[Antiquitas] Tiedoksi: Rethinking Athens, kansainvälinen työpaja/kollokvio 23-24.2.2017 Münchenissä

[Manna Satama]

Rethinking Athens: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Polis before  
the Persian Wars
International Workshop for Early-Career Researchers, Munich, 23th-24th  
February 2017

Keynote Speakers: François de Polignac (École Pratique des Hautes  
Études), Anna Maria D´Onofrio (Università degli Studi di Napoli  
L’Orientale), Alain Duplouy (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne),  
Elisavet Sioumpara (Service for the Restoration of the Acropolis  
Monuments, Greek Ministry of Culture)

Application Deadline: 15th December 2016

Organisers: Vincenzo Capozzoli (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne),  
Annarita Doronzio (Università degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale),  
Constanze Graml (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität)

In recent times Athens has not been a focal point of international  
research in Classical Archaeology. The main cause of this stagnation  
appears to be, among other factors, the shortage of new perspectives  
in interpretation. In previous studies the prevailing approach was  
largely devoted to linking archaeological finds with specific  
historical events (e.g. the reforms of Solon, the tyranny of  
Peisistratos or the reforms of Cleisthenes), know from written sources  
that were normally produced much later than the events recounted (such  
as Aristotle’s writings). Up to now only a few recent studies have  
approached the material culture of Athens from a diachronic  
perspective and investigated its long-term development. Accordingly,  
the most recent, exciting archaeological discoveries in Athens and  
Attica, which were made in the course of large construction projects  
(e.g. upgrades to the metro prior to the 2004 Olympic Games), have  
hardly been taken into account in international research.
This two-days workshop is conceived as a platform for the presentation  
of new finds and new interpretive approaches, with the objective of  
discussing these finds and approaches in an interdisciplinary  
framework. The workshop will be focused on the pre-classical period  
(12th –6thc. B.C.) and is expressly intended for early-career scholars  
(i.e. advanced doctoral students and postdocs). Participation is open  
to all disciplines of Ancient Studies (i.e. building archaeology,  
anthropology, religious studies, ancient history, archaeology, and  
philology).

Sessions will be more specifically dedicated to the following subjects:
A) Settlement Planning and Architecture
B) Burial customs
C) Society
D) Religion

While papers may be delivered in French, German, English or Italian,  
the publication of results to follow the workshop is planned to be in  
English. Early-career scholars who are interested in participating  
should submit a comprehensive abstract of max. 500 words by the 15th  
of December 2016. Talks are expected to last no more than 20 minutes,  
to be followed each by a discussion of 10 minutes.

The costs of travel and accommodation may, depending on the  
third-party funding of the workshop, be met in part.
Please send questions regarding the workshop and abstracts to the organisers:
trochoeides.network at gmail.com
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Manna Satama (ent. Vesterinen), tutkijatohtori
Maailman kulttuurien laitos/Klassillinen filologia
PL 24
00014 Helsingin yliopisto
puh. 09-191 22785

Manna Satama (formerly Vesterinen), postdoc researcher
Department of world cultures/Classical philology
P.O. Box 24
FI-00014 University of Helsinki
tel. +358-9-191 22785