The History of the Argeads - New Perspectives

The History of the Argeads - New Perspectives

Organizer
Institut für Alte Geschichte und Altorientalistik der Universität Innsbruck
Venue
Atrium, Innsbruck; Claudia-Saal, Innsbruck
Location
Innsbruck
Country
Austria
From - Until
10.06.2015 - 12.06.2015
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Institut für Alte Geschichte und Altorientalistik der Universität Innsbruck

In antiquity as well as in modern times, interest in the Macedonian dynasty is mainly focused on Philip II and Alexander III. However, parts of their politics have a long tradition in their empire that is important to analyze. The late Argeads were confronted with problems and formed part of socio-political and cultural structures that developed ever since the beginning of their clan’s rule. The aim of this conference is examining the scarce and biased literary evidence of the Argeads from new perspectives, thereby posing new questions and adding recent results from archaeological and numismatic sources. The Argead Empire is not treated as a hermetic phenomenon per se but analyzed in its involvement in the history of the Mediterranean world. Thus, a special focus will be on the
Persian impact on Macedonia as well as on other influence. The conference will examine important socio-political and cultural facts starting from the foundation myth of the Argead Empire transmitted
by Herodotus up to the conquest of the Persian Empire and the question what the Diadochs may have learnt from the Argeads.

Programm

WEDNESDAY, 10.06.2015

Forum Atrium, Zentrum für Alte Kulturen, Langer Weg 11, 6020 Innsbruck
17:00 Registration
18:00-18:05 Welcome and Introduction
18:05-18:50 Opening Lecture
Creating an Empire at the Border: Theoretical Reflections (Robert Rollinger, Innsbruck)
19:00
Dinner Buffet

THURSDAY, 11.06.2015

Claudiasaal, Herzog-Friedrich-Str. 3, Universität Innsbruck, 2. Stock
08:00-08:10 Welcome and Introduction

Section I The Persian Impact on Political Structures at the Border: Comparative Approaches
Chair and Respondent:
Frances Pownall (Alberta)

08:10-08:40
The Persian Impact on Thrace (Jeff Lerner, Wake Forest)
08:40-09:10
The Persian Impact on Bithynia, Commagene, Pontus, and Cappadocia
(Christoph Michels, Aachen)
09:10-09:40
The Persian Impact on Armenia (Irene Madreiter, Innsbruck)

09:40-10:10
Coffee Break

Section II Macedonia’s Emergence from Obscurity
Chair and Respondent:
Hugh Bowden (London)
10:10-10:40
The Persian Impact on Macedonia (Josef Wiesehöfer, Kiel)
10:40-11:10
Thracian, Illyrian, and Epirotian Influences on Macedonia (Tim Howe,
St. Olaf’s College)
11:10-11:40
The Hellenic Impact on Macedonia (Elias Koulakiotis, Ioannina)
11:40-12:10
The Macedonian Economy under the Argeads (Kai Ruffing, Kassel)
12:10-12:40
Macedonian and Greek Royal Families and the Achaeme
nids: The Case of the Argeads and the Cypriot Kings (Panos Christodoulou, Cyprus)

12:40-14:00
Lunch

Section III The Argead Dynastic Profile
Chair and Respondent:
Brigitte Truschnegg (Innsbruck)
14:00-14:30
Philip II and the Scythians in the Light of the Alexander Historiography (Reinhold Bichler, Innsbruck)
14:30-15:00
The Symbolic Capital of the Argead Ruler (Sabine Müller, Innsbruck)
15:00-15:30
The Argead Marriage Policy (Elizabeth Carney, Clemson)
15:30-16:00
The Argeads and Greek Sanctuaries (Hugh Bowden, London)

16:00-16:20
Coffee break

Section IV Courtly Structures and Culture
Chair and Respondent:
Giuseppe Squillace (Calabria)
16:20-16:50
Political Particularism: Ruler and Nobility (Waldemar Heckel, Calgary)
16:50-17:20
The Macedonian Military Camp and the King’s Tent (Victor Alonso Troncoso, La Coruña)
17:20-17:50
The Role of Greek Literature in Intellectual Macedonian Circles (Frances Pownall, Alberta)

17:50-18:00
Coffee Break

Section V Macedonia and the Achaemenid Empire
Chair and Respondent: Waldemar Heckel (Calgary)
18:00-18:30
The Macedonians and the Babylonian Tradition (Julien Monerie, Paris)

19:30
Dinner
Gasthaus Anich, Anichstraße 15, 6020 Innsbruck

FRIDAY, 12.06.2015

Claudiasaal, Herzog-Friedrich-Str. 3, Universität Innsbruck, 2. Stock
08:00-08:10 Welcome and Introduction

Section VI New Evidence, New Approaches
Chair and Respondent:
Tim Howe (St. Olaf’s College)
08:10-08:40
Archaeological Evidence (Olga Palagia, Athen)
08:40-09:10
Numismatic Evidence (Johannes Heinrichs, Köln)
09:10-09:40
Argead Body Language in the Attic Orators (Joseph Roisman, Colby College)
09:40-10:10
Argead Body Language in Greek and Roman View (Kordula Schnegg, Innsbruck)

10:10-10:30
Coffee break

Section VII Reception
Chair and Respondent:
Richard Stoneman (Exeter)
10:30-11:00
The Argeads in Greek and Roman Perspective (Elizabeth Baynham, Newcastle)
11:00-11:30
The Argeads in the Second Sophistic (Sulochana Asirvatham, New York)
11:30-12:00
Cassander and the Argeads (Franca Landucci Gattinoni, Milano)
12:00-12:20
Concluding Remarks (Richard Stoneman, Exeter)
12:20-12:30

Farewell and End of Conference

Sponsored by
Vizerektorat für Forschung der Universität Innsbruck
Dekanat der Philosophisch-Historischen Fakultät der Universität Innsbruck
International Relations Office der Universität Innsbruck
Frankreich-Schwerpunkt der Universität Innsbruck
Zentrum für Kanada-Studien der Universität Innsbruck
The Ancient History Bulletin
Interfakultäre Forschungsplattform Geschlechterforschung: Identitäten - Diskurse – Transformationen
der Universität Innsbruck

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Astrid.Rief@uibk.ac.at


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