The metamorphoses of Apuleius: from ancient texts to modern reception

2nd of June 2021, Mickiewicz Parlour, Collegium Maius, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland.

(online participation is possible; contact: Mateusz Stróżyński, monosautos@gmail.com )

Note that this conference finishes with a live musical performance from Lully’s seventeenth-century opera Psyche! Classy stuff.

PROGRAM:
9h00 Opening remarks
9h15 Keynote lecture:
Douglas Hedley (University of Cambridge)
The tale of Cupid and Psyche in C.S. Lewis’ Till we have faces
10h15 Coffee break
10h45 Session 1: Religion
Jakub Handszu (Adam Mickiewicz University)
The divine child in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses: a Jungian perspective
11h15
Mateusz Stróżyński (Adam Mickiewicz University)
Tragedy and Eucatastrophe: C.S. Lewis’ interpretation of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses
11h45
Coffee break
12h15
Session 2: Communication
Tomasz Sapota (University of Silesia)
Apuleius: self-creations
12h45
Łukasz Berger (Adam Mickiewicz University)
Verbal interaction in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses
13h15 Lunch break
14h45 Session 3: Apuleius staged
Piotr Urbański (Adam Mickiewicz University)
Cupid and Psyche in the 17th and 18th century opera
15h15
Andrea Musio (Independent): The reception of Apuleius in Italian theatre and cinematography
15h45
Radosław Piętka (Adam Mickiewicz University)
From films and comic books to avant-garde theater and experimental novel: some adventures of Apuleius in the XX and XXI centuries
16h15 Concluding remarks

19h00 Concert: Jean-Baptiste Lully, Psyché – fragments of the opera
(Lubrański Hall)
Soloists:
Marta Krysiak (soprano)
Anna Sygulska (mezzo-soprano)
Bartosz Gorzkowski (tenor)
Mateusz Stróżyński (baritone)
Très Animé:
Olga Musiał-Kurzawska – traverso flute
Katarzyna Kmieciak – violin
Martyna Jankowska – cello
Dagmara Tyrcha – harpsichord

Contact: Mateusz Stróżyński monosautos@gmail.com https://amu.academia.edu/MateuszStróżyński