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RHETORIC WORKSHOP
Saturday July 10th 2010, Bamburgh Room, King’s Road Centre, Newcastle
University (see this link for advice on travel and maps:
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/visit/travel/).

The event is free; but please let contact Jennifer.Richards AT ncl.ac.uk so
that she can organise lunch.

SCHEDULE
11.00-11.30 coffee

Chair: Dr Bé Breij
11.30-12.15 Prof Mike Edwards (Institute of Classical Studies, editor of
Rhetorica), ‘The new Hyperides’
12.15-1.00 Prof Jakob Wisse (Newcastle University), ‘The limits of
(ancient) rhetoric: some thoughts about rhetoric,
literature and society’

1.00-2.30 lunch
Chair: Prof Jennifer Richards
2.30-3.15 Prof Peter Mack (Warwick), ‘Narrative and argument in
Renaissance rhetoric’
3.15-4.00 Dr Alison Thorne (Strathclyde), ‘The rhetoric of supplication:
ethos, pathos and the logic of identification’

4.00-5.00 coffee and roundtable discussion.

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Rethinking the Gods:
Post-Classical approaches to sacred space

An International Conference to be held at Oxford, 21-23 September 2010.

How and why did sacred space change? This conference aims at exploring the
sanctuaries of Greece in the tumultuous period between 300 BCE and 100 CE,
with the aim of understanding changes in ritual practices, religious
meanings and architectural forms. This period in Greece is characterized by
the creation of kingdoms and federations, by the strengthening of the Roman
presence, and is full of cultural, technological and artistic innovations.
Sanctuaries change: new gods are introduced, traditional gods acquire new
characteristics, and this is reflected in the rituals, dedications and the
way that these are codified in space. Since these phenomena cannot be
understood without taking into account contemporary developments in other
parts of the Roman world, the sanctuaries of Hellenistic Italy will be given
a special focus.

Sanctuaries are at the heart of the Greek and Roman world, and their
importance can be examined at different levels: religious, cultural,
political, historical. Our speakers will explore the following themes: (a)
transformation of religious buildings and spaces, with the creation of new
models; (b) transformation of the votive landscape; (c) religious contacts
between Greece and Rome and their expression in material culture.

The aim of the conference is to open up new perspectives on the archaeology
of the Greek world in a period not frequently studied, and to offer new
insights to students and scholars alike.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Luigi Caliò, The development of the urban sanctuaries in Camiros in
Hellenistic times
Annelies Cazemier, The Language of Roman Dedications in Hellenistic Greece
Lorenzo Campagna, Tauromenion: the Hellenistic sacred area near the church
of Santa Caterina and its transformations during the Roman Imperial age.
Alessandro Celani, Sculptural Styles, Myths and Narrations. A male head from
Terracina
Alessandro D’Alessio, Spaces, Functions and Landscape in the Italic
Late-Republican Sanctuaries. Notes for a Systemic Approach to the Language
of a Great Architecture
Björn Forsén, Agia Paraskevi of Arachamitai – some thoughts concerning a
new Hellenistic sanctuary in Arcadia
Marco Galli, TBA
Ioannes Graekos, Between country and city: The cult of the Mother of the
Gods and the politics of space in Ancient Macedonia
Betta Interdonato, Architecture and rituals in the Hellenistic Age: the case
of the Asklepieon in Kos
Maria Kantirea, Reshaping the sacred landscape through benefaction: the
sanctuary of Lycosoura in the Peloponnese (Hellenistic/ Roman)
Sofia Kravaritou, Sacred space and the Politics of Multiculturalism in
Demetrias (Thessaly)
Yves Lafond, L’identité religieuse des cités de Grèce égéenne à l’époque de
Trajan. Le témoignage des inscriptions.
Annalisa Lo Monaco, Travels and Knowledge: The Romans and the sanctuaries of
Greece
Ioannis Mylonopoulos, TBA
Maria-Foteini Papakonstantinou, The restructuring of the Asklepieion of Ag.
Konstantinos in Phthiotis in late Classical period.
Elena Partida, Successive forces in the sanctuary of Delphi: The Aetolian,
Pergamene and Roman input to religious architecture and the evolution of
votive landscape
Jessica Piccinini, Renaissance or decline? the Oracle of Dododna in the
Hellenistic and early Roman Period
Petros Themelis, The Temple of Messana in the agora of Messene

Website: http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/rethinkingthegods/

Contacts: milena.melfi AT classics.ox.ac.uk , olympia.bobou AT classics.ox.ac.uk

Sponsored by: The John Fell OUP Research Fund at the University of Oxford;
the Craven Committee, Faculty of Classics, The Leventis Foundation, the
Classical Association, the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies

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Aeneas Tacticus

War, Politics and Literature in Classical Greece

Conference 2nd-4th September 2010

at Gregynog Hall (near Newtown/Powys)

More information can be found at www.aeneastacticus.net.

Registration starts now!

For enquiries and bookings please contact Maria Pretzler – m.pretzler AT swansea.ac.uk

Outline:

This conference assembles internationally leading experts in various relevant fields to generate new interpretations and a deeper understanding of Aeneas Tacticus’ Poliorketika. This event gives Aeneas his due place as an essential text for the study of Greek history and literature. It offers a comprehensive re-assessment of Aeneas, highlighting his importance and opening new enquiries from different perspectives – language, literature, and social, political and military history. Previous work on the Poliorketika (thin on the ground as it is) has usually taken place in isolation. We will start an exchange of ideas and perspectives across different disciplines of classical studies. In combination, the proposed papers shed new light on Aeneas as an innovative writer and a valuable historical source, and they add up to a comprehensive overview which has never been attempted before.

Speakers and papers:

Prof. David Whitehead (Belfast)

Keynote address: ‘The Other Aeneas’

Mr. Robin Lane Fox (New College, Oxford)

‘Aeneas – Who, Where and When?’

Dr. Peter Liddel (Manchester)

‘Inscriptions in Aeneas Tacticus’.

Prof. Marco Bettalli (Siena)

‘Greek Poleis and Warfare in the IV century BC: Aeneas’ Poliorketika’.

Mr. Colin Hough (Swansea)

‘It’s not paranoia if they really are out to get you: Aeneas on Policing a Populace Under Siege’.

Prof. Jose Vela Tejada (Zaragoza)

‘Creating Koiné: Aeneas Tacticus in the History of the Greek Language’.

Dr. Nicholas Sekunda (Torun)

‘The Aristotelian Economics 2.2. A précis of the Poristike Biblos of Aeneas Tacticus?’

Dr. Maria Pretzler (Swansea)

‘Aeneas the Historian’

Dr. Tracey Rihll (Swansea)

‘Technology in Aeneas Tacticus: Glimpses of Military and Citizen Techne’.

Mr. Nick Barley

‘Light Armed Troops and Leadership in Aeneas’.

Mr Ben Gourley (York)

Ancient Stymphalos (Title TBA).

Dr. Jim Roy (Nottingham)

‘Mercenaries in Aeneas Tacticus’.

Dr. Philip de Souza (Dublin)

‘Raiders from the sea: the maritime context of the Poliorcetica’.

Prof. Bogdan Burliga (Gdansk)

Title TBA