Saturday 22 October 2011
9.30 - 10.00 Morning Refreshments
10.00 - 12.00 Session Four
Panel A - Mapping Cities and Politics Tory 2-79
- Aloka Parasher-Sen, University of Hyderabad (via Skype)
Unraveling the Reality of a "City" on the Deccan Plateau, India
- Darryl Phillips, College of Charleston
Reading the Civic Landscape of Augustan Rome - Steven Hijmans, University of Alberta
Plus Uno Maneat Perenne Saeclo Monumentalizing the Ephemeral in Eternal Rome - John Vanderspoel, University of Calgary
The Importance of Being Metropolis: Civic Status, Honours, and Rewards in the Later Roman Empire
Panel B - City as Memory and Metaphor Tory 2-44
- Luca Asmonti, University of Queensland
The City as Memory: Democratic Heritage and Urban Landscape in Early-Hellenistic Athens - Edward Dandrow, University of Central Florida
Memory and the Greek City in Strabo’s Geography - Daniel Unruh, Cambridge University
The Predatory Palace: Seneca's Thyestes and the Architecture of Tyranny - Ralph Korner, McMaster University
The Ekkl?sia of Early Christ-Followers in Asia Minor as the Eschatological New Jerusalem: Anti-Imperial Rhetoric?
12.00 - 1.30 Lunch
1.30 - 3.30 Session Five
Panel A - Women, Gods and Cities Tory 2-79
- Margriet Haagsma, University of Alberta
Procurement, procreation and boundaries: Ritual practice in Greek domestic contexts - Anne Weis, University of Pittsburgh
The Exódos: Elite Women and Civic Space in Greece and Rome - Lisa Hughes, University of Calgary
Non-Elite Women of the Early Empire and the Performance of the Sacra in an Urban Context - Moain Sadeq, Qatar University
Women and Gender in Ancient Muslim City
Panel B - Trade and Entertainment Tory 2-44
- Jonathan Perry, University of South Florida
Muleteers at the Gates: Transport Worker Associations at City Gates in Roman Italy - Raymond Capra, Seton Hall University
Chariot Racing in Hispania Tarraconensis: Urban Romanization and Provincial Identity - Craig Taylor, MacEwan University & University of Alberta
Athletics in North Africa: Provincial Roman Cities Dreaming Big
3.30 - 4.00 Afternoon Break
4.00 - 5.00 Closing Keynote Bus 1-05
Onno van Nijf, Groningen University
Political Culture and Identities: Towards a History of the Imperial Greek City
Closing Dinner - Narayannis's 10131 81 Avenue