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Attributed to the Theseus Painter, Ladle with Perseus Chasing Gorgons, ca. 510–500 B.C.E., terracotta.
The J. Paul Getty Museum (86.AE.146)
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Thursday, June 12, and Friday, June 13, 2008
Getty Villa Auditorium
Admission is free. Separate reservations are required for each day of the symposium.
Sessions include remarks by a respondent, followed by a break and audience discussion.
Day 1: Thursday, June 12
Session I: Hellenic, Punic, and Italic Identities in the Western Mediterranean
9:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Erich Gruen, University of California, Berkeley
Opening Remarks
Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, British School of Rome
Pompeii, between Oscan, Samnite, Greek, Roman, and Punic (pdf)
Ann Kuttner, University of Pennsylvania
Shouting at the World and One Another: Punes, Latins, and Hellenism as an International (Visual) Language (pdf)
Respondent: Emma Dench, Harvard University
Response (pdf)
12:15–1:30 p.m. Break
Session II: Hellenization and Persianization
1:30–5:00 p.m.
Erich Gruen, University of California, Berkeley
Introduction
Margaret Miller, University of Sydney
Manners Maketh the Man: Diacritical Drinking in Achaemenid Anatolia (pdf)
Maria Brosius, Newcastle University
Keeping up with the Persians: Between Cultural Identity and "Persianization" (pdf)
Respondent: Christopher Tuplin, University of Liverpool
Response (pdf)
Day 2: Friday, June 13
Session III: Jewish Identity in Text and Image
9:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Erich Gruen, University of California, Berkeley
Opening Remarks
Tessa Rajak, University of Reading
Surviving by the Book: The Greek Bible and Jewish Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean Diaspora (pdf)
Steven Fine, Yeshiva University
Jewish Identity at the Limes: The Jews of Dura Europos between Rome and Persia (pdf)
Respondent: Lee Levine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Response (pdf)
12:15–1:30 p.m. Break
Session IV: Attitudes and Identities
1:30–5:00 p.m.
Erich Gruen, University of California, Berkeley
Introduction
Benjamin Isaac, Tel Aviv University
Attitudes towards Provincial Intellectuals in the Roman Empire (pdf)
Tonio Hölscher, University of Heidelberg
Myths, Images, and the Typology of Identities in Early Greek Art (pdf)
Respondent: Jonathan Hall, University of Chicago
Response (pdf)
5:00 p.m. Reception
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