Polycentric Museum of Aigai / Central Museum Building
A museum functions in many ways and dimensions, but foremost it is a place of groundbreaking research and knowledge to be shared. Τhe central unit (New Museum) of the Polycentric Museum of Aigai is in the final phase of its completion and it will open for the public in the next months. Believing, that the museum of Aigai, the royal metropolis of Macedon, can and should open new paths in the approach and research of antiquity and particulary that of the Hellenistic Oikoumene, the Ephorate of Antiquities of Imathia with the cooperation and assistance of leading experts and scholars from the world's most important universities and research institutes prepared and organized a major international conference. Sixty renowned researchers will present fifty six papers summing up their research from May 27 to June 2, 2022 at the New Museum of Aigai.
Entitled: "Beyond Macedonia. The multifaceted Hellenistic Oikoumene reconsidered" the conference focuses on the investigation of complex phenomena such as the economy, the architecture and the landscaping, the evolution of artistic and cultural trends, but also on the presentation of syntheses of excavations and findings in the vast Hellenistic world, from Pakistan to the western Mediterranean. Our intention is to enable the presentation of different approaches and of new scientific methods.
The conference is held under the framework of the project "Polycentric Museum of Aigai - Central Museum Building - Phase B" funded by the Operational Project: "Central Macedonia 2014-2020" (European Regional Development Fund) and from National Resources through the Public Investment Program.
Beyond Macedonia: the multifaceted Hellenistic Oikoumene reconsidered
Aigai, 27th May – 2nd June 2022
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Friday, 27th May 2022 |
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18:00-18:30 |
Welcome speeches |
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18:45-19:30 |
Miltiades Β. Hatzopoulos |
Macedonia and beyond |
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19:30-20:00 |
Francois de Callataÿ |
Persian rhapsody: easy come, easy go. Alexander and the capture of the Persian treasuries, a new look from the lab |
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20:00-20:30 |
Andrew Meadows |
Small-ish change in Asia Minor: the impact of Alexander's drachm coinage |
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Saturday, 28th May 2022 |
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09:30-10:00 |
Athanasios Sideris |
Macedonian Toreutic Creations Abroad and Their Mutations in the Hellenistic World |
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10:00-10:30 |
Christopher Dickenson |
The Hellenistic agora as sacred space - gods, heroes and daily life |
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10:30-11:00 |
Bonna Wescoat |
The Shape of Sanctuaries in the Hellenistic Oikoumene
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11:00-11:30 |
Discussion |
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11:30-12:00 |
Break |
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12:00-12:30 |
Eric Laufer |
Forming and claiming an Identity. The architectural style of the Attalids between Macedonian, Greek, East Greek and regional tradition |
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12:30-13:00 |
Philipp Kobusch |
Late Classical and Hellenistic Temples in the Public Space |
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13:00-13:30 |
Mantha Zarmakoupi |
Hermogenes, Hellenistic Architecture and Rome |
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13:30-14:00 |
Discussion |
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Sunday, 29th May 2022 |
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09:30-10:00 |
Anne-Marie Guimier- Sorbets |
Representing death: From Macedonia to Alexandria, continuities and innovations
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10:00-10:30 |
Kyriakos Savvopoulos |
The ‘’rediscovery’’ of the Hellenistic cemetery of Shatby in Alexandria: Works and results of a new archaeological project, held by the Archaeological Society of Alexandria (2021-2022) |
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10:30-11:00 |
Jarosław Bodzek |
A Coin in Trench. Hellenistic Coins in Agora of Nea Paphos according to Archaeological Research of the Jagiellonian University in years 2011-2021
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11:00-11:30 |
Discussion |
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11:30-12:00 |
Break |
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12:00-12:30 |
Paul Kosmin |
A Jewish Oikoumene? The impact of Hellenistic Geography on Second Temple Conceptions of the World |
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12:30-13:00 |
Laurent Tholbecq |
Nabataean Petra: the Twilight of Alexandrianism before the Roman Annexation |
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13:00-13:30 |
Emanuele Papi |
Hellenism on the Ocean: architectures and images in the kingdoms of West Africa (3rd century BC – 1st century BC)
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13:30-14:00 |
Discussion |
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14:00-16:00 |
Break |
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16:00-16:30 |
Fulvia Bianchi |
Architectural and decorative tradition in Tripolitania and the Hellenistic-Alexandrian, Punic and Roman influence |
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16:30-17:00 |
Christian Kunze |
From Greece to Rome: Copying Sculptures in Late Hellenistic Times |
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17:00-17:30 |
Vladimir Stolba |
Macedonian Troops in the Northern Black Sea: New Evidence on Zopyrion’s campaign
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17:30-18:00 |
Discussion |
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18:00-18:30 |
Break |
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18:30-19:00 |
Kutalmiṣ Görkay |
Recent Works at Seleukeia (Zeugma) on the Euphrates |
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19:00-19:30 |
Mustafa Sayar |
The Hellenistic Cities on the Gulf of Issos |
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19:30-20:00 |
Guitar recital by I. Andronoglou |
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Monday, 30th May 2022 |
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09:30-10:00 |
Paschalis Paschidis |
Koinon and monarchy in Antigonid Macedonia: Greek polity and Hellenistic kingship” |
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10:00-10:30 |
Maria Stamatopoulou |
Demetrias and its painted tombstones: Cosmopolitan culture in a Mediterranean port city |
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10:30-11:00 |
Ioannis Mylonopoulos |
The oikoumene begins on the doorstep: Macedonian presence in Thessalian sanctuaries
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11:00-11:30 |
Discussion |
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11:30-12:00 |
Break |
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12:00-12:30 |
Olympia Vikatou |
Recent excavations in Hellenistic cities of Aetolia. The example of Alikyrna |
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12:30-13:00 |
Véronique Chankowski |
The Hellenistic Economy of the Aegean after the conquest of Alexander: an overview from Delos (3rd and 2nd c. BC) |
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13:00-13:30 |
Roland Étienne |
Royal and civic architecture in Delos during the Independence (314-167 BC): the means of propaganda
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13:30-14:00 |
Discussion |
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14:00-16:00 |
Break |
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16:00-16:30 |
Anastasia Georgiadou |
Multi-chambered monumental tombs of ancient Pella in the context of the Hellenistic Oikoumene |
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16:30-17:00 |
Ute Kelp |
Urban Short Stories. Hellenistic Funerary Culture in Pergamon |
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17:00-17:30 |
Zeki Mete Aksan |
Τumulus Tradition in the Hinterland of Sinope in the Hellenistic Period
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17:30-18:00 |
Discussion |
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18:00-18:30 |
Break |
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18:30-19:00 |
Angeliki Kottaridi |
Macedonian Architectures |
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19:00-19:45 |
Robin Lane Fox |
Partying in Macedon: then and now |
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Tuesday, 31st May 2022 |
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09:30-10:00 |
Ralf von den Hoff |
Alexander Riders. Small Scale Portraits of Alexander the Great on Horseback |
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10:00-10:30 |
Yusuf Sezgin - Baykal Beṣdemir |
Aigai in Aeolis, a Polis of Goat Herders In a Hellenistic World |
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10:30-11:00 |
Klaus Rheidt |
Hellenism and the Cities of Ancient Aiolis
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11:00-11:30 |
Discussion |
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11:30-12:00 |
Break |
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12:00-12:30 |
Felix Pirson |
Pergamon: The interconnected landscapes of a Hellenistic capital |
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12:30-13:00 |
Peter Ruggendorfer |
Achaemenid royal insignia, local tradition and Attic influence– heraldic syncretism at the Mausoleum of Belevi |
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13:00-13:30 |
Ertekin M. Doksanalti - D. Ozan Tozluca - Songül Sözel |
A New Proposal about the Hellenistic Period City Planning of the Western Side of Knidos in light of the 2nd Terrace Excavations
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13:30-14:00 |
Discussion |
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14:00-16:00 |
Break |
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16:00-16:30 |
Aşkım Özdizbay |
Perge in Pamphylia: From a local Iron Age settlement to a Hellenistic city-state |
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16:30-17:00 |
Hatice Pamir |
Creating a royal landscape: Antioch and Seleucia Pieria in the Seleucid Region |
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17:00-17:30 |
Panagiotis Iossif |
Antioch after the reign of Seleucus II: from a regional capital to an imperial one and back |
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17:30-18:00 |
Frédérique Duyrat |
At the margins. Coinage and Hellenism on the edge of the Oikoumene |
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18:00-18:30 |
Discussion |
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Wednesday, 1st June 2022 |
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09:30-10:00 |
Monika Truemper |
Athletic Facilities and Bathing Facilities in the Hellenistic West |
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10:00-10:30 |
Mehmet Önal |
Edessa (Urfa) Mosaics |
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10:30-11:00 |
Michael Blömer |
Doliche and the Hellenistic Cities of Ancient North Syria
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11:00-11:30 |
Discussion |
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11:30-12:00 |
Break |
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12:00-12:30 |
Komait Abdallah – Houmam Saad |
The archaeological evidences of the Hellenistic period in northern Syria in the light of the new discoveries |
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12:30-13:00 |
Rocco Palermo |
The Spatial Impact of the Seleucid Empire in North Mesopotamia: The View from the Erbil Plain |
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13:00-13:30 |
Vito Messina |
Greek visual lexica in Asia. Diffusion and Elaboration. The case of Seleucia on the Tigris
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13:30-14:00 |
Discussion |
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14:00-16:00 |
Break |
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16:00-16:30 |
Carlo Lippolis |
The Greek visual lexicon in Asia. Elaboration and fascination. The case of Parthian Nisa (Turkmenistan) |
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16:30-17:00 |
Laurent Capdetrey |
The Seleucid Kingdom: Macedonia abroad? |
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17:00-17:30 |
Simon Glenn |
Invoking Alexander: Money and Tradition in Hellenistic Central Asia
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17:30-18:00 |
Discussion |
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18:00-18:30 |
Break |
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18:30-19:00 |
Matthew P. Canepa |
The Seleucid Empire and Creation of a New Iranian World: Material, Visual and Practical Entanglements |
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19:00-19:30 |
Omar Coloru |
Bazira. An Indo-Greek town in Swat, Pakistan |
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19:30-20:00 |
Discussion |
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Thursday, 2nd June 2022 |
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09:30-10:00 |
Gunvor Lindström |
Sanctuaries and religious Life in Hellenistic Bactria |
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10:00-10:30 |
Laurianne Martinez- Sève |
Macedonian legacy in the architecture of Ai Khanoum |
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10:30-11:00 |
Francis Albarede |
'New geochemical tools for silver provenance and fluxes'
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11:00-11:30 |
Break |
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11:30-12:00 |
Discussion
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12:00-12:45 |
Angelos Chaniotis |
The New Face of the Hellenistic World: New Source and Approaches |
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12:45-13:30 |
Discussion |
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