Imagery and Aesthetics of Cityscapes in Late Antiquity
We are very pleased to announce the coming international conference: Imagery and Aesthetics of Cityscapes in Late Antiquity, which will take place from February 12 to 14, 2020 at the University of Mainz.
Attendance to the conference is free. Please see below and here for the programme.
Venue :
1) Wednesday - JGU, Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät (NatFak), Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 21, 55128 Mainz;
2) Thursday and Friday - Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte (IEG), Alte Universitätsstraße 19, 55116 Mainz
12 February 2020, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Senatssaal 7th floor
17.00 welcome address and introduction – Marietta Horster / Gunnar Brands
17.15 inside view of on-going textual commentary projects:
1) Cassiodorus Variae project, Mainz – Anna-Lena Körfer
2) Procopius’ Buildings project, Mainz – Max Ritter
3) Procopius’ Anecdota project, Würzburg – Johann M. Thesz
4) Malalas project, Tübingen – Olivier Gengler
18.00 keynote lecture: Catherine Saliou, An Historian in the City: Evagrius Scholasticus and the Urban Space of Antioch on the Orontes
19.00 reception
13 February, Institute for European History (IEG), conference room 1st floor
9.00 Panel 1: chair Johannes Pahlitzsch
Caroline Belanger, Splendid City or Ramparted Town? Constantinople in Late Latin Geographies – respondent: Olivier Gengler Delphine Lauritzen, Writing the Decor of Architecture in 6th-c. Byzantine Literature – respondent: Paolo Cesaretti
10.30 coffee
11.10 Panel 2: chair Stephan Westphalen
Bea Leal, Why Depict a City? Architectural Imagery in the Early Medieval Eastern Mediterranean – respondent: Philipp Niewöhner Julian Richard, The Dawn of Urban Waters? Maintaining and Upgrading Roman nymphaea in Late Antiquity – respondent: Marlena Whiting
12.40 lunch break
14.30 Panel 3: chair Christoph Begass
Arianna Rotondo, From the City of Indians to Jerusalem: Nonnus of Panopolis' Real and Imagined Cities – respondent: Simon Zuenelli Gianfranco Agosti, Images of the City in Late Antique Verse Inscriptions – respondent: Jochen Althoff
16.00 coffee
16.40-18.10 Panel 4: chair Federico Montinaro
Olivier Gengler, The Emperor as a Builder in Malalas’ “Chronographia” and Procopius’ “Ktismata” – respondent: Hartmut Leppin Lea Niccolai, From Constantinople to Edessa: Syriac Historiography and the Justinianic City – respondent: Philip M. Forness
14 February, IEG, conference room
9.00 Panel 5: chair Ute Verstegen
Conor Whately, The Beautiful Wall: Militarized Cityscapes in the Age of Justinian – respondent: Alexander Sarantis Jan R. Stenger, Vision and Words: The Aesthetics of the City in Choricius of Gaza – respondent: Elodie Turquois
10.30 coffee
11.10 Panel 6: chair Hendrik W. Dey
Dan-Vladimir Ivanovici, Building with Light: Aesthetic and Power in 6th-c. Byzantium – respondent: Christine Stephan-Kaissis
11.55 conclusion by Dey, Agosti, Saliou
12.40 end
Contact persons
Dr. Elodie Turquois
JGU Historisches Seminar – Alte Geschichte
eturquoi@uni-mainz.de
Dr. Max Ritter
JGU Historisches Seminar – Alte Geschichte
ritterm@uni-mainz.de