A panel discussion with Dalhousie and King’s professors in Cinema and Media Studies, Classics, and the Foundation Year Program about Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of The Odyssey. What happens to Homer’s poem when it becomes a Christopher Nolan film? What cinematic vision of Odysseus and his return home is Nolan trying to capture, and does he succeed? What motivates his directorial choices? What might we learn about both Homer’s poem and our own times by thinking about the film?
The panel brings together scholars of film, ancient Greek history and literature, professors in the Foundation Year Program who have studied and taught Homer’s Odyssey for decades, and a local filmmaker.
Moderator:
Dr. Eli Diamond, BA(Hons)’99, Associate Professor and Chair; Ancient Philosophy at Dalhousie University
Panelists:
Dr. David Nicol, Associate Professor, Theatre Studies and Cinema & Media Studies, and Fountain School Director at Dalhousie University
Dr. Roberta Barker, BA(Hons)’96, Professor of Theatre, Gender and Women’s Studies, and Canadian Studies at the Fountain School of Performing Arts, Dalhousie University
Dr. Claire Gray, Assistant Professor in Cinema and Media Studies at the Fountain School of Performing Arts, Dalhousie University
Dr. Peter O’Brien, BA(Hons)’90, Assistant Professor; Graduate Coordinator; Latin Literature at Dalhousie University
Dr. Neil Robertson, BA(Hons)’85, Director of the Foundation Year Program and Professor of Humanities
Dr. Patrick Graham, DCL’16, award-winning journalist, author and filmmaker
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