CONF: Congress on Piracy in Antiquity

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1st International Congress on
Piracy and Maritime Security
in the Western Mediterranean and the Iberian peninsula
in Antiquity

University of Seville

27-28 October 2011

Programme

Thursday 27 October – University of Seville Auditorium

MORNING SESSION

10.00-10.30 Welcome and opening remarks

10.30-11.15 – G. Chic García, Universidad de Sevilla
"Violencia legal y no legal en el marco del Estrecho de Gibraltar"

11.15-11.45 – Break

11.45=12.30 – V. Gabrielsen, University of Copenhagen
"Piracy and the Economics of Maritime Protection in the Mediterranean, c.
700-31 BC"

12.30-13.15 – P.A. Gianfrotta, Universitá degli studi della Tuscia
"Tracce archeologiche subacquee della pirateria in età romana
(Mediterraneo occidentale)"

13.15-14.00 – Discussion

EVENING SESSION

17.30-18.15 – A. Domínguez Monedero, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
"Piratería en Magna Grecia y Sicilia: mecanismos de prevención y
contención"

18.15-19.00 – P. de Souza, University College Dublin
"Piracy and Politics in the Western Mediterranean 500 BC to AD 500"

19.00-19.45 – Claudio Beltrame, Universitá di Venezia
“Ships and Piracy in the Roman Empire”

19.45-20.30 – Discussion

Friday 28 October – Faculty of Geography & History Main Lecture Theatre

MORNING SESSION

10.00-10.45 – E. Ferrer Albelda, Universidad de Sevilla
"La piratería en los tratados entre Cartago y Roma"

10.45-11.30 – A. Puig Palerm, CEIPAC. Universidad de Barcelona
"La piratería en el archipiélago balear en la Antigüdad ¿Sólo una causa de
la intervención romana del 123 a.C.?"

11.30-12.00 – Break

12.00-12.45 – E. García Riaza, Universidad de las Islas Baleares
"Bandidos y piratas occidentales en el ius belli romano-republicano".

12.45-13.30 – Isaías Arrayás Morales, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
"Entre Oriente y Occidente. La acción de piratas y corsarios en el marco
de las guerras silanas"

13.30-14.15 – Discussion

EVENING SESSION

17.30-18.15 – Alfonso Álvarez-Ossorio Rivas, Universidad de Sevilla
"Sexto Pompeyo. ¿Un pirata romano?”

18.15-19.00 – A. Alvar Nuño, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos I
"Riesgo pirático y amparo divino en el Occidente romano".

19.00-19.45 – D. Álvarez Jiménez, Universidad Complutense
"Crimen y castigo en la mar: el archipirata Contradis y la inquietud
marítima del Mediterráneo Occidental a comienzos del s. V d.C."

19.00-20.30 – Discussion

Organised by the Departments of Ancient History and Prehistory &
Archaeology of the University of Sevilla, in collaboration with the
External Relations Office, the Vice-Rector for Research, the Faculty of
Geography and History, the Faculty of Education Studies, and Grupo PAI HUM-
323.

Registration
Registration requires payment of the registration fee (€40/40 euros)
payable to Banco Santander (Current Account 0049 4306 63 2290072300), and
return of the registration form given below to:

Secretaria del Departamento de Historia Antigua
Facultad de Geografía e Historia
Universidad de Sevilla
Calle Doña María de Padilla
41004 Sevilla
Spain

Tel. +34 954 551 389
Fax +34 954 559 914

Due to limited space, registrations will be accepted on a strictly first
come first served basis.

Attendance at all sessions will entitle delegates to a certificate of
participation.

E-mail contacts: alfossorio AT us.es, egarcia AT us.es, eferrer AT us.es