Programme of speakers
9am = welcome and introduction (Dr Alice König, Classics)
Panel 1 9.30-10.30 Chair: Dr Jon Hesk (Classics)
Prof. Dina Iordanova (Film Studies) Representations of war in cinema, and why they matter
Dr Peter Mackay (English) Poetry in War and War in Poetry
coffee
Panel 2 11-12.30 Chair: Prof. Michael Brown (History)
Dr Nicolas Wiater (Classics) Narrating Battle in Augustan Rome: A Multimedial Phenomenon
Prof. Stephen Bowd (History, University of Edinburgh) Latter-day Lucretias: Women and War in Renaissance Italy
Dr Andy Gardner (Biology) Biological warfare: genes, organisms, societies
lunch
Panel 3 1.30-2.30 Chair: Dr Kenneth Mavor (Psychology)
Dr Lydia Cole (IR) Feminist Reflections on Visualising (Post-)War in International Politics
Dr Sandra Penic (Visiting Scholar, Psychology) Studying diversity in conflict memories in the Pluralistic Memories Project
coffee
Panel 4 3-4 Chair: Dr Jon Coulston (Classics)
Prof. Steve Murdoch (History) History v Heritage: Perceptions and Presentations of Battles in the Thirty Years’ War era
Dr Laura Mills (IR) Aesthetic (dis)embodiment and the Invictus Games
4-5 = plenary discussion (Chair: Dr Alice König)
5pm = drinks reception, Swallowgate library
Following the workshop, attendees are invited to join speakers for an informal supper (at diners’ own expense) at a local St Andrews restaurant.
Participants are encouraged to attend the follow-up PGR workshop on 18th May.