Succession of Ancient Empires - 28/02/2020, Waterloo (Canada)

FECHA /DATE/DATA: 28/02/2020

LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: German Reading Room (ML 245), Department of Classical Studies; University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Canada)

ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Dr. Altay Coskun (University of Waterloo)

INFO: web

INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: Gratis/free/gratuito

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PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:

9:30-10:00 Tea / Coffee, Welcome and Introduction

Panel I: The Transition of Eras and Dynasties: Material Evidence and Ideological Perspectives Chaired by Andrew Sherwood, University of Guelph

10:00-10:50 Dr. Agnieszka Wojciechowska, University of Wroclaw, Poland:

Succession of Empires in Egypt from the 30th Dynasty to Ptolemy I

11:00-11:50 Dr. Mac Lewis, University of Waterloo ON: The Sullan Foundation of Roman Florentia

12:00-12:50 Prof. Krzysztof Nawotka, University of Wroclaw, Poland: The Epigraphic Habit in Western Asia Minor and the Transition of Empires

13:00-14:00 Lunch Break

Panel II: Imperial Allegories in Daniel Chaired by Phil Harland, York University, Toronto

14:00-14:50 Altay Coşkun, University of Waterloo ON: A Giant and Some Beasts in Daniel’s Prophecies – Allegories that Want to Be Decoded

15:00-15:50 Ben Scolnic, Temple Beth Sholom, Hamden CT & Southern Connecticut State University: The Unfulfilled Vision: Dan 11:14 and the Rebellion in Jerusalem during the Fifth Seleukid-Ptolemaic War

15:50-16:15 Tea / Coffee Break

Panel III: Conceptualizing Empire, Succession and Continuity Chaired by Krzysztof Nawotka, University of Wroclaw, Poland

16:15-17: 00 Stone Chen, University of Waterloo ON: Tianxia and Oikoumene: Two Conceptions of Empire

17:00-17:50 Richard Wenghofer, Nipissing University, North Bay ON: Empire and Culture: Decolonizing the Evidence for the Indo-Greek Kingdoms

17:50-18:00 Concluding Remarks