Power, Status and Symbols in the Black Sea Area in Antiquity - 23/07/2018, Wrocław (Poland)

The contributions to this workshop will focus on the expression of power and social status in the Black Sea region in both Greek and non-Greek cultural milieus in antiquity. The display of power and high social status may involve a broad range of political and social strategies that were adopted by the elites of Black Sea Greekpoleis as well as by the Scythian and Sarmatian aristocracy. This includes aspects such as the use of widely comprehensible visual symbols and specific funerary practices, the display of military power, the heralding of genealogical links, whether mythical or historical, as in the case of the Bosporan rulers. The aim of the workshop is to share knowledge and current research methods regarding the history and archaeology of the Black Sea region in a stimulating international and interdisciplinary environment. This will undoubtedly result in a number of fresh ideas and constructive comments, and will also lead to further collaboration between the participants of the workshop.

FECHA/DATE/DATA: 23/07/2018

LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Institute of History, University of Wrocław (Wrocław, Poland)

ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Prof. Krzysztof Nawotka (University of Wrocław) ; Dr. Joanna Porucznik (University of Wrocław ) ;Assoc. Prof. Dr. Altay Coşkun (University of Waterloo)

INFO: web - joanna.porucznik@uwr.edu.pl

INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE:

PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:

09:00-09:30 Registration and Welcome Address

09:30-10:15 Krzysztof Nawotka (University of Wrocław)

Founders of Western Pontic Cities

10:15-11:00 Nicholas Sekunda (University of Gdańsk)

The Size of the Population of Athens and Imported Black Sea Grain

11:15-11:30 Tea / Coffee Break

11:30-12:15 Madalina Dana (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

The Bosporan Kings and the Greek Features of Their Culture in Pontus and the Mediterranean

12:15-13:00 Altay Coşkun (University of Waterloo)

Representation and Non-Representation on Coinage. Questions Concerning the Social and Political Status of Queen Dynamis of the Bosporos

13:00-14:30 Lunch

14:30-15:15 Michał Halamus (University of Wrocław)

Annexing the Near East. Nabataea and the Bosporus – Two Client States on the Fringes of the Empire

15:15-16:00 Germain Payen (University of Waterloo)

From Aspurgos to Rhescuporis I: Searching for a Dynastic Identity

16:00-16:30 Tea / Coffee Break

16:30-17:15 Valentina Mordvintseva (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine)

The Expression of Power and Status in the Barbarian Cultures of the Crimea (3rd Cent. BCE – 3rd Cent. CE), and the Networking of Political Elites

17:15-18:00 Joanna Porucznik (University of Wrocław)

The Use of Golden Mouth and Eye Covers in the Expression of Social Identity: a Case Study of North Pontic Necropoleis

18:00-18:45 Alexey V. Belousov (Lomonosov Moscow State University) Epigraphy of Power in the Sarmatian Barrows