Registration is now open for a conference entitled ‘Sensory Theory, Methodology & Experience: Contemporary & Classical Perspectives’ organised by Dr Kelli Rudolph and Dr Patty Baker from the Department of Classical & Archaeological Studies, together with Dr Carolina Vasilikou from the Kent School of Architecture. The conference will take place on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 November 2016, in the Digital Crit Space at the University of Kent.
This international workshop explores approaches to sensory studies across disciplinary boundaries in the humanities and social sciences. Bringing together experts from classics, philosophy, sociology, archaeology, history, literature, architecture and the arts, it will examine the usefulness of existing sensory theories for developing innovative approaches to the multi-disciplinary study of historical periods like Graeco-Roman antiquity, where the evidence – both material and literary – is fragmentary and disparate.
Speakers include Monica Degen (Brunel University London), Astrid Swenson (Brunel University London), Ben Jacks (Miami University, Ohio), Martin Welton (Queen Mary University), Annette Kern-Stähler (University of Bern) and Louise Richardson (University of York).
The deadline for registration is Monday 24 October 2016.
Full details and how to register are available at: blogs.kent.ac.uk/senses