Egypt and the Orient in the Hellenistic and Roman worlds: new

International PhD Workshop Leiden, January 26, 2011
Egypt and the Orient in the Hellenistic and Roman
worlds: new perspectives & current research
hosted by the VIDI research group Cultural innovation in a globalising society: Egypt in the Roman
world (Dr. M.J. Versluys), Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, organised in co-operation with
Toulouse Le Mirail University (Prof. L. Bricault)
Location: Information Center, National Museum of Antiquities, Rapenburg 28, 2301 EC Leiden
Programme
10.00-10.05
Welcome and introduction by Miguel John Versluys (Leiden University)
Morning session. Chair: Laurent Bricault (Toulouse Le Mirail University)
10.05-10.35
Bjørn Paarmann (Universität Heidelberg)
Le rôle de Rhodes dans la diffusion du culte dans ses possessions et comptoirs
commerciaux
10.35-11.05
Stéphanie Briaud (University of Montréal)
Isis et le destin dans la Grèce de l’époque hellénistique
11.05-11.35
Elodie Matricon-Thomas (University of Saint Etienne)
Le culte d’Isis à Athènes: dimension universelle et spécificités locales
11.35-11.45
Coffee break
11.45-12.15
Aleksandra Nikoloska (St. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje)
Oriental and mystery cults on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia
12.15-12.45
Alberto Gavini (Università degli Studi di Sassari)
I culti isiaci nella Sardegna romana
12.45-13.15
Natalia Pascalidis (University of Bristol)
The importance of specificity regarding the cults of the Egyptian gods
13.15-13.35
Lunch
Afternoon session. Chair: Valentino Gasparini (Universität Erfurt)
13.35-14.05
Svenja Nagel (Universität Heidelberg)
Notes on the Cult of Isis and Sarapis in North Africa. Religious Flows within the
shifting influences of Egyptian, Phoenician and Roman Culture
14.05-14.35
Kristine Bülow Clausen (University of Copenhagen)
Domitian’s Sanctuary of Isis at Benevento and the Graeco-Roman aspects of its
Decoration
14.35-15.05
Blair Fowlkes-Childs (New York University)
A Reevaluation of the so-called ‘Esquiline Dolichenum’ in Rome
15.05-15.15
Coffee break
15.15-15.45
Marion Casaux (Université Charles-de-Gaulle-Lille 3 / Università di Roma-La
Sapienza)
Identité chrétienne, altérité et cultes « orientaux »
15.45-15.50
Eva Mol (Leiden University)
General introduction of the Leiden VIDI research group: Cultural innovation in a
globalising society: Egypt in the Roman world
15.50-16.20
Maaike Leemreize (Leiden University)
Roman perceptions of Egypt: the literary discourse
16.20-16.50
Marike van Aerde (Leiden University / Royal Dutch Institute Rome)
‘Amun-Re contraposto’. Aegyptiaca in Augustan visual language: a study of creative
emulation
16.50-17.00
Marie Frietman (Leiden University)
Arbeitsvorhaben: Sarapis in Egypt
Drinks afterwards: Grand Café De Koets, Doelensteeg 8, 2311 VL Leiden
20.00
Lecture by Prof. Paolo Gallo (University of Turin).
The Turin archaeological explorations in the area of Canopus (Alexandria) and the
Egyptian Western Desert
Location: to be announced