Beyond Athenocentrism
Greek Cities’ Responses to Athenian Institutional and Judicial Legacy in the so-called ‘Hellenistic Polis Convergence’
Tuesday 15th June, 13:00-19:00; Wednesday 16th June 13:00-18:40, online
The conference is open and free, but booking for attending the event is essential. We kindly ask all those interested to contact the organisers, Dr. Davide Amendola (amendold@tcd.ie) and Dr. Shane Wallace (swallace@tcd.ie). A Zoom link will be circulated to registered attendees prior to the event.
15th June 2021 |
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| 13:00–13:10 BST | Welcome address |
| Chair: A. Erskine (University of Edinburgh) | |
| 13:10-13:50 | M. Mari (Università di Bari): Democratic institutions in the Hellenistic cities and the Athenian model: recent studies and debated issues |
| 13:50-14:30 | N. Luraghi (University of Oxford): Writing the history of Hellenistic Athens |
| 14:30-14:50 | Break |
Chair: B. McGing (Trinity College Dublin) |
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| 14:50-15:30 | D. Amendola (Trinity College Dublin): Athens’ contribution to the Hellenistic institutional koine: Some Further Considerations |
| 15:30–16:10 | L. Rubinstein (Royal Holloway, University of London): Law-enforcement in the Hellenistic cities: Athenian influence, local practice or Pan-hellenic tradition? The process of praxis as a test case |
| 16:10-16:50 | A. S. Chankowski (Université de Poitiers / HeRMA EA 3811): La diffusion des institutions éducatives dans le monde hellénistique: influence du modèle athénien? |
| 16:50-17:10 | Break |
Chair: C. Constantakopoulou (Birkbeck, University of London) |
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| 17:10–17:50 | M. Canevaro (University of Edinburgh): Psephophoria, honours and naturalisation around the Aegean: a case of Athenian institutional influence? |
| 17:50-18:30 | J. Faguer (École française d’Athènes): Real security and property registers in the Aegean (3rd–2nd c. BCE): Between Athenian Legacy and New Archival Practices |
16th June 2021 |
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Chair: M. Cuypers (Trinity College Dublin) |
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| 13:00-13:40 | P. Ceccarelli (University College London): The long shadow of Athens? Dramatic performances in the Hellenistic city-states |
| 13:40-14:20 | A. Meeus (Universität Mannheim): Hekataios of Abdera and the Alleged Egyptian Origins of Athens and the Eleusinian Mysteries |
| 14:20-14:40 | Break |
Chair: P. Paschidis (National Hellenic Research Foundation) |
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| 14:40-15:20 | B. Gray (Birkbeck, University of London): Fourth-century and Early Hellenistic Reconciliation and Amnesty: Reception of Athens 403 and other inspirations |
| 15:20-16:00 | M. Simonton (Arizona State University): Demagogues in Hellenistic Greece: An Athenian export? |
| 16:00-16:40 | S. Wallace (Trinity College Dublin): Royal Interaction with Athenian Institutions and Ideology in the Early Hellenistic Period |
| 16:40-17:00 | Break |
Chair: N. Papazarkadas (University of California, Berkeley) |
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| 17:00-17:40 | F. Forster (Goethe Universität Frankfurt): Beyond Athens – Hellenistic ‘biographical’ decrees in praise of good citizens and their possible connections with the Athenian epigraphic habit |
| 17:40-18:20 | C. Mueller & J. Buffet (Université Paris Nanterre): Les affaires de Madame Nikareta: a sui generis model for financial, legal, and institutional practices in the Hellenistic Boeotian Confederacy? |
| 18:20-18:40 | Closing remarks |
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