Conference Programme
Saturday June 23rd
9.00 - 10.00 Registration Tea/Coffee
10.00 -10.15 Welcome Address by Professor Christopher Tuplin
10.15 -12.00 Paper Session "Alternative Narratives"
Carol Atack
“The Discourse of Antiquity in Classical Athens: Re-writing the History of Democracy"
“The Discourse of Antiquity in Classical Athens: Re-writing the History of Democracy"
Andrew Stiles
"Alternative Narratives, Repetition and the Future of the Augustan Principate"
Lesley Ryan
“The Significance of the Maiestas Laws in Julio-Claudian and Flavian Historiography”
Angela Ballone
"To Burn the Royal Palace at Leisure Re-assessing Historiography on Early 17th Century Mexico"
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.15 Paper Session "Economy and Technical History"
Eleanor Reeve
“Comic Productions and Popular Opinion: An insight into Agricultural Development in Italy During
the 2nd Century BC”
Mathew Hobson
“The Growth of Neoliberalism and the Study of the Ancient Economy”
Anna Busetto
“Arrian’s Tactic Between Greece and Rome”
John Oksanish
“Ementiri in monumentis: Arguments in Architectural “History”
15.15 - 15.45 Break Tea/Coffee
15.45 - 17.00 Paper Session "Polemic Rhetoric"
Jan Haywood
"Oracular Consultation and the Historian: (re)writing Authority"
Scott Farrington
“Tragedy and Rhetoric in Hellenistic Historiography”
Alexander Meeus
"Truth and Rivalry in the Greek Historians"
17.00 - 19.00 Drinks - Social
19.00 - Late Dinner
Sunday June 24th
9.30 - 10.30 Meet Tea/Coffee
10.30 -12.00 Paper Session "Nationalism and Identity"
Joanne Ball
"Writing Ancient Battle: The Case of the Teutoberg"
Tomás Aguilera-Durán
“Possessing the Barbarian Past: Nationalist Constructions of pre-Roman Legacy in Spain”
Jonathan Wilson
“Convivencia: Is it Dead Yet?”
“Convivencia: Is it Dead Yet?”
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.15 Paper Session "Biography, Narratology and Philosophy"
Vasileios Liotsakis
"Thucydides and Religion: A Narratological Interpretation"
David Woods
“On Schopenhauer Against History, Historicism, and Hegel”
Gertjan Verhasselt
"Hellenistic Biography and the Right Way of Life: the Nature of Works On Lives"
Ian Goh
“Horace’s historiae: Lyric Historiography and Mythmaking”
15.15 - 15.45 Break Tea/Coffee
15.45 - 16.15 Key Note Address by Dr. Kostas Vlassopoulos
