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Further details below of the two-day interdisciplinary conference Sport and
competition in Greece and Rome at the British Museum to celebrate the return
of the Olympics to Britain. All welcome.Date 14-15 June 2012
Speakers
Laura Ambrosini, ISCIMA: Sports in ancient Etruria
Filippo Canali De Rossi: Sport in Rome
Chris Carey, UCL: Song and stone in public space
Hazel Dodge, Trinity College Dublin: Charioteer Mosaics
Mark Golden, University of Winnipeg: Olive-tinted spectacles: the mirage of
Olympic continuityIan Jenkins, British Museum: The discobolus
Jason König, University of St Andrews: Philostratus’ Gymnasticus and beyond:
concepts of Olympic history and Olympic continuity in imperial Greek literatureLeslie Kurke, University of California, Berkeley: Athletes and (as) Dedications
Vivienne Lo, UCL: Perfect bodies: sports medicine and immortality
Zahra Newby, University of Warwick: Sport and Identity in the Art of the
Roman EmpireRobin Osborne, University of Cambridge: The origins of the non-competitive
sports dayOlga Palagia, University of Athens: The Motya charioteer – an alternative view
Alan Peatfield, University College Dublin: Greek combat sports: from image
to techniqueChris Pelling, University of Oxford: Bigness and Greekness: Herodotus on the
OlympicsOtto Schantz, University of Koblenz: Reception of Ancient Greece in Modern
Olympic NarrativesReinhard Senff, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Athens: Ancient horse
races and the hippodrome at OlympiaJudith Swaddling, British Museum: Honouring athletes
Oliver Taplin, University of Oxford: Competition and the spread of Greek theatre
Hans Van Wees, UCL: Fighting over the Olympics: war and games in archaic and
classical GreeceOnline booking via
A flyer is available at:
http://www.romansociety.org/fileadmin/images/general/Sport_and_Competition_flyer.pdf
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