Spring 2018 Schedule

Tuesday, April 10th, 3:30 PM, Chris Faraone (University of Chicago), The Transformation of Greek Amulets in Roman Imperial Times Book Seminar, Discussants: Josh Vera (History) and Kelly Holob and Bruce Lincoln (Divinity), Classics 21

 

Tuesday, April 24, 3:30 PM, Alain Bresson and Walter Shandruk (University of Chicago), “Hoards and Networks: Modeling Coinage Circulation in the Archaic and Classical World,” Classic s21

 

**Monday, April 30, 3:30 PM, Roberta Mazza (The University of Manchester) “Papyrology and Ethics: Towards a More Responsible Publication Model,” Classics 21

 

Tuesday, May 8, 3:30 PM, Paul Keen (University of Massachusetts, Lowell)

 

**Monday, May 14, 3:30 PM, Anna Darden (Ph.d. candidate, Classics), “The Painted Protagonist of Euripides’ Helen,” Cochrane-Woods Art Center Lecture Hall (5540 S. Greenwood Ave.)

 

Tuesday, May 15, 3:30 PM, Olivier Hekster (Radboud University, Nijmegen) “Ruling supreme? Presenting the Roman emperor as priest and lawgiver,” Classics 21

 

Tuesday, May 22, 3:30 PM, Giovanni Ruffini (Fairfield University) “Problems and Pitfalls in Network Analysis,” Classics 21

 

Monday, June 4th 4:30 PM, Jared Kreiner (University of Chicago), “Overburdened Gauls: the case of the Florus and Sacrovir Revolt,” Classics 21

Winter 2018 Schedule

Dear Ancient Societies Workshop,

I hope you have all had a great beginning of the quarter! I’m excited to announce our fantastic line-up of speakers for the Winter quarter. All talks will take place in Classics 21 with a reception to follow.

Tuesday, January 16, 3:30 PM: Nick Venable (University of Chicago), “Failing Bodies and Monastic Endowments: Social Control in Coptic Wills and Donation Papyri.” Co-sponsored by the Early Christianity Workshop

Tuesday, January 30, 3:30 PM: Rhyne King (University of Chicago), “Land, Labor, and Violence in the Persian Empire

Tuesday, February 27, 3:30 PM: Kate Kreindler (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), “Consumption and Connectivity in pre-Roman Italy”

Tuesday, March 6, 6 PM: Jana Mynářová (Charles University, Prague), “Eloquent Words for the Pharao. Perspectives on the Amarna Letters”

I look forward to seeing you all soon and continuing our conversations from last quarter!

All best,

Jordan Johansen

Ph.D. Student, The University of Chicago

Program in the Ancient Mediterranean World

Department of Classics

 

For any questions or comments, you can contact me at jjohansen AT uchicago.edu.

Autumn 2017 Schedule

Dear Ancient Societies Workshop participants,

Welcome back to a new academic year and to the autumn quarter of the Ancient Societies Workshop. I (Jordan Johansen) am the student coordinator for this year’s workshop, and Katie Kearns and Susanne Paulus are the faculty sponsors. We have an exciting group of talks lined up for this Autumn quarter with the theme “Social Networks.”  All talks will be held at 3:30 PM in Classics 21 with a reception following. All talks are on Tuesday, unless otherwise noted.

Sept. 26 – Thalia Lysen (University of Chicago), “Staging Kingship: A Case Study of Royal Ideology and Power in Hittite Anatolia”

Oct. 10 –  Eduardo Escobar (University of Chicago), “Networking Plants in Cuneiform Cultures: Empiricism and Scribal Hermeneutics”

Oct. 24 – Paul Vadan (University of Chicago), “Precedent, Collective Memory, and Risk in the Hellenistic Age”

Nov. 6 (Monday) – Ignazio Tantillo (Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale), “The Tetrarchs and the Treasures of the Temples” ***Location will be in Classics 110***

Nov. 21 – Joshua R. Vera (University of Chicago), “Sharing is Caring: The Association and Assimilation of Cults in Roman Athens”

I hope to see you all there!

Best,

Jordan Johansen

Ph.D. Student, The University of Chicago

Program in the Ancient Mediterranean World

Department of Classics

 

For any questions or comments, you can contact me at jjohansen AT uchicago.edu.