Mountains in Antiquity - 08-09/06/2017, St. Andrews (Scotland)
We warmly invite you to attend Mountains in Antiquity, an international conference to be held at St Andrews on Thursday 8th and Friday 9th June 2017.
The conference aims to explore ancient engagement with mountains from a wide range of different angles, including literary, historical, archaeological and art-historical perspectives. Papers will be approximately 30 minutes long, followed by discussion.
FECHA/DATE/DATA: 08-09/06/2017
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: University of St Andrews (St. Andrews, Scotland)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Jason König ; Nikoletta Manioti
INFO: web - jpk3@st-andrews.ac.uk ; nm66@st-andrews.ac.uk
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: Deadline: 30/04/2017
Email: jpk3@st-andrews.ac.uk Y/AND/E nm66@st-andrews.ac.uk
We are pleased to offer a limited number of postgraduate bursaries (courtesy of the Classical Association) for Mountains in Antiquity on the 8th and 9th June at St Andrews. Please contact Nikoletta Manioti at nm66@st-andrews.ac.uk by this Friday 12thMay at the latest, stating your position, university affiliation, and the reasons for your interest in the conference.
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:
Thursday 8th June
9.15 - 9.30 Introduction
9.30 - 11.00 Session 1: Arcadia
Kyle Mahoney 'Older than the moon: Sacred mountains and the birth of Arcadia'
James Roy 'Viewing Arkadian mountains'
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 - 13.00 Session 2: Imaginary mountains
David Braund 'The Gusty Mountains of Scythia: What are mountains for in classical culture?'
Betsey Robinson 'From Destinations to Imagination: Distant Views of Greek Mountains'
13.00 - 14.15 Lunch
14.15 - 15.45 Session 3: Mountains in Latin literature
Siobhan Chomse 'Mountains that are not'
Virginia Fabrizi 'The narrative construction of mountains: Olympus and the Vale of Tempe in Livy book 44'
15.45 - 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 - 17.45 Session 4: Geographic perspectives
Klaus Geus and Irina Tupikova 'The African Mountains in Ptolemy´s Geography'
Thomas Poiss 'How to get along with mountains? Some theoretical considerations on mountains in ancient Greek literature'
17.45 - 18.45 Drinks
19.00 - 22.00 Dinner
Friday 9th June
9.30 - 11.00 Session 6: Near Eastern mountainsAlexis Belis 'Here Gods Abound: Sacred Mountains in Ancient Greece and the Near East'
Valeria Sergueenkova and Felipe Rojas 'Being mountain in ancient Anatolia'
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 - 13.00 Session 7: Volcanoes
Virginia Campbell 'A view of Vesuvius: Ancient perspectives on a volcano'
Johanna Luggin '"You will behold no sights so great belonging to the human rabble": Mount Aetna and the Wonders of Nature'
13.00 - 14.15 Lunch
14.15 - 15.45 Session 8: Mountain views
Anna Collar 'Fire for Zeus: Experiencing Mount Kasios'
Christina Williamson 'Claiming the peak. Mountain sanctuaries as political landmarks in Asia Minor'
15.45 - 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 - 17.45 Session 9: Borders
Maria Pretzler 'Mountains of Politics and War: How did Geography Shape Interstate Relations in the Peloponnese?'
Robyn Veal 'Mountains as complex types of borders: a political, ecological, and economic case study of the Samnites and the Romans in ancient Campania'
17.45 - 18.45 Discussion
18.45 - 19.15 Drinks
19.30 - 22.30 Dinner