Schedule

Connectivity, Mobility, and Scale in the Ancient Western Mediterranean: a Symposium (Part I – Free and Open to the Public)

February 14th
2175 Angell Hall, Classics Library
3-6pm

2-3pm: Graduate Student and Speaker Meet-and-Greet (not open to the public)

Graduate Student Poster Session (3-4pm: Poster Session Open to the Public)

  • Settlement Patterns in Albania from the Iron Age through Greek and Roman Colonization and Integration (1100 BCE–395 CE), Erina Baci (UMMAA)
  • Studying Mobility through Isotopes in Western Central Italy: A Methodological Discussion, Sheira Cohen (IPCAA)
  • Connecting the Pieces: Conceptualising Adriatic Connectivity through Ceramic Evidence, Leah Bernardo-Ciddio (IPCAA)
  • Identifying Global and Local Ritual Traditions in the Roman Provincial Capitals of Iberia, Bailey Franzoi (IPCAA)
  • Connectivity and Mobility among Indigenous Groups in Sardinia and Southern Iberia, Kelly Miklas (University of Missouri)
  • The Distribution of Tuyères in the Western Mediterranean as a Signifier of Connectivity in Metallurgical Practice, Alex Moskowitz (IPCAA)

Keynote Talks followed by a Reception (4pm)

  • Introduction, Linda Gosner (University of Michigan)
  • Connecting Against the Grain: Mobility in the Iron Age West Mediterranean, Peter van Dommelen (Brown University)
  • Multi-scalar Connectivities in the Western Mediterranean in Late Antiquity, Miguel Ángel Cau (Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats and the University of Barcelona)

Against the Grain: Transversal and Small Scale Connectivities in the Ancient Western Mediterranean (A Workshop by RSVP only)

Saturday, Feb. 15, 2019 
2175 Angell Hall, Classics Library
9-5pm

**Please note: If you plan to attend the workshop please RSVP by February 11th and fill out this form to access the pre-circulated papers. On this Saturday portion of the event, each presenter and their discussants will lead guided discussion of the papers, so please plan to read the papers prior to the workshop. This Saturday session is intended primarily for graduate students and faculty.

Morning Session (9am -12:20pm)

  • 9-9:10am: Introduction, Jeremy Hayne (Independent Scholar)
  • 9:10-9:50am: A Lower-case ‘g’ Globalised World? Examining Three Paradigms of Culture Contact in Middle and Late Bronze Age Sicily, Anthony Russell (Independent Scholar). Introduction and discussion by Hannah Hoover (UMMAA), Bryan Miller (UMMAA), and Catherine Steidl (Koç University)
  • 10-10:40am: The Missing Link? Connecting Sardinia, Corsica, and Italy in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age, Jeremy Hayne (Independent Scholar). Introduction and discussion by Kelly Milkas (University of Missouri), Natalie Abell (University of Michigan), and Giulia Saltini Semerari (UMMAA)
  • 10:50-11:30am: The Business of Becoming: Network and Community in the Northwest Mediterranean in the Mid-First Millennium BCE, Catherine Steidl (Koç University). Introduction and discussion by James Prosser (IPCAA), Alex Moskowitz (IPCAA), and Linda Gosner (University of Michigan)
  • 11:40-12:20am: At the Margins of “Orientalization”: Funerary Ritual and Local Practice in Apennine Central Italy, Jessica Nowlin (UT San Antonio). Introduction and discussion by Leah Bernardo-Ciddio (IPCAA), Laura Motta (University of Michigan), and Jeremy Hayne (Independent Scholar)

Lunch Break (12:20-2pm)

Afternoon Session (2-5pm)

  • 2-2:40pm: Mediterranean Connectivity in Southern Italy. Datasets, Methods and Theory, Giulia Saltini Semerari (University of Michigan). Introduction and discussion by Sheira Cohen (IPCAA), Alicia Ventresca-Miller (UMMAA), and Jessica Nowlin (UT San Antonio)
  • 2:50-3:00pm: Mining, Movement, and Migration in Roman Iberia, Linda Gosner (University of Michigan). Introduction and discussion by Joseph Frankl (IPCAA), David Stone (University of Michigan), and Alejandro Sinner (Victoria)
  • 3:10-3:50pm: Intra and Inter-inland Connectivity in the Balearic Islands in Antiquity, Catalina Mas (University of Barcelona). Introduction and discussion by Alex Moskowitz (IPCAA), Joseph Frankl (IPCAA), and Anthony Russell (Independent Scholar)
  • 4-4:40pm: Human Mobility between Italy and NE Hispania during the Late Republican Period, Alejandro Sinner (University of Victoria). Introduction and discussion by Bailey Franzoi (IPCAA), Nicola Terrenato (University of Michigan), and Catalina Mas (University of Barcelona)
  • 4:40-5pm: Closing Remarks, Peter van Dommelen (Brown University) and Miguel Ángel Cau (Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats and the University of Barcelona)

Closed Discussion about Publication (5-6pm) (keynote speakers and workshop paper writers only) 

Connectivity, Mobility, and Scale in the Ancient Western Mediterranean: a Symposium (Part II – Free and Open to the Public)

Thursday, February 27
2175 Angell Hall, Classics Library
4-6pm

  • Introduction: Linda Gosner (University of Michigan)
  • Keynote: Mobility and Connectivity: global ideas on local scales, Tamar Hodos (Bristol University)
  • Respondent: Carolina López-Ruiz (Ohio State University)