We are delighted to share the programme for the upcoming graduate conference New Voices on the Polis, taking place in the Lecture Theatre of the Ioannou Centre in Oxford (though we also hope to facilitate remote attendance) on 17th-18th May.
You can find paper abstracts and the attendee registration form on our website.
DAY 1: SATURDAY 17th MAY
9:00–9:45
Registration
9:45
Introduction
10:00–12:15
Panel 1: Citizenship
- Georgios Lenos / Sofia Giapantzali — Discrimination Between Citizens and Non-Citizens in Democratic Athens: An Analysis Based on Aristotle’s Thought • Florence Felsheim — Non-citizenship as a vector of marginalisation in the 5th and 4th century polis Break • Maria Caria — Shaping the Margins: the social and political dimensions of physical anomaly in Ancient Greece • Ricarda Meisl — Kakos Kagathos? The “Ugly” Citizen Body and Belonging in the Classical Polis
12:15–13:15
Lunch
13:15–15:30
Panel 2: Polis Formation
- Alexandros Drosinakis — From “strongholds” to Poleis? Continuities and Discontinuities in the Emergence of Polis in the Cyclades • Eleni Krikona — Helot rebellions in the Lacedaemonian State from the late 7th until the late 5th centuries BCE: Reality or Myth?
Break
- Giulia Fanesi — The institutionalization of Written Law: steps towards the Rule of Law in the Greek polis • Christian San José Campos — Hellenistic Carthage and the question of ‘Hellenisation’
15:30–16:00
Break
16:00–18:00
Keynote: Professor John Ma (Columbia) — Polis: A Few Easy Pieces With response from Professor Nino Luraghi (New College, Oxford)
18:00
Wine reception
DAY 2: SUNDAY 18th MAY
9:30–10:30
Panel 3: Lived Experience
- Charlotte Nolan — Maiden Goddess and Menarche: the role of menstruation in the isolation of the sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron • Jieyu Wang — Embodied Dance and the Polis
10:30–11:00
Break
11:00–12:30
Panel 4: Negotiations with Imperialism (part 1) • Kari Fossum — Persians and Poleis in Achaemenid Anatolia (ca. 546–330 BCE): Finding a Place for Sinope in a “Stepped” Empire • Nils Fischer — Royal Friends at Home: Reflections on the Political Function and Self-Representation of Hellenistic Philoi within Their Poleis of Origin • Peter Satterthwaite — Polis, Temple, Koinon, and Kings: Honors and Economy in Early Hellenistic Ilion
12:30–13:30
Lunch
13:30–14:30
Panel 4: Negotiations with Imperialism (part 2) • Alfredo Tosques — The Multigenerational Integration of Outsiders in the Hellenistic Polis: Internal Dynamics and ‘Negotiation’ with Roman Power • Rafail Zoulis — Local pasts and imperial administration: Maroneia and Chios in the early Roman empire
14:30–14:45
Break
14:45–16:15
Panel 5: People & Institutions
- Daniel Qin — Lived Experience and Civic Decision-Making: the case of Stele du Port from early 5th century BCE Thasos • Minghan Li — λιμός – An Examination of the Measures for and against Famine in the Ancient Greek Polis • Veronica Capriotti — The Naval Class and the harbour: the heartland of democracy
16:15-16:30
Break
16:30
Concluding remarks
We look forward to seeing you there! In the meantime, please address any queries to newvoicespolis@gmail.com.