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Category Archives: round table discussion
Round Table Discussion: Aquatic Chaos (Part II)
Myth Reading Group Round Table Thursday 23 November 12.00-1.30pm in Room 5S.3.8 We are very pleased to announce that Robert W. Allen will lead Part II of our round table discussion of Aquatic Chaos In this session, we will have … Continue reading
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Round Table Discussion: Aquatic Chaos
Myth Reading Group Round Table Thursday 16 November 12.00-1.30pm in Room 3.411 In The Poetics of Myth, Eleazar Meletinsky, noting that “the motif of the primordial ocean that gives birth to land is universal”, writes that “the motif of aquatic … Continue reading
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Round Table Discussion: Myth & Magic
Myth Reading Group Round Table Thursday 11 May 12.00-1.30pm in Room 5A.118 We are very pleased to announce that our next session will be a round table discussion on the intersection between myth and magic. As a way of starting … Continue reading
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Round Table Discussion: Sea Journeys
Myth Reading Group Round Table Thursday 23 February 12.00-1.30pm in Room NTC.2.06 Our next session will be a round table discussion on the topic of sea journeys. Sharing links with last term’s theme of Mythscapes, our focus on sea journeys … Continue reading
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Thursday 21 November: Myth and the Natural Environment
Myth Reading Group Thursday 21 November 2013 1 – 2 p.m. Room 5N.7.23 No reading this week! Instead we are holding an open forum on the subject of myth and the environment. We may consider the following questions: Do our classical and … Continue reading
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Tuesday 31 January: Reflections on the Underworld
Myth Reading Group Tuesday 31 January 2012 5 – 6 p.m. Room 5B.330 (New room this term) An open discussion of the topic to date. See below for previous weeks’ texts (Inanna, Persephone, Baal) Myths from other cultures are welcome!
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