The Materiality of Hellenistic Ruler Cults - 31/05-01/06/2018, Liège (Belgium)
This two-day event is part of an ongoing research project: Practicalities of Hellenistic Ruler Cults (PHRC). PHRC investigates Greek ritual practice as addressed to political leaders in the Hellenistic world, from Alexander to Augustus.
FECHA/DATE/DATA: 31/05-01/06/2018
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Université de Liège, 7 Place du Vingt Août, Bâtiment A, Salle de l’Horlôg, (Liège, Belgium)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Stefano Caneva
INFO: WEB - ste.caneva@gmail.com
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Thursday 31 May
Morning
8.30 – 9.00: Welcome
9.00 – 9.15: Stefano Caneva (F.R.S.-FNRS – ULiège), “Introduction”
First session: “Media, supports, and circulation”
Chair: – Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge (Collège de France – ULiège)
9.15 – 10.00: Stefano Caneva (F.R.S.-FNRS – ULiège), “L’importance de la matérialité. Le rôle des petits autels, plaques et bases inscrits dans la compréhension des cultes pour les souverains”
10.00 – 10.45: Stefan Pfeiffer (Universität Halle), “What do offerings and libations for the king in Egyptian temples mean? Remarks on the correlation of the hyper-formula and the cult in Egyptian temples”
10.45 – 11.00: Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.45: Olga Palagia (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens), “Cult statues of the Ptolemies and the Attalids”
11.45 – 12.30: Anna Bertelli (Università di Padova), “Heroized citizens and divine rulers: Differences and comparisons between their cult places”
Afternoon
Second session: “Ritual space and practice”
Chair: Yann Berthelet (ULiège)
14.30 – 15.15: Rolf Strootman (Universiteit Utrecht) – Christina Williamson (Universiteit Groningen), “Creating a Royal Landscape: Hekatomnid Use of Sacred Sites in Fourth-Century Karia”
15.45 – 16.00: Mario Paganini (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften), “Ruler Cult in Private Settings: The Gymnasia and Associations of Hellenistic Egypt”
16.00 – 16.15: Coffee Break
16.15 – 17.00: Zoé Pitz (F.R.S.-FNRS – ULiège), “Le choix des animaux sacrificiels dans les cultes des souverains et bienfaiteurs hellénistiques”
17.00 – 17.45: Stefano Caneva (F.R.S.-FNRS – ULiège), “Incense in Hellenistic ruler cults”
Friday 1st June
Morning
Third session: “Agency and Funding”
Chair: Stefano Caneva (F.R.S.-FNRS – ULiège)
9.15 – 10.15: Panagiotis Iossif (Belgian School at Athens - Radboud University) – Catharine Lorber (American Numismatic Society) “Who pays the bill? Monetary aspects of royal cult in the Seleucid and Ptolemaic kingdoms”
10.15 – 10.45: Stefano Caneva (F.R.S.-FNRS – ULiège) – Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge (Collège de France – ULiège), “Conclusions”
10.45 – 11.00: Coffee Break
Workshop: “Religion grecque, épigraphie et humanités numériques à l’ULiège”
11.00 – 12.00: Stefano Caneva (F.R.S.-FNRS – ULiège) – Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge (Collège de France – ULiège), “Religion et épigraphie grecques à la rencontre des humanités numériques. Présentation des projets Collection of Greek Ritual Norms (CGRN) et Practicalities of Hellenistic Ruler Cults (PHRC)”