Dr. Louis L’Allier

Presentations

• 2015. “Le bonheur des moutons et la voie moyenne d’Aristippe dans les Mémorables II, 1, 11.” paper presented at the annual congress of the Canadian Classical Association at the University of Toronto.
• 2014. “The happiness of the lamb and the middle way of Aristippus in Memorabilia II, 1, 11”, paper presented at the “Plato and Xenophon Comparative Studies” conference held at the Bar-Ilan University, Israel. May. « Héraclès au Moyen-Orient. Oppien et les influences orientales dans le mythe de fondation d’Apamée de Syrie », paper presented at the annual congress of the Canadian Classical Association at the University of Manitoba.
• 2013. I presented on poiesis in Antiquity and on my novel “Les cendres de l’Etna” for a French class at Laurentian (LANG-3007FL -Essai de création littéraire). 2012. « L’Anabase de Xénophon et l’imaginaire contemporain : l’exemple de la série Galactica », paper presented for the conference “L’Antiquité gréco-latine aux sources de l’imaginaire contemporain” held at la Sorbonne in Paris.
• 2012. “Héraclès civilisateur et bâtisseur de digues. Oppien et les influences orientales dans le mythe de fondation d’Apamée de Syrie”, presented at the international workshop “Savoirs et pratiques de gestion intégrée des bords de l’eau – Riparia” held at Laurentian University.
• 2010. “Le discours apologétique chez Xénophon et l’exemple de l’Art de la chasse”, paper presented at the annual congress of the Canadian Classical Association at Laval University.
• 2009. “A new look at the diatribe against the sophists in the Cynegetica of Xenophon”, paper presented at the international conference “Xenophon 2009” in Liverpool.
• 2009. “ Rendre Oppien d’Apamée en français ou comment traduire un passeur”, paper presented at the international round table on the translation of poetry “Passage à l’acte” presented at Laval University.
• 2008. «L’homme et la nature : la chasse en Grèce ancienne», lecture presented for L’ACFAS – Sudbury and l’Institut franco-ontarien (IFO), in the Governor’s Room, R.D. Parker building, 11th floor, Laurentian University.
• 2008. “Une tentative d’explication de la diatribe contre les sophistes de l’Art de la chasse de Xénophon”, paper presented at the annual congress of the Canadian Classical Association at the Université de Montréal.
• 2007. Laurentian University: Inaugural Lecture in the Humanities M.A. Speaker’s Theme of Memory and the Environment “Paradise Lost and Found: Recollections of Persian Parks and Their Reinterpretation in the Work of Xenophon,”
• 2006. “Airs, Waters, and Places in the Work of Xenophon of Athens”, presented at the 1st IWA international Symposium on Water technologies in Ancient Civilizations, held under the aegis of EU, FAO and UNESCO. Ed. A.N. Angelakis and D. Koutsoyiannis, National Agriculture research foundation.
• 2006. “Le pouvoir de la monnaie chez Xénophon”, paper presented at the Atelier interdisciplinaire sur la nature de la monnaie held by the department of Economics of Laurentian University.
• 2006. “Of Words and Gestures. Dance and Communication in the Anabasis”, conference presented at the Calgary Institute for Mediterranean Studies.
• 2006. “Xenophon’s Park at Scillus: Some Ancient Greek and Modern Views on Nature”, conference presented at the Department of Classical Studies of the University of Calgary.
• 2005. “Le paradis de Xénophon à Scillonte : le parc naturel, hier et aujourd’hui”, conference presented for the Canada chair in “Interactions société-environnement naturel dans l’empire romain”, at Laval University.
• 2005. “Politique et ménagerie dans la Cyropédie”. Paper presented at the Annual Congress of the Classical Association of Canada, in Banff.
• 2003. “Danse et Pantomime comme pierre de touche de la grécité dans L’Anabase de Xénophon.” Paper presented at the Annual Congress of the Classical Association of Canada at the University of New Brunswick.
• 2002. “Of Horses and Men: Animals in Xenophon.” Paper presented at the conference “PECUS: Man and animal in antiquity”, Swedish institute in Rome.
• 2002. “Les plus jeunes de nos amis”. Techniques pédagogiques et composition dans les œuvres de Xénophon d’Athènes. Paper presented at the congress of ACFAS (Association canadienne française pour l’avancement de la science), Laval University.
• 2002. “L’enivrement chez Xénophon : quand l’état second devient une seconde nature.” Paper presented at the annual congress of la Société des Études anciennes du Québec, Concordia University.
• 2002. “La parole et le geste. Danse, pantomime et communication chez Xénophon.” Paper presented at the Department of History, Laurentian University.
• 2001. “Quelques commentaires sur les sociétés animales et humaines chez Xénophon.” Paper presented at the Annual Congress of the Classical Association of Canada at the University of Waterloo.
• 1998. “Danse, pompe et rituel chez Xénophon l’Athénien.” Paper presented at the Annual Congress of the Classical Association of Canada at the University of Ottawa.
• 1997. “Xenophon’s Park at Scillus: Some Ancient Greek and Modern Views on Nature.” Conference paper and article published in the proceedings of: Olympia the First World Congress on Greece and the Modern World, Olympia Greece.
• 1997. “A Persian Paradise in Scillus?” Conference presented at McGill University.
• 1996. “L’individu et le groupe dans la « démocratie en marche » de l’Anabase.” Paper presented at the Annual Congress of the Société des Études anciennes du Québec at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
• 1996. “Hommes-chevaux, femmes-juments et autres hybrides chez Xénophon.” Paper presented at the Annual Congress of the Classical Association of Canada, Brock University.
• 1995. “Paradis perses et vision du monde chez Xénophon.” Paper presented at the Annual Congress of the Classical Association of Canada, University du Québec à Montréal.
• 1994. “L’attitude de l’homme idéal envers la femme chez Xénophon.” Paper presented at the Annual Congress of the Classical Association of Canada, University of Calgary.

Talks for a general audience

• 2011. I was invited for a talk on Ancient Greece for the Université du troisième âge in Sudbury.
• 2012. I participated at a Round table entitled “rendre l’histoire enivrante” at the Salon du livre de l’Outaouais.
• 2012. I participated at a round table on Mediterranean Cultures at the Alliance française in Toronto.
• 2012. I participated at a round table on my two historical novels for the Salon du livre du Grand Sudbury.
• 2013. I presented a talk on my last novel for the Université du troisième âge reading club in Sudbury.
• 2015. I was invited to a book fair (“Le printemps du livre de Montaigu”) in France and was interviewed on local radio and television.
• 2015. I presented a talk on my last novel for the “Club de lecture de Sudbury”, in Sudbury.