Conference
The Metamorphoses in New York: Creative Appropriations and the Study of Ovid

Join our friends at the Center for Ancient Studies, NYU, for the Ranieri Colloquium on Ancient Studies, “The Metamorphoses in New York: Creative Appropriations and the Study of Ovid.”

WELCOME (6:00 pm)
Matthew S. Santirocco (NYU)

OPENING REMARKS
Alessandro Schiesaro (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa)

CREATIVE APPROPRIATIONS AND THE STUDY OF THE METAMORPHOSES
(6:35 pm)
Alessandro Barchiesi (NYU)

ON TRANSLATING THE METAMORPHOSES (7:05 pm)
Jhumpa Lahiri (Barnard College, Columbia University)

DISCUSSION AND AUDIENCE Q&A (7:35 pm)
Alessandro Barchiesi (NYU), moderator

PUBLIC RECEPTION (7:45 pm)

WELCOME (1:00 pm)
Alessandro Barchiesi (NYU)

OVID IN LITERATURE (1:05 pm)
Alex Shakar (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

OVID IN VISUAL ART (1:40 pm)
Lucy Oakley (NYU Grey Art Museum Emerita)

OVID IN DANCE (2:15 pm)
Jennifer Homans (NYU Center for Ballet and the Arts)

OVID IN FILM (2:50 pm)
Martin Winkler (George Mason University)

DISCUSSION AND AUDIENCE Q&A (3:35 pm)
Alessandro Barchiesi (NYU), moderator

CONCLUSION (4:00 pm)

This event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Classics, NYU, and the Grey Art Museum, NYU.

Starts 11/6/25 6:00 pm

Ends 11/7/25 4:00 pm

Location Hemmerdinger Hall, 31 Washington Place, First Floor, NYC

Cost Free of charge

Program Types: Conference Conversation Dialogue Discussion Lecture Talk