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Gladiator 2 Edited Collection

Categories: Comparative, Interdisciplinary, Popular Culture, Aesthetics, Anthropology/Sociology, Classical Studies, Cultural Studies, Environmental Studies, Film, TV, & Media, Food Studies, History, Philosophy
Event Date: 2025-01-15 Abstract Due: 2025-01-15

The twentieth anniversary of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator (2000) was an important moment in film history, for it not only marked a great film and work of art, but it also reminded audiences how peplum and historical epics still mattered. The edited collection “A Hero Will Endure”: Essays at the Twentieth Anniversary of ‘Gladiator’ (2023) provided insights on the film two decades after its release.

Yet now there is a sequel with a November 2024 release. This CFP therefore serves to build on the work done in the 2023 essays and provide a further avenue of exploration for connections between the two films as well as innovative readings of Gladiator 2 on its own.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

·       Comparisons between the two films

·       Considerations of the nature of heroism and its changes over time

·       Character studies

·       Historical explorations of specific people and events

 

Abstracts will be due January 15, 2025. Completed chapters of 5,000-7,000 words will be due June 14, 2025.

Please send abstracts and questions to Rachel Carazo at rachel.carazo@snhu.edu.

rachel.carazo@snhu.edu

Rachel L Carazo