Conference: Local Horizons of Ancient Greek Religion. Sydney, Australia, November 20-22, 2018
Conveners: Prof. Hans Beck & Associate Professor Julia Kindt
Day 1 – Tuesday, November 20
4pm Special Free Tour of the Nicholson Museum for Conference Participants
5:00 – 5:15 Welcome—Julia Kindt
Public Lecture
5:15 – 6:45 Hans Beck, McGill University—The Gods in Place. Local Religion in Ancient Greece
7.00 Opening Reception (CCANESA)
Day 2 – Wednesday, November 21
9:00 – 9:15 Opening Remarks—Hans Beck and Julia Kindt
Session 1 (Session Chair: Dr. James Collins, Centre for Hellenic Studies, Washington)
9:15 – 10:00 Julia Kindt, University of Sydney—Localism and the Greek Gods
10:00 – 10:45 Diana Burton, Victoria University of Wellington—Location, Location, Location: The Importance of Local Topography in Greek Cult
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
Session 2 (Session Chair: Dr. Ben Brown, The University of Sydney)
11:15 – 12:00 Greta Hawes, The Australian National University—Observations on Local Cult within the Topography of Pausanias’ Periegesis
12:00 – 12:45 Barbara Kowalzig, New York University—Local, Glocal, Global: Towards a Maritime Perspective on Greek Religion
12:45 – 1:45 Lunch
Session 3 (Session Chair: Daniel Hanigan, The University of Sydney)
1:45 – 2:30 Amelia Brown, University of Queensland—Local Horizons, Distant Shores: Ancient Greek Mariners and their Mediterranean Community of Costal Cults
2:30 – 3:15 Julietta Steinhauer, University College London—Between Local and Global: Minor Shrines and Religious Associations on Delos
3:15 – 3:45 Coffee Break
Session 4 (Session Chair: Dr. Jelle Stoop, The University of Sydney)
3:45 – 4:30 Jeremy McInerney, University of Pennsylvania—The Lindian Chronicle and the Rhodian Priests
4:30 – 5:15 Juliane Zachhuber, University of Oxford—Protecting Hiera from the Polis: Localizing Tendencies in Post-Synoikism Rhodes
6 pm Conference Dinner (for presenters and session chairs only)
Day 3 – Thursday, November 22
Session 5 (Session Chair: Edward Armstrong, The University of Sydney
9:45 – 10:30 Susan Lupack, Macquarie University—Mycenaean Worship in Minoan Territory
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45 Tulsi Parikh, University of Cambridge—Polytheism and the Distribution of Votives in Corinthia
11:45 – 12:30 Kate McLardy, Monash University—Local Variation in the Thesmophoria Festival: Athens and Sicily
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
Session 6 (Session Chair: Maree Rodriguez, The University of Sydney)
1:30 – 2:15 Peter Londey, Australian National University—Finding the Local in Delphoi
2:15 – 3:00 Peter Funke, Universität Münster—Panhellenic Sanctuaries, the Local and the Regional Perspective
3:00 – 3:30 Coffee Break
Session 7 (Session Chair: Professor Matthew Dillon , University of New England).
3:30 – 4:15 Claire Taylor, University of Wisconsin-Madison—Problematizi
4:15 – 5:00 Irene Polinskaya, King’s College London—Personal or Communal? Choice and Responsibility in Ancient Greek Religion
5:00 – 6:00 Concluding Discussion
Attendance at the conference is free of charge. All are welcome. You can register for the conference here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/local-horizons-of-ancient-greek-religion-tickets-51052266704 The full conference website is available here: https://www.localhorizonsofancientgreece.com<https://www.localhorizonsofancientgreece.com/>
