| PM | Free time to visit galleries | |
| 7:30 PM | Keynote | |
|---|---|---|
| Kaleidoscopes and the distribution of memory in the Roman empire | ||
| Susan Alcock (Brown University) | ||
| (link to talk abstract) | ||
| Reception to Follow | ||
| 9:45 AM | Karl Galinsky/Kenneth Lapatin — Welcome and Intro |
| 10:00 AM | Session One: Concepts | |
|---|---|---|
| Moderator: Kenneth Lapatin (J. Paul Getty Museum) | ||
| 10:00–10:40 AM | Art, Travel, and Cultural Topoi in the Roman Empire | |
| Francesco de Angelis (Columbia) | ||
| 10:40–11:20 AM | Periegesis and cultural memory in the second century CE | |
| Tim Whitmarsh (Oxford) | ||
| 11:20–11:40 AM | Break | |
| 11:40 AM–12:00 PM | Respondent: Karl Galinsky (University of Texas at Austin) | |
| 12:00–12:30 | Discussion |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch Break (with time to visit galleries) |
| 2:30 | Session Two: Imperial Memories and Local Identities | |
|---|---|---|
| Moderator: Diane Favro (University of California Los Angeles) | ||
| 2:30–3:10 PM | Artificial Memories of Imperial Closeness: Artifacts and the Absent Emperor | |
| John Weisweiler (Heidelberg/Chicago) | ||
| 3:10–3:50 | Ritual and Memory: Hellenistic Ruler Cults in the Roman Empire | |
| Carlos Norena (Berkeley) | ||
| 3:40–4:10 PM | Break | |
| 4:10–4:50 PM | Conspicuous Antiquity and the Rhetoric of Renovation: Shaping Memory at Early Christian Cult Sites | |
| Ann Marie Yasin (University of Southern California) | ||
| 4:50–5:10 PM | Respondent: Rachel Kousser (CUNY) | |
| 5:10–5:40 PM | Discussion | |
| 5:45 PM | Reception on Café Terrace (until 6:45 PM) |
| 10:00 AM | Session Three: Memory, Myth, and History in the Roman East | |
|---|---|---|
| Moderator: Daniel Richter (USC) | ||
| 10:00–10:40 AM | The Homeric Memory Culture of Roman Ilion | |
| Brian Rose (Pennsylvania) | ||
| 10:40–11:20 AM | Inventing the Past in Roman Anatolia: Agents and Actions | |
| Felipe Rojas (Brown) | ||
| 11:20–11:40 | Break | |
| 11:40 AM–12:00 PM | Respondent: Alicia Jimenez (Stanford) | |
| 12:00 PM–12:30 PM | Discussion |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch Break (with time to visit galleries) |
| 2:30 PM | Session Four: Cultural Memories of Religion in the Roman West | |
|---|---|---|
| Moderator: Claire Lyons (J. Paul Getty Museum) | ||
| 2:30–3:10 PM | The Memory of the Gods. Sanctuaries as external storage devices | |
| Greg Woolf (St. Andrews) | ||
| 3:10–3:50 PM | From the individual to the collective: material memories at religious sites in Roman Britain | |
| Zena Kamash (Oxford) | ||
| 3:50–4:10 PM | Break | |
| 4:10–4:30 PM | Respondent: Nicola Terrenato (Michigan) | |
| 4:30–5:00 PM | Discussion of Session Four | |
| 5:00–5:30 PM | Discussion of overall conference topic | |
| 5:30–6:30 PM | Wine and cheese reception |