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2023-04-06 | 2023-04-08

Distant Deities, Central Places

Place: Lecture hall of the Italian Archaeological School at Athens (SAIA), Parthenonos 14, 117 42 Athens.
Organizers: Axel Frejman (Uppsala), Christina Williamson (Groningen), Floris van den Eijnde (Utrecht)

Thursday 2023-04-06

14:30 14:45 Registration
14:45 15:00 Welcome and introduction
15:00 18:00 Session 1: Origins, Functions and Change, CHAIR: Michael Kerschner
15:00 15:40 Matthias Haake (University of Bonn), ‘Extra-urban sanctuaries’ and philosophers – performances, perceptions, and conceptions
15:40 16:20 Katja Sporn (DAI Athens), Changing landscapes – changing sanctuaries
16:20 16:50 Coffee Break
16:50 17:20 Axel Frejman (Uppsala University), Non-religious communal structures and civic governance at rural sanctuaries
17:20 18:00 Jean Marc Luce (University of Toulouse), Delphi, its town and nature
19:00 21:00 Reception at the Swedish Institute

Friday 2023-04-07

09:00 12:00 Session 2: Center and Periphery: Defining Extra-urbanity, CHAIR: Judy Barringer
09:00 09:40 Gunnel Ekroth (Uppsala University), Temenos and topography. Relations between urban – non-urban location of sanctuary space and its terminology
09:40 10:20 Sylvian Fachard (University of Lausanne), The Artemision at Amarynthos as a central place
10:20 10:40 Coffee Break
10:40 11:20 Saskia Stevens (Utrecht University), Defining the Extra-urban
11:20 12:00 Christina Williamson (University of Groningen), Urban place-making at regional sanctuaries in the Graeco-Roman world
12:00 13:30 Lunch
13:30 18:00 Session 3: Comparative Angles, CHAIR: Gunnel Ekroth
13:30 14:10 Giorgos Papantoniou (Trinity College Dublin), Reconsidering the Cypriot ‘Extra-urban’ sanctuary in the context of Central Place Theory: The case of Kakopetria-Agilades
14:10 14:50 Eris Williams-Reed (Warwick University), The legendary gardens near Palmyra as sacred space
14:50 15:20 Coffee Break
15:20 16:00 Celine Murphy (Trinity College Dublin), Minoan mountain peaks, sanctuaries and socio-political loci
16:00 16:40 Tesse Stek (Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome), Understanding rural and Extra-urban sanctuaries in ancient Mediterranean communities: A view from the Italian peninsula
17:00 18:00 Keynote: Marietta Horster (University of Mainz), In relation to…
19:00 21:00 Dinner for Speakers

Saturday 2023-04-08

09:00 12:10 Session 4: Scalar Dynamics: Interactions and Identity, CHAIR: Christina Williamson
09:00 09:40 Catherine Morgan (All Souls College, Oxford), Extra urban or rural? Approaching the social geography of Greek sanctuaries
09:40 10:20 Rolf Strootman (Utrecht University), Daphne: A sacred grove in Hellenistic-Roman Syria
10:20 10:50 Coffee Break
10:50 11:30 Adam Wiznura (University of Groningen), Negotiating sacred space: perceptions of Thessalian Extra-urban sanctuaries
11:30 12:10 Naomi Carless Unwin (Warwick University), The Chrysaoreis at Labraunda: A Disruptive Force in Hellenistic Karia
12:10 13:00 Final discussion and wrapping up

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