Conference papers
Invited talks / Other talks / Poster presentation
- 21. 'Novel ways to be(come) a heroine. The curious case of Heliodorus' Chariclea'
Princeton University, Department of Classics, December 6, 2011. - 20. (Co-authored and presented by A. Roose) 'Présences et fonctions de l'Ancien Roman dans Alector ou le Coq de Barthélémy Aneau'
Roman VI. La réception de l'Ancien Roman à la Renaissance et au début de l'âge classique, Université François Rabelais, Tours, October 20-21, 2011. - 19. 'How to become a novel heroine? The curious case of Heliodorus' Chariclea'
Opening lecture at the Lampeter Summer Workshop in Greek and Latin, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, August 8, 2011. - 18. 'La sagesse de Clitophon. Les digressions et l'élaboration rhétorique des maximes dans Achille Tatius'
Un après-midi pour Achille. Table ronde consacrée au romancier grec Achille Tatius, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier III, May 13, 2011. - 17. 'Dieux humains et hommes divins dans le roman grec'
Université Paul Valéry Montpellier III, May 12, 2011. - 16. 'Highbrow and lowbrow in ancient novelistic fiction'
Symposium on Highs and Lows - Elites and masses in Classical Studies by Gents Instituut voor Klassieke Studies, February 9, 2011. - 15. 'Waar Obama de mosterd haalde. Antieke retoriek in moderne speeches'
Jongerendag Nederlands Klassiek Verbond, February 8, 2011. - 14. 'Narratological response'
Narratologists and Linguists Joining Forces IV: Deixis & Perspective - Teichoskopia, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, January 20-21, 2011. - 13. 'Acta, facta en ficta. Apostels en antieke romanhelden in de Apocriefe Acten'
Centrum voor de Studie van Christelijke Tradities, Universiteit Gent, December 7, 2010. - 12. 'The Big Five: not-so-ideal ancient Greek novels?'
Quattuor Lustra, Department of Classical Philology of the University of Tartu, December 3-4 2010. - 11. 'Dieux humains et hommes divins'
Roman V. Les hommes et les dieux dans l'Ancien Roman, Université François Rabelais, Tours, October 22-24, 2009. - 10. 'Space in Chariton'
Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative workshop on space in Greek literature, Universiteit van Amsterdam, September 5, 2009. - 9. 'Less than ideal paradigms in the ancient Greek novel'
Department of Classics of the University of Wales Lampeter, June 4, 2009. - 8. 'Over helden, schurken en mooie vrouwen. James Bond in de oudheid?'
Griekenlandcentrum of Universiteit Gent, November 7, 2007. - 7. 'Where philosophy and rhetoric meet. Character typification in the ancient Greek novel'
Kyknos Conference The Ancient Novel and its Reception of Earlier Literature, University College Cork, August 29 - August 31, 2007. - 6. 'Blushing Beauty. The Craft of Character in the Ancient Greek novel'
Department of Classics of Stanford University, CA, February 13, 2007. - 5. 'Characterizing characters: character and interpretation in Achilles Tatius'
Annual Gregynog Colloquium, Newtown (Powys), May 2005. - 4. 'Constructing men. Physiognomy as a tool for the characterization of male characters in the
ancient Greek novel'
Conference on Masculinity as Masquerade: Men and the Performance of Gender, Gregynog, Newtown (Powys), April 25-26, 2005. - 3. 'A Woman's Blush. A Physiognomical Tool for the Characterization of
Chariton's Callirhoe'
Department of Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology of Swansea University, February 25, 2005. - 2. 'Blozen en doen blozen. Fysiognomie en karakterisering in Charitoon van Afrodisias'
Hellenistendag, Universiteit Gent, January 21, 2005. - 1. 'From Asia with Love. Bakhtins chronotoopmodel en de differentia generica van de
Griekse roman'
Koninklijke Zuidnederlandse Maatschappij voor Taal-, Letterkunde en Geschiedenis, Ghent, October 18, 2003.
Peer-reviewed talks
- 18. 'Heroes and heroines in control. The cultural dynamics of characterization in the ancient Greek novel'
Accepted for presentation at the American Philological Association Annual Conference (Panel on The Worlds of the Greek Novels), Philadelphia, January 5-8, 2012. - 17. 'Things left unsaid. Apheleia in Xenophon of Ephesus' Ephesiaca'
Celtic Classics Conference, University of Edinburgh, July 28-31, 2010. - 16. 'Digressing by the book. The rhetorical elaboration of maxims in Achilles Tatius' ancient Greek novel Leucippe and Clitophon'
Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric Conference, McGill University, Montreal, July 21-22, 2009. - 15. 'Digressing by the book. Amatory digressions and the elaboration of maxims in Achilles Tatius'
Classical Association/Classical Association of Scotland Annual Conference, University of Glasgow, April 3-6, 2009. - 14. 'Words of a wise man. Gnomai in Achilles Tatius'
International Conference on the Ancient Novel, Universidade de Lisboa, July 26, 2008. - 13. (Co-authored and co-presented by
P. Borghart) 'The Greek adventure novel of ordeal as a transhistorical genre'
Conference on Bakhtin's theory of the literary chronotope: reflections, applications, perspectives, Brussels, June 28, 2008. - 12. 'The Rhetoric of Name-Giving. Names and Tropes in the Greek Novel'
Classical Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Université de Montréal, May 13, 2008. - 11. 'The Rhetoric of Name-Giving. Names and Tropicality in the Greek Novel'
Classical Association Annual Conference, University of Liverpool, March 28, 2008. - 10. (Co-authored and co-presented by
P. Borghart) 'From novelistic romance to romantic novel. The revival of the ancient adventure chronotope
in Modern Greek literature'
Modern Greek Studies Association Annual Conference, Yale University, New Haven, CT, October 19-21, 2007. - 9. (Co-authored and co-presented by P. Borghart) 'The Greek adventure novel of ordeal as a transhistorical genre'
Deuxième Congrès du Réseau européen d'études littéraires comparées, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, September 6-8, 2007. - 8. 'Using an ancient toolkit? Techniques of characterization in modern literary theory and
ancient rhetoric'
Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 1-4, 2007. - 7. 'Typification and characterization. Ancient concepts of character and the ancient Greek novel'
Celtic Classics Conference, University of Wales Lampeter, August 30 - September 2, 2006. - 6. 'The rhetorical construction of character in the ancient Greek novel'
International Society for the History of Rhetoric Conference, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, July 13-16, 2005. - 5. 'The rhetorical and physiognomical construction of character in Achilles Tatius'
Classical Association Annual Conference, University of Reading, 1-4 April 2005. - 4. 'Karaktertekening in de Oudgriekse roman van de late oudheid'
Annual VAL Conference (Vereniging voor Algemene Literatuurwetenschap), Katholieke Universiteit Brussel, November 26, 2004. - 3. 'La caractérisation des personnages dans le roman grec à travers leur
discours'
Conference on Discours et débats de l'ancien roman des origines à Byzance, Université François Rabelais, Tours, October 22, 2004. - 2. 'Heroines and other women. Physiognomical techniques in the representation of women in
the ancient Greek novel'
Classical Association of the Atlantic States Conference, Philadelphia, PA, October 8, 2004. - 1. 'The erotic in rhetoric. The erotic and the ancient Greek novel'
Conference on The Erotic: Exploring Critical Issues, Budapest, May 13, 2004.
Poster presentation
- 1. 'Karaktertekening in de Griekse roman van de late Oudheid. Literaire en thematische analyse'
Doctorandicolloquium of the Faculty of Arts & Philosophy, Universiteit Gent, December 8, 2004.
