Presented by Howard University in collaboration with Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies and the Center for the Liberal Arts

This program is funded by Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.

Plague. Questions of Leadership. Communities in Crisis. Family Conflict. Exile. Honoring the Dead. Communal Grief. These core themes from the Theban plays feel strikingly relevant in today’s global pandemic. As recent productions of Theater of War’s Antigone in Ferguson (2016) demonstrate, these stories have the power of bringing communities together to start the healing process through the collective experience of live performance. While the story of Oedipus has been retold throughout the centuries in all kinds of artistic media all over the world, from Homer, Sophocles, and Seneca to Hegel, Stravinsky, and Rita Dove, this workshop will focus on the story of Oedipus in the African Diaspora.

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AGENDA

Time Location
8:00–9:00Breakfast and RegistrationMain Building
9:00–9:20Welcome, Mark Schiefsky, Center for Hellenic Studies 
Welcome and Introductions, Natsuko Rohde, 
Center for the Liberal Arts, UVA		House A
9:20– 10:15“The City and the Individual in the Oedipus Cycle” 
Wesley Hanson		House A
10:15–10:35BreakHouse A
10:35–11:30“Naturalizing Myth through Adaptation Processes: 
Oedipus Rex as Case Study” 
Segun Ige		House A
11:30–12:30Breakout SessionsHouse A
12:30–1:30LunchMain Building
1:30–2:25“Lift him up: Oedipus and the Gospel at Colonus“ 
Kenneth Morrell		House A
2:25–3:05 
3:05–3:45		Breakout SessionsHouse A 
Main Building
3:45–4:00Concluding RemarksHouse A
When
Where
Howard University Center for Hellenic Studies 3100 Whitehaven St NW, Washington, DC 20008