Reception of Roman Slavery and Gladiatorial Games'.

The complete program can be found on the flyer and on the poster of the event.