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Dear all,<br>
<br>
The Helsinki Research on the Ancient World (HelRAW) seminar series
continues on December 2nd with Ville Hakanen & Anna-Maria
Wilskman from the University of Helsinki. This will be the last
HelRAW seminar of the Autumn 2019 term. We'll continue again next
year!<br>
<br>
<strong>When:</strong> 2.12.2019, 17:15-18:45<br>
<b>Where: </b>Lecture room D113, Topelia (Unioninkatu 38, 00101
Helsinki)<br>
<b>Event page: </b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/language-culture/helraw-ray-laurence-4.11.2019">https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/language-culture/helraw-ville-hakanen-and-anna-maria-wilskman-2.12.2019</a><br>
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<b>Ville Hakanen (University of Helsinki): </b><b><em>Erotic Art
and the Ancient Experience</em></b><br>
Is identification in a picture up to the viewer’s individual
characteristics and the mood of the moment? Or can it be argued to
follow a predetermined pattern? These are no simple questions in the
world, where one’s unique personality is represented through
Instagram, the algorithms of which can predict the pictures we are
going to like based on other profiles like ours. By asking these
questions in the ancient context, regarding erotic images, this
presentation offers a refreshing perspective to the complex
relationship between identity and image. I begin by drawing a
picture of the ancient conception of self and its relationship to
gender, which leads to ancient understandings of perception and
cognition, and to ancient theories about image and identification. I
discuss all this in a responsive dialogue with contemporary gender
studies, particularly by Judith Butler. The outcome is a
theoretically rounded picture of an ancient viewer in front of an
erotic mythological picture.<br>
<br>
<b>Anna-Maria Wilskman (University of Helsinki): </b><b><em>By
Silver and Stone: Some Notions of the Visibility and Movement of
Roman Minor Magistrates</em></b><br>
The aim of this work-in-progress presentation is to illustrate the
movement and visibility of Roman magistrates through epigraphic and
numismatic sources. The source material about the higher magistrates
is vast, and therefore my method is to limit the material to those
who are mentioned as having served in a minor office. By this
approach, I hope to demonstrate the modes of representations of the
magistrates and their career development in the early Imperial Era.<br>
<br>
The event is a part of an interdisciplinary workshop titled Helsinki
Research on the Ancient World. This monthly seminar operates under
the aegis of the PapyGreek (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/digital-grammar-of-greek-documentary-papyri">https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/digital-grammar-of-greek-documentary-papyri</a>)
and SpaceLaw (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.spacelaw.fi">www.spacelaw.fi</a>) projects. It is
co-organized by Marja Vierros, Anna-Maria Wilskman, Kaius Tuori and
Samuli Simelius. The workshop is open for all.<br>
<br>
Welcome!
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Heta Björklund
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:heta.bjorklund@helsinki.fi">heta.bjorklund@helsinki.fi</a>
+358504482563
Projektikoordinaattori / Project coordinator
Eurooppalaisen oikeuden, identiteetin ja historian tutkimuksen huippuyksikkö / The Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity and the European Narratives (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.eurostorie.org">www.eurostorie.org</a>)
Law, Governance and Space: Questioning the Foundations of the Republican Tradition (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.spacelaw.fi">www.spacelaw.fi</a>)
Siltavuorenpenger 1 A, huone / room 323
PL / P.O. Box 9, 00014 Helsingin yliopisto / University of Helsinki</pre>
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