Classical Reception
What Do You Do, Tonton?: Explaining Classical Reception to a Four-and-a-Half-Year Old
Summarising months of research into a two-minute pitch is a real balancing act. Yet when my four-year-old nephew asked what my job was, I decided to take the (Cretan) bull by the horns.
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Canonisation as Parody: Reflections on Umberto Eco's Misreadings
When conducting research, we sometimes tend to be too serious. However, intellectual parody and informed wit are possible, as Umberto Eco demonstrates in Misreadings.
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