Ancient Classics Seminar Series : Historical friction: classical past and American present in Gore Vidal’s Julian

Wednesday, March 8, 2023 - 16:30
Online Only - email: classics@mu.ie

Dr Quentin Broughall (Independent Scholar) speaking on ‘Historical friction: classical past and American present in Gore Vidal’s Julian (1964)?’

All hybrid seminars are held on Fridays at 16:00, in John Hume Lecture Theatre 7 (JHL7) and online to registered participants, with the exception of Wednesday, March 8th at 16:30 online only.
For queries and to register for online participation email: classics@mu.ie  All most welcome!

Biography

Quentin J. Broughall is a classicist and writer from Ireland. His research interests are centred on the reception of antiquity in the Anglophone world during the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries, especially regarding changing perceptions of imperial Rome in Britain and the United States.