Tokens: The Athenian Legacy to the Modern World - 16-17/12/2019, Athens (Greece)
Never before has an object of everyday life played such a powerful role in a multitude of circumstances: economics (Agorism, cryptocurrencies, tokenized credit and debit cards), governance (‘Agora’ networks applied in elections), and computing (data security via tokenization). This workshop aims to achieve a better understanding of tokens in ancient Athens as well as their modern-day applications in voting and market mechanics. Current theories and practices employ Athens and the city’s tokens as a historical paradigm. But what do we actually know about Athenian tokens?
FECHA/DATE/DATA: 16-17/12/2019
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: The British School at Athens (Athens, Greece)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Mairi Gkikaki.
INFO: web - m.gkikaki@warwick.ac.uk
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: Gratis/free /gratuito Deadline: 13/12/2019
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA: Aquí/here/qui Abstracts
Monday 16th December 2019
1.30-2pm Registration
2-2.10pm Welcome John Bennet (British School at Athens)
2.10-2.30pm Welcome Mairi Gkikaki (University of Warwick)
Session 1: Communication, community and social cohesion
Chair: Panagiotis Tselekas (University of Thessaloniki)
2.30-3pm Tragic tokens: Sophoclean symbola in context
Patrick Finglass (University of Bristol)
3-3.30pm The Council of Five Hundred and Symbola in Classical Athens
Mairi Gkikaki (University of Warwick)
3.30-4.30pm Coffee
Session 2: ‘Breaking the code’: the cryptic character of tokens
Chair: Katerina Panagopoulou (University of Crete)
4.30-5pm Nike on Hellenistic lead tokens: Iconography and meaning
Martin Schäfer (Archaeological Society at Athens)
5-5.30pm Athenian clay tokens: New types, new series
Stamatoula Makrypodi (Hellenic Ministry of Culture and University of Athens)
5.30-6pm A New Type of Roman Period Clay Tokens from Jerusalem
Yoav Farhi (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
6-6.15pm Break
6.15-7pm Keynote Address by John H. Kroll (University of Texas at Austin)
The Corpus of Athenian Tokens: 150 Years of Expansion and Study from Postolakas to the Present
From 7pm onwards: Reception
Tuesday 17th December 2019
Session 3: Political devices of the participatory democracy
Chair: Harikleia Papageorgiadou (National Hellenic Research Foundation)
10-10.30am Tokens and Tribes: an Iconographic Overview
Daria Russo (Sapienza University of Rome – Anhima UMR 8210)
10.30-11am Tokens and Corruption in Fourth Century BC Athens
Alessandro Orlandini (University of Milan)
11-11.30am Symbola and Political Equality in Classical Athens
James Kierstead (Victoria University of Wellington)
11.30-12am Coffee
12-12.45pm Keynote Address by Quinn Dupont (University College Dublin) The Social Order of “Crypto” Communities
1-2.30pm Lunch
Session 4: New Finds
Chair: Aliki Moustaka (University of Thessaloniki)
2.30-3pm Tokens from the Koile Area
Olga Dakoura-Vogiatzoglou (Ephory of Antiquities of the City of Athens)
3-3.30pm New Hellenistic and Roman clay tokens from Sicily through local identities, museum and archival Research
Antonino Crisà (Ghent University)
3.30-4.30pm Coffee
Session 5: Athenian tokens in the world of the Eastern Mediterranean
Chair: Sophia Kremydi (National Hellenic Research Foundation)
4.30-5pm Contextualising Athenian Tokens
Clare Rowan (University of Warwick)
5-5.30pm Lead tokens in Graeco-Roman Egypt: A Reassessment of Dating and Purpose
Denise Wilding (University of Warwick)
5.30-6pm Alexander the Great’ in Lead and Bronze: The evidence of Greek and Roman tokens (3rd–5th centuries AD)
Cristian Mondello (University of Warwick)
6-6.15 Break
6.15-6.30pm Thanks and Farewell