Rosa Andújar
https://www.rosaandujar.com
I am a Senior lecturer (i.e., Associate Professor) at King's College London, where I am affiliated with the Departments of Liberal Arts and Classics. Prior to joining King's, I was the first A. G. Leventis Research Fellow in Ancient Greek Literature in the Department of Greek & Latin at University College London (2012-2016).
I am generally interested in Ancient Greek Literature as well as its rich and varied afterlife in modernity. Most of my publications fall into two main research areas: 1) Ancient Greek tragedy in its fifth-century BCE context (with an emphasis on the chorus) and 2) Greek drama's modern reception, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as among Latinx communities in the U.S. My work on the latter has led to a wider research interest in engagements with Greco-Roman antiquity across the Americas (especially Hellenic classicisms), and the way that these intersect with questions of gender, race, class, and national identity.
My research has benefited from the generous support of the A. G. Leventis Foundation, the British Academy, the Fundación BBVA (Spain), the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
Address: https://www.rosaandujar.com
I am a Senior lecturer (i.e., Associate Professor) at King's College London, where I am affiliated with the Departments of Liberal Arts and Classics. Prior to joining King's, I was the first A. G. Leventis Research Fellow in Ancient Greek Literature in the Department of Greek & Latin at University College London (2012-2016).
I am generally interested in Ancient Greek Literature as well as its rich and varied afterlife in modernity. Most of my publications fall into two main research areas: 1) Ancient Greek tragedy in its fifth-century BCE context (with an emphasis on the chorus) and 2) Greek drama's modern reception, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as among Latinx communities in the U.S. My work on the latter has led to a wider research interest in engagements with Greco-Roman antiquity across the Americas (especially Hellenic classicisms), and the way that these intersect with questions of gender, race, class, and national identity.
My research has benefited from the generous support of the A. G. Leventis Foundation, the British Academy, the Fundación BBVA (Spain), the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
Address: https://www.rosaandujar.com
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Books and Edited Volumes by Rosa Andújar
Based respectively on Sophocles' Electra and Oedipus, and Euripides' Medea, Alfaro's Electricidad, Oedipus El Rey, and Mojada transplant ancient themes and problems into the 21st century streets of Los Angeles and New York, in order to give voice to the concerns of the Chicanx and wider Latinx communities.
From performances around the world including sold-out runs at New York's Public Theater, these texts are extremely important to those studying classical reception, Greek theatre and Chicanx writers. This unique anthology features definitive editions of all three plays alongside a comprehensive introduction which provides a critical overview of Luis Alfaro's work, accentuating not only the unique nature of these three 'urban' adaptations of ancient Greek tragedy but also the manner in which they address present-day Chicanx and Latinx socio-political realities across the United States.
A brief introduction to each play and its overall themes precedes the text of the drama. The anthology concludes with exclusive supplementary material aimed at enhancing understanding of Alfaro's plays: a 'Performance History' timeline outlining the performance history of the plays; an alphabetical 'Glossary' explaining the most common terms in Spanish and Spanglish appearing in each play; and a 'Further Reading' list providing primary and secondary bibliography for each play.
The anthology is completed by a new interview with Alfaro which addresses key topics such as Alfaro's engagement with ancient Greek drama and his work with Chicanx communities across the United States, thus providing a critical contextualisation of these critically-acclaimed plays.
A comprehensive introduction provides a critical overview of the varying issues and complexities that arise when studying the afterlife of the European classics in the theatrical stages across this diverse and vast region. Fourteen chapters, divided into three general geographical sub-regions (Southern Cone, Brazil and the Caribbean and North America) present a strong connection to an ancient dramatic source text as well as comment upon important socio-political crises in the modern history of Latin America. The diversity and expertise of the voices in this volume translate into a multi-ranging approach to the topic that encompasses a variety of theoretical and interdisciplinary perspectives from Classics, Latin American Studies and Theatre and Performance Studies.
Articles and Chapters by Rosa Andújar
Based respectively on Sophocles' Electra and Oedipus, and Euripides' Medea, Alfaro's Electricidad, Oedipus El Rey, and Mojada transplant ancient themes and problems into the 21st century streets of Los Angeles and New York, in order to give voice to the concerns of the Chicanx and wider Latinx communities.
From performances around the world including sold-out runs at New York's Public Theater, these texts are extremely important to those studying classical reception, Greek theatre and Chicanx writers. This unique anthology features definitive editions of all three plays alongside a comprehensive introduction which provides a critical overview of Luis Alfaro's work, accentuating not only the unique nature of these three 'urban' adaptations of ancient Greek tragedy but also the manner in which they address present-day Chicanx and Latinx socio-political realities across the United States.
A brief introduction to each play and its overall themes precedes the text of the drama. The anthology concludes with exclusive supplementary material aimed at enhancing understanding of Alfaro's plays: a 'Performance History' timeline outlining the performance history of the plays; an alphabetical 'Glossary' explaining the most common terms in Spanish and Spanglish appearing in each play; and a 'Further Reading' list providing primary and secondary bibliography for each play.
The anthology is completed by a new interview with Alfaro which addresses key topics such as Alfaro's engagement with ancient Greek drama and his work with Chicanx communities across the United States, thus providing a critical contextualisation of these critically-acclaimed plays.
A comprehensive introduction provides a critical overview of the varying issues and complexities that arise when studying the afterlife of the European classics in the theatrical stages across this diverse and vast region. Fourteen chapters, divided into three general geographical sub-regions (Southern Cone, Brazil and the Caribbean and North America) present a strong connection to an ancient dramatic source text as well as comment upon important socio-political crises in the modern history of Latin America. The diversity and expertise of the voices in this volume translate into a multi-ranging approach to the topic that encompasses a variety of theoretical and interdisciplinary perspectives from Classics, Latin American Studies and Theatre and Performance Studies.
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Organized by Rosa Andújar (University College London), Maria Cecília de Miranda N. Coelho (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), and Brooke Holmes (Princeton University)
Schedule
Thursday, November 5
9:15-9:30
Introduction
9:30-10:30
Tim Whitmarsh (University of Cambridge)
“Quantum Classics”
Response: Fernando Puente (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
10:40-11:40
Sandra Lucia Rodrigues da Rocha (Universidade de Brasilia)
“Sounds and Images of Ancient Greece in Haroldo de Campos’ Poetry”
Response: Christian Werner (Universidade de São Paulo)
11:40-13:40
Lunch
13:40-14:40
Mathura Umachandran (Princeton University)
“Siren Song, Siren Silence: Thinking Odyssean Untimeliness with Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin”
Response: Celso Vieira (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
14:50-15:50
Fernando Santoro (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
“Greek Fragments in Concrect Poetry”
Response: Ella Haselswerdt (Princeton University)
15:50-16:30
Coffee
16:30-17:30
Isabella Tardin Cardoso (Universidade de Campinas)
“Ephemera: Philology and Time”
Response: Brooke Holmes (Princeton University)
17:30-18:30
General Discussion
19:30
Dinner and Drinks
Friday, November 6
9:10-10:10
Pedro Paulo Abreu Funari (Universidade de Campinas)
“Untimeliness of Roman Presence in Brazil”
Response: Gabriele Cornelli (Universidade de Brasília)
10:20-11:20
Rodrigo Gonçalves (Universidade Federal do Paraná)
“Untimely Translations: The Ideology of Unusual Rhythms in Modern Translations of the Classics”
Response: József Krupp (Eötvös Loránd University)
11:20-11:40
Coffee
11:40-12:40
Rosa Andújar (University College London)
“Late to the Party: The Mexican Ateneo Discovers la moda griega”
Response: Maria Cecília de Miranda N. Coelho (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
12:40-13:10
Final Remarks