May 17, 2024 at the 4th Space, CSLP member Brad Nelson (Concordia, Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics) will join colleagues Dario Brancato (Concordia, CMLL), Paolo Celi (University of Padua), Kristin Franseen (Concordia, History) for a workshop entitled “Multi-layered Authorship: On Authors, Artists, Patrons, and Apocrypha in the Western Tradition.”
The modern concepts of ‘author,’ ‘copyright,’ and ‘intellectual property’ have contributed to the monolithic idea of a writer (or composer) being completely independent in their artistic choices. Similarly, if a name is associated with a work, we assume that this person must be its author. However, in the Western tradition, this is seldom the case; authorship is often the result of several layers of negotiation among artists, audiences/readers, and forms of power. How do we disentangle these issues when approaching literary, musical, and historical sources?
Each presenter will offer a case study on the theme. Those interested should register their attendance.