IPS CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE MEETING OF THE APA

San Antonio, Texas, January 6-9, 2011

THE ANCIENT BIOGRAPHICAL TRADITION

Sponsored by the International Plutarch Society
Organized by Jeffrey Beneker, University of Wisconsin

This panel takes its inspiration from Arnaldo Momigliano’s The Development of Greek Biography, a learned study that elucidates the larger literary context of the Greek biographical tradition. By expanding our topic to include ancient biography as a whole, we aim to explore features of the tradition that cut across linguistic, cultural, generic, and chronological boundaries. To that end, we welcome papers on the development, form, and content of ancient biographical writing, with a focus on comparative studies or works of particular authors, as well as papers that deal with the intersection of biography and other genres, such as historiography, rhetoric, and philosophy. Some preference may be given to papers that shed light on Plutarch’s methods, but this is not a Plutarch-centered panel. Our goal is to assemble a collection of papers that explore all aspects of the ancient biographical tradition.

Abstracts should be sent electronically, in MS Word format or PDF, to Jeffrey Beneker (jbeneker@wisc.edu). In preparing the abstract, please follow the formatting guidelines for individual abstracts that appear in the APA Program Guide, and plan for a paper that takes no more than 20 minutes to deliver. Abstracts will be judged anonymously. Membership in the International Plutarch Society is not required for participation in this panel. The deadline is February 22, 2010.

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