The Center for Ancient Studies at New York
University is hosting two conferences this
spring. Both events are free of charge and open
to the public, and seating is by general
admission. The evening sessions will include a
wine reception. For more information about the
two events, please see details below and visit
the Center for Ancient Studies Web site:
http://ancientstudies.fas.nyu.edu or contact the
College Dean's Office at 212.998.8100; cyberdean AT nyu.edu.
The first event is the Ranieri Colloquium,
"Herodotus Now: The Personal and the Political,"
on March 29 & 30, held in conjunction with NYU's
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and
Human Development and supported by the Hellenic
Parliament and the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.
The colloquium will take place on the first floor
of Silver Center for Arts and Science, 100 Washington Square East.
The second is the annual Rose-Marie Lewent
Conference, "Finding a Place in an International
World: How Ancient Peoples Viewed Themselves and
Their Neighbors," on April 17 & 18. The symposium
will inaugurate NYU's Ancient Near Eastern and
Egyptian Studies Graduate Program and it is
cosponsored by the NYU Humanities Council, the
Office of The Dean for Humanities, the Ancient
Near Eastern and Egyptian Studies Program, and
the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic
Studies. It will take place in the Irving H.
Jurow Lecture Hall, Silver Center for Arts and
Science, Room 101A, 100 Washington Square East.
**The program for the HERODOTUS colloquium on March 29 & 30 is as follows**
* Thursday, March 29, 2007
Hemmerdinger Hall, 102 Silver Center
6:00 p.m. Welcome
MATTHEW S. SANTIROCCO
Seryl Kushner Dean of the College of Arts and Science &
Angelo J. Ranieri Director of Ancient Studies, NYU
6:15 p.m. Keynote Talk: "Taking Herodotus Personally"
PAUL CARTLEDGE
Hellenic Parliament Global Distinguished Professor in the
Theory and History of Democracy, NYU, &
Professor of Greek History, Cambridge University
Introduced by:
MICHAEL FLOWER (Princeton University)
7:15 p.m. Reception
* Friday, March 30, 2007
Irving H. Jurow Lecture Hall, 101A Silver Center
9:00 a.m. Panel Discussion: "Representing Herodotus"
Chair: JOY CONNOLLY (NYU)
Panelists:
TOM HOLLAND (Scholar and author of Persian Fire)
ROBERT STRASSLER (Scholar and editor of the forthcoming Landmark Herodotus)
ROBIN WATERFIELD (Scholar and translator of Herodotus, Plato, Xenophon)
10:15 a.m. General Discussion
10:30 a.m. Session One
Chair: JAMES ROMM (Bard College)
"Bringing Autochthony up to Date: Herodotus, Thucydides, and Now"
CHRISTOPHER PELLING (Oxford University)
"Herodotus and Samos"
ELIZABETH IRWIN (Columbia University),
Response
DEBORAH BOEDEKER (Brown University)
11:45 a.m. General Discussion
12:00 noon Lunch Break
1:15 p.m. Session Two
Chair: CAROLYN DEWALD (Bard College)
"Who Are Herodotus' Persians?"
ROSARIA MUNSON (Swarthmore College)
"Herodotus on Empire and Imperialists"
TOM HARRISON (University of Liverpool)
Response
DAVID KONSTAN (Brown University)
2:45 p.m. General Discussion
3:00 p.m. Session Three
Chair: PAUL CARTLEDGE
" 'Counterfeit Oracles' and 'Legal Tender': The
Politics of Oracular Interpretation in Herodotus"
LESLIE KURKE (University of California, Berkeley)
"The Importance of Being Logios"
NINO LURAGHI (Harvard University)
Response
KURT RAAFLAUB (Brown University)
4:15 p.m. General Discussion
4:30 p.m. Conclusion
PHILLIP MITSIS (NYU)
**The program for symposium on the ANCIENT NEAR
EASTERN & EGYPTIAN STUDIES is as follows**
* Tuesday, April 17, 2007
5:00 p.m. Introduction
MATTHEW S. SANTIROCCO
Seryl Kushner Dean of the College of Arts and
Science & Angelo J. Ranieri Director of Ancient Studies, NYU
5:15 p.m. Keynote Addresses
"Ex Oriente Lux? Do Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Have a Place in America's Colleges and Universities?"
PETER MACHINIST
Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages, Harvard University
"The Allure of Sumer: Amorites and Assyriologists
at the Margins of Civilization"
DANIEL FLEMING
Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, NYU
7:00 p.m. Reception
* Wednesday, April 18, 2007
9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
DANIEL FLEMING
9:15 a.m. "When and How Did Greeks Meet Up with the Near East?"
GÜNTHER KOPCKE
Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
10:00 a.m. "Smiting the Vile Foreigner: An Ancient Egyptian Ritual"
ANN MACY ROTH
Clinical Associate Professor of Egyptology, NYU
10:45 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. " 'All that the Disk Encircles': The
Changing Horizons of Egyptian Gods--Local, National, Foreign, and Universal
OGDEN GOELET
Associate Research Scholar of Middle Eastern Studies, NYU
11:45 a.m. "The Enemy Within: Defining the Foreign Other in Egypt"
DAVID O'CONNOR
Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Ancient
Egyptian Art, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
2:00 p.m. "Israel's Ancient Enemies: The Ephemeral and the Eternal"
BARUCH LEVINE
Skirball Professor Emeritus of Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, NYU
2:45 p.m. Coffee Break
3:00 p.m. "God(s) in Translation: Between the Political and the Intellectual"
MARK SMITH
Skirball Professor of Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, NYU
3:45 p.m. "Mapping the Ancient World: Artifacts
and Texts from the Indus to the Near East"
RITA WRIGHT
Associate Professor of Anthropology, NYU
4:30 p.m. Conclusion
University is hosting two conferences this
spring. Both events are free of charge and open
to the public, and seating is by general
admission. The evening sessions will include a
wine reception. For more information about the
two events, please see details below and visit
the Center for Ancient Studies Web site:
http://ancientstudies.fas.nyu.edu or contact the
College Dean's Office at 212.998.8100; cyberdean AT nyu.edu.
The first event is the Ranieri Colloquium,
"Herodotus Now: The Personal and the Political,"
on March 29 & 30, held in conjunction with NYU's
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and
Human Development and supported by the Hellenic
Parliament and the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.
The colloquium will take place on the first floor
of Silver Center for Arts and Science, 100 Washington Square East.
The second is the annual Rose-Marie Lewent
Conference, "Finding a Place in an International
World: How Ancient Peoples Viewed Themselves and
Their Neighbors," on April 17 & 18. The symposium
will inaugurate NYU's Ancient Near Eastern and
Egyptian Studies Graduate Program and it is
cosponsored by the NYU Humanities Council, the
Office of The Dean for Humanities, the Ancient
Near Eastern and Egyptian Studies Program, and
the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic
Studies. It will take place in the Irving H.
Jurow Lecture Hall, Silver Center for Arts and
Science, Room 101A, 100 Washington Square East.
**The program for the HERODOTUS colloquium on March 29 & 30 is as follows**
* Thursday, March 29, 2007
Hemmerdinger Hall, 102 Silver Center
6:00 p.m. Welcome
MATTHEW S. SANTIROCCO
Seryl Kushner Dean of the College of Arts and Science &
Angelo J. Ranieri Director of Ancient Studies, NYU
6:15 p.m. Keynote Talk: "Taking Herodotus Personally"
PAUL CARTLEDGE
Hellenic Parliament Global Distinguished Professor in the
Theory and History of Democracy, NYU, &
Professor of Greek History, Cambridge University
Introduced by:
MICHAEL FLOWER (Princeton University)
7:15 p.m. Reception
* Friday, March 30, 2007
Irving H. Jurow Lecture Hall, 101A Silver Center
9:00 a.m. Panel Discussion: "Representing Herodotus"
Chair: JOY CONNOLLY (NYU)
Panelists:
TOM HOLLAND (Scholar and author of Persian Fire)
ROBERT STRASSLER (Scholar and editor of the forthcoming Landmark Herodotus)
ROBIN WATERFIELD (Scholar and translator of Herodotus, Plato, Xenophon)
10:15 a.m. General Discussion
10:30 a.m. Session One
Chair: JAMES ROMM (Bard College)
"Bringing Autochthony up to Date: Herodotus, Thucydides, and Now"
CHRISTOPHER PELLING (Oxford University)
"Herodotus and Samos"
ELIZABETH IRWIN (Columbia University),
Response
DEBORAH BOEDEKER (Brown University)
11:45 a.m. General Discussion
12:00 noon Lunch Break
1:15 p.m. Session Two
Chair: CAROLYN DEWALD (Bard College)
"Who Are Herodotus' Persians?"
ROSARIA MUNSON (Swarthmore College)
"Herodotus on Empire and Imperialists"
TOM HARRISON (University of Liverpool)
Response
DAVID KONSTAN (Brown University)
2:45 p.m. General Discussion
3:00 p.m. Session Three
Chair: PAUL CARTLEDGE
" 'Counterfeit Oracles' and 'Legal Tender': The
Politics of Oracular Interpretation in Herodotus"
LESLIE KURKE (University of California, Berkeley)
"The Importance of Being Logios"
NINO LURAGHI (Harvard University)
Response
KURT RAAFLAUB (Brown University)
4:15 p.m. General Discussion
4:30 p.m. Conclusion
PHILLIP MITSIS (NYU)
**The program for symposium on the ANCIENT NEAR
EASTERN & EGYPTIAN STUDIES is as follows**
* Tuesday, April 17, 2007
5:00 p.m. Introduction
MATTHEW S. SANTIROCCO
Seryl Kushner Dean of the College of Arts and
Science & Angelo J. Ranieri Director of Ancient Studies, NYU
5:15 p.m. Keynote Addresses
"Ex Oriente Lux? Do Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Have a Place in America's Colleges and Universities?"
PETER MACHINIST
Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages, Harvard University
"The Allure of Sumer: Amorites and Assyriologists
at the Margins of Civilization"
DANIEL FLEMING
Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, NYU
7:00 p.m. Reception
* Wednesday, April 18, 2007
9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
DANIEL FLEMING
9:15 a.m. "When and How Did Greeks Meet Up with the Near East?"
GÜNTHER KOPCKE
Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
10:00 a.m. "Smiting the Vile Foreigner: An Ancient Egyptian Ritual"
ANN MACY ROTH
Clinical Associate Professor of Egyptology, NYU
10:45 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. " 'All that the Disk Encircles': The
Changing Horizons of Egyptian Gods--Local, National, Foreign, and Universal
OGDEN GOELET
Associate Research Scholar of Middle Eastern Studies, NYU
11:45 a.m. "The Enemy Within: Defining the Foreign Other in Egypt"
DAVID O'CONNOR
Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Ancient
Egyptian Art, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
2:00 p.m. "Israel's Ancient Enemies: The Ephemeral and the Eternal"
BARUCH LEVINE
Skirball Professor Emeritus of Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, NYU
2:45 p.m. Coffee Break
3:00 p.m. "God(s) in Translation: Between the Political and the Intellectual"
MARK SMITH
Skirball Professor of Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, NYU
3:45 p.m. "Mapping the Ancient World: Artifacts
and Texts from the Indus to the Near East"
RITA WRIGHT
Associate Professor of Anthropology, NYU
4:30 p.m. Conclusion