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Jerzy Axer, PhD hab., Classical philologist & Neo-Latin scholar Professor and Dean of the Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw, Poland E-mail: axer@ibi.uw.edu.pl For further information see: http://www.al.uw.edu.pl/en-16 Research theme: Wobo’s Fabulous Itinerary: From East African Mythology to a Polish Formative Novel for Youth |
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Małgorzata Borowska, PhD hab., Classical philologist & Modern Greek scholar Professor at the Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw, Poland E-mail: hobbit@al.uw.edu.pl For further information see: http://al.uw.edu.pl/en-27 Research theme: Marine creatures |
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Marilyn Burton, PhD, Classical philologist Lecturer at the Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw, Poland E-mail: hespera1@hotmail.com For further information see: Research theme: Man as Creature: Allusions to Classical Beasts in the Novels of N.D. Wilson |
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Simon Burton, PhD, theologian Assistant Professor at the Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw, Poland E-mail: s.burton@al.uw.edu.pl For further information see: http://al.uw.edu.pl/en-484 Research theme: Talking Horses and Unicorns in C.S. Lewis’ Narnia Chronicles: Entwining Classical and Christian Motifs |
 | Susan Deacy, PhD, Classical philologist Principal Lecturer at the Department of Humanities, University of Roehampton, United Kingdom E-mail: s.deacy@roehampton.ac.uk For further information see: http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/staff/Susan-Deacy/ Research theme: Bright-Eyed Athena and her Fiery-Eyed Monster |
 | Konrad Dominas, PhD, Classical philologist Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland E-mail: konrad.dominas@gmail.com For further information see: http://www.konrad-dominas.pl Research theme: New Reception Spaces of Literature and Ancient Culture – Children’s Creations of Mythical Creatures on the Internet |
 | Elena Ermolaeva, PhD, Classical philologist Associate Professor at the Department of Classical Philology, St. Petersburg University, Russia E-mail: elena.ermolaeva304@gmail.com For further information see: http://phil.spbu.ru/o-fakultete-1/struktura-fakulteta/kafedry/klassicheskoi-filologii/ermolaeva-elena-leonidovna or https://spbu.academia.edu/ElenaErmolaeva Research theme: Centaurs in Russian Fairy Tales: From the Half-dog Pulicane to the Centaur Polkan |
 | Liz Gloyn, PhD, Classical philologist Lecturer in Classics at the Department of Classics, Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom E-mail: liz.Gloyn@rhul.ac.uk For further information see: https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/elizabeth-gloyn(263b1146-5f8a-4c99-a909-01c78a7caef2).html Research theme: Mazes Intricate: The Minotaur As A Catalyst of Identity Formation in British Young Adult Fiction |
 | Elizabeth Hale, PhD, English Literature scholar Senior Lecturer in English and Writing at the School of Arts, University of New England, Australia E-mail: ehale@une.edu.au For further information see: https://www.une.edu.au/staff-profiles/arts/ehale Research theme: Medusas and Minotaurs: Metamorphosis and Meaning in Australian Contexts |
 | Edith Hall, PhD, Classical philologist Professor at the Department of Classics, King’s College London E-mail: edith@edithhall.co.uk For further information see: http://www.edithhall.co.uk/ Research theme: Cheiron the Centaur as Narrator |
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Maria Handrejk Heinrich Schliemann Institute for Classical Antiquity, University of Rostock E-mail: maria.handrejk@uni-rostock.de For further information see: Research theme: Murder in the Moonlight: Harry Potter and the Return of the Werewolves |
 | Owen Hodkinson, PhD, Classical philologist Lecturer at the Department of Classics, University of Leeds, United Kingdom E-mail: owen.hodkinson@gmail.com For further information see: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/people/20047/classics/person/1701/owen_hodkinson Research theme: The Gorgons |
| Markus Janka, PhD hab., Classical philologist Professor at the Institute of Classical Philology, University of Munich, Germany E-mail: janka@lmu.de For further information see: http://www.klassphil.uni-muenchen.de/personen/professoren/janka/index.html
Michael Stierstorfer, MA
Research theme: Semibovemque virum semivirumque bovem – Mythological Hybrid Creatures as Key Actors in Ovid’s Metamorphoses and in the Postmodern Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults |
 | Katarzyna Jerzak, PhD, Comparative Literature scholar Associate Professor at the Pomorska Academy in Słupsk, Poland E-mail: kasiajerzak@gmail.com For further information see: http://www.neofilologia.apsl.edu.pl/index.php/zaklady/zaklad-filologii-angielskiej/pracownicy Research theme: Remnants of Myth, Vesitges of Tragedy: Peter Pan in the Mermaids’ Lagoon |
 | György Karsai, PhD hab., Classical philologist Professor and Chair of the Department of Classical Philology at the University of Pécs, Professor at the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest, Hungary E-mail: karsaigy@gmail.com For further information see: http://www.doktori.hu/index.php?menuid=192&sz_ID=1503&lang=EN Panel Moderation |
 | Joanna Kłos, MA, Mediterranean Scholar & MA, Classical philologist“Diamond Grantee”-PhD Student at the Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw, Poland Research Secretary for the Project E-mail: joanna.klos@student.uw.edu.pl For further information see: Research theme: Pheme the Gossip (series „Goddess Girls”) by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams |
 | Przemysław Kordos, PhD, Modern Greek philologist & Ethnologist Assistant Professor at the Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw, Poland E-mail: pkordos@ibi.uw.edu.pl For further information see: http://www.al.uw.edu.pl/en-37 Research theme: Modern Greek Children Face to Face with Hydra, Cerberus and Minotaurs |
| Weronika Kostecka, PhD, Polish philologist Post-Doc at the Faculty of Polish Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland E-mail: w.kostecka@uw.edu.pl For further information see: https://uw.academia.edu/WeronikaKostecka
Maciej Skowera, MA, Polish philologist Research theme: Womanhood and/as Monstrosity: Cultural and Individual Biography of a “Beast” in Anna Czerwińska-Rydel’s The Baltic Siren |
| Michał Kucharski, PhD, Mediterranean Scholar, Classical philologist Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw, Poland Research Secretary for the Project E-mail: kucharski.michal@al.uw.edu.pl For further information see: www.kucharski.ibi.uw.edu.pl/en | |
 | Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer, PhD hab., German philologist Professor at the German Department, University of Tübingen, Germany E-mail: bettina.kuemmerling-meibauer@uni-tuebingen.de For further information see: http://homepages.uni-tuebingen.de/bettina.kuemmerling-meibauer/ Research theme: On the Trail of Pan: From the Eternal to the Strange Child |
 | Helen Lovatt, PhD, Classical philologist Associate Professor at the Department of Classics, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom E-mail: helen.lovatt@nottingham.ac.uk For further information see: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/classics/people/helen.lovatt Research theme: Magical Beasts and Where They Come From: How Greek Are Harry Potter’s Mythical Animals? |
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Adam Łukaszewicz, PhD hab., Archaeologist Professor at the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Poland E-mail: adlukasz@adm.uw.edu.pl For further information see: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_%C5%81ukaszewicz Research theme: Fantastic Creatures Seen by a Shipwrecked Sailor and by a Herdsman |
 | Katarzyna Marciniak, PhD hab., Classical & Italian philologist Associate Professor at the Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw, Poland E-mail: kamar@al.uw.edu.pl For further information see: http://al.uw.edu.pl/en-38 Research theme: Chasing Mythical Muppets: Classical Antiquity according to Jim Henson |
 | Lisa Maurice, PhD, Classical philologist Senior Lecturer at the Department of Classical Studies, Bar-Ilan University, Israel E-mail: lisa.maurice@biu.ac.il For further information see: http://classics.biu.ac.il/en/node/521 Research theme: TBA |
 | David Movrin, PhD, Classical philologist Assistant Professor at the Department of Classical Philology, University of Ljublana, Slovenia E-mail: david.movrin@gmail.com For further information see: http://oddelki.ff.uni-lj.si/klasfilol/ucitelji2/movrin.html Panel Moderation |
 | Sheila Murnaghan, PhD, Classical philologist Professor at the Department of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania, USA E-mail: smurnagh@sas.upenn.edu For further information see: https://www.classics.upenn.edu/people/sheila-murnaghan Research theme (with Deborah H. Roberts): ‘A Kind of Minotaur’: Mythical Monsters and Spiritual Deformation in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne |
 | Sonya Nevin, PhD, Ancient Historian The Panoply Vase Animation Project E-mail: sonya.nevin@gmail.com For further information see: www.panoply.org.uk/about-us. Research Project: Animating Mythical Vase Scenes, with the National Museum in Warsaw |
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| Daniel A. Nkemleke, PhD Associate Professor at the Department of English, University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon E-mail: nkemlekedan@yahoo.com For further information see: https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/phil/english/sections/ling/Staff_ELL/nkemleke.php
Divine Che Neba, PhD Research theme: Myth, Beasts and Creatures: Towards the Construction of Human Categories in Oral Tradition in Cameroon |
 | Elżbieta Olechowska, PhD, MBA, Classical philologist & Media scholar Academic Secretary for the Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw, Poland E-mail: elzbieta.olechowska@gmail.com For further information see: http://www.al.uw.edu.pl/en-39 Research theme: Herakles Facing Monsters in Twenty-First Century French Comic Books by Joann Sfar and Edouard Cour |
 | Hanna Paulouskaya, PhD, Classical philologist Assistant Professor at the Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw, Poland E-mail: hannapa@al.uw.edu.pl For further information see: Research theme: Mythical Beasts in the Soviet Animation: Interpretation of the Monster Phenomenon |
 | Babette Puetz, PhD, Classical philologist Senior Lecturer at the School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand E-mail: babette.puetz@vuw.ac.nz For further information see: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sacr/about/staff/babette-puetz Research theme: Philip Pullman’s Bestiary |
 | Deborah H. Roberts, PhD, Classical philologist William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the Department of Classics, Haverford College, USA E-mail: droberts@haverford.edu For further information see: http://www.haverford.edu/faculty/droberts Research theme (with Sheila Murnaghan): Picturing Duality: the Minotaur as Beast and Human in Illustrated Myth Collections for Children |
 | Anne Rogerson, PhD, Classical philologist Senior Lecturer in Latin at the Department of Classical and Ancient History, University of Sydney, Australia E-mail: anne.rogerson@sydney.edu.au For further information see: http://sydney.edu.au/arts/classics_ancient_history/staff/profiles/anne.rogerson.php Research theme: Last of the Minotaurs: Mythical Beasts in The Hero Trilogy by Sulari Gentill |
 | Jörg Schulte, PhD hab., Slavic & Comparative Literature scholar Professor at the Institute for Slavic Studies, University of Cologne, Germany E-mail: j.schulte@uni-koeln.de For further information see: http://www.slavistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/schulte.html Research theme: Old Wine Bottled for the Young: The Image and Mysteries of Dionysos in Tadeusz Zieliński’s “Skazochnaia Drevnost’ Ėllady” |
 | Bernd Seidensticker, PhD hab., Classical philologist Professor emeritus at the Institute of Greek and Latin Philology, Free University of Berlin, Germany E-mail: bs1@zedat.fu-berlin.de For further information see: http://www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/we02/institut/mitarbeiter/Weitere_Prof/seidensticker/index.html Panel Moderation |
 | Peter Simatei, PhD, African Literature & Cinema scholar Professor at the Department of Literature, Theatre & Film Studies, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya E-mail: tpsimatei@hotmail.com For further information see: https://idw-online.de/de/news487948 Research theme: The Nandi Bear: A Mythical Profile of a Ferocious Beast |
 | Steve K. Simons, Animator The Panoply Vase Animation Project E-mail: steveksimons@gmail.com For further information see: www.panoply.org.uk/about-us. Research Project: Animating Mythical Vase Scenes, with the National Museum in Warsaw |
 | Christian Stoffel Research Assistant at the Institute of Classical Studies, University of Mainz, Germany E-mail: cstoffel@uni-bonn.de For further information see: http://www.klassphil.uni-mainz.de/436.php Research theme: Protecting the Ancient Past and its Mythical Beasts: Julia Golding’s The Companions Quartet |
 | Wilfried Stroh, PhD hab., Classical philologist Professor emeritus at the Institute for Classical Philology, University of Munich, Germany E-mail: Stroh@klassphil.uni-muenchen.de For further information see: http://stroh.userweb.mwn.de/ Research theme: Pegasus |
 | Robert A. Sucharski, PhD hab., Classical philologist, Mycaenean scholar Associate Professor and Vice-Dean at the Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw, Poland E-mail: sucharsk@ibi.uw.edu.pl For further information see: http://www.al.uw.edu.pl/en-34 Research theme: Stanisław Pagaczewski and His Tale(s) of the Wawel Dragon |
 | Karoline Thaidigsmann, PhD Assistant Professor at the Slavic Department, University of Heidelberg, Germany E-mail: karoline.thaidigsmann@slav.uni-heidelberg.de For further information see: http://www.slav.uni-heidelberg.de/personal/kthaidigsmann.html Research theme: (Non-)Flying Horses in the Polish People’s Republic. The Crisis of the Mythical Beast in Ambivalent Polish Children’s Literature |
