[Commlist] Spartacus @ 60: A Virtual Conference

Spartacus @ 60


A Virtual Conference


21 December 2020


Organised by Nathan Abrams (Bangor University), James Fenwick (Sheffield 
Hallam University) and Elisa Pezzotta (Bergamo University).


To mark sixty years since the release of Spartacus, this virtual 
workshop will consider the making and impact of this crucial film. 
Spartacus has left an indelible mark on our popular culture and is 
considered to be one of the best of its genre. But its exact position 
with Stanley Kubrick’s oeuvre has been misunderstood with some critics 
and academics excluding it from his canon. Consequently, it has not been 
subjected to the same scrutiny from a wide variety of disciplines and 
methodological perspectives as his other films. This workshop proposes 
to bring together scholars and fans from diverse disciplinary 
backgrounds to explore Spartacus sixty years since its release, discuss 
its impact and consider its position within Kubrick’s oeuvre and the 
wider visual and socio-political culture.


Possible angles might include:


Spartacus -- origins, influences, production, aesthetics, publicity, 
reception, afterlife, legacy


Where does Spartacus sit in Kubrick’s oeuvre?


Where does Spartacus sit in Kirk Douglas’ oeuvre?


Kirk Douglas as producer


What is the cultural/film-making legacy of Spartacus?


What is the position of Spartacus within the wider visual culture?


Spartacus and parenthood


Spartacus and women


Spartacus and race, ethnicity and otherness


Spartacus and the Cold War


Spartacus and the Hollywood blacklist


Spartacus as epic


Spartacus, audiences, fandom and ‘cult’


How to research Spartacus during the lockdown?


The legacy of a piece of dialogue: ‘I’m Spartacus’.


Spartacus and history


Paratexts e.g. Dell comic books


Queer Spartacus


Is /Spartacus/ a Kubrick film?


To submit an abstract, please complete the following form 
<https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=VUxHxiOpKk2b1OzjcUjbstEPib22iEFNqYWVn2LmcVpUNFZPQTFBVU8xRThPTzlCNDFBUVZYNU43TC4u> by 
October 1st, 2020. Early submissions are encouraged.


Please address any queries to Nathan Abrams ((n.abrams /at/ bangor.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(n.abrams /at/ bangor.ac.uk)>) and James Fenwick ((j.fenwick /at/ shu.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(j.fenwick /at/ shu.ac.uk)>), and Elisa Pezzotta 
((elisa.pezzotta /at/ virgilio.it) <mailto:(elisa.pezzotta /at/ virgilio.it)>).

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