{"id":1035,"date":"2023-11-15T14:23:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/cml\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2023-11-15T14:23:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:23:17","slug":"star-trek-and-the-ancient-past-special-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/cml\/2023\/11\/15\/star-trek-and-the-ancient-past-special-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Star Trek and the Ancient Past&#8221; Special Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Amy Norgard, Associate Professor of Classics, has been participating in\u00a0the Antiquity in Media Studies Virtual Conference (from Nov 10-18, 2023), an organization which studies the reception of antiquity in contemporary media. Dr. Norgard co-organized 5 panels at the conference on the theme of &#8220;<em>Star Trek <\/em>and the Ancient Past&#8221; which features 14 research papers about how the <em>Star Trek <\/em>franchise engages with the ancient Mediterranean past to inform its high-tech future. Applying themes and narratives from ancient Mediterranean mythology to the sci-fi franchise, Dr. Norgard delivered a research paper called &#8220;Pygmalion and Personhood in the Holodeck in <em>Star Trek.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/cml\/files\/2023\/11\/Pygmalion-and-Personhood-Ad.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1036\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/cml\/files\/2023\/11\/Pygmalion-and-Personhood-Ad-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/cml\/files\/2023\/11\/Pygmalion-and-Personhood-Ad-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/cml\/files\/2023\/11\/Pygmalion-and-Personhood-Ad-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/cml\/files\/2023\/11\/Pygmalion-and-Personhood-Ad-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/cml\/files\/2023\/11\/Pygmalion-and-Personhood-Ad-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/cml\/files\/2023\/11\/Pygmalion-and-Personhood-Ad.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/cml\/files\/2023\/11\/Star-Trek-and-the-Ancient-Past-View-Screen-Instagram.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1037\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/cml\/files\/2023\/11\/Star-Trek-and-the-Ancient-Past-View-Screen-Instagram-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/cml\/files\/2023\/11\/Star-Trek-and-the-Ancient-Past-View-Screen-Instagram-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/cml\/files\/2023\/11\/Star-Trek-and-the-Ancient-Past-View-Screen-Instagram-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/cml\/files\/2023\/11\/Star-Trek-and-the-Ancient-Past-View-Screen-Instagram-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/cml\/files\/2023\/11\/Star-Trek-and-the-Ancient-Past-View-Screen-Instagram-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/cml\/files\/2023\/11\/Star-Trek-and-the-Ancient-Past-View-Screen-Instagram.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Amy Norgard, Associate Professor of Classics, has been participating in\u00a0the Antiquity in Media Studies Virtual Conference (from Nov 10-18, 2023), an organization which studies the reception of antiquity in contemporary media. 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