Mediterranean Urbanism IDC Workshop

Mediterranean Urbanism International Doctoral Cluster Workshop (UofT and UCL Institute of Archaeology)

WHEN: 9am - 1:15pm each day

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This schedule is also available as a PDF here: Toronto Mediterranean IDC Workshop April 2024.pdf

Workshop Schedule:

Thursday April 4th (Art History Common Room, and online)

9.00                 Introduction

9.15-9.45         Minoan and Mycenaean urbanism: comparisons in scale, differentiation, and centralization

Todd Whitelaw, UCL Institute of Archaeology

9.45-10.15       Modelling urban planning at the Mycenaean harbour town at Kalamianos

Phil Sapirstein, Art History, UofT

10.15-10.45    The transformation of Palermo into an Islamic capital: written sources and archaeology

Viva Sacco, UCL Institute of Archaeology

10.45-11.00    Discussion

11.00-11.30    COFFEE

11.30-12.00    1st-millennium-BC citizenship and urbanism: growing for the gods and land ownership

Corinna Riva, UCL Institute of Archaeology

12.00-12.30     The Falerii Novi project: exploring ancient urbanism in central Italy

Seth Bernard, Classics, UofT

12.30-1.00       City planning and staged narratives in Syro-Anatolian cities

Zeynep Kusdil Sak, NMC, UofT

1.00-1.15         Discussion

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Friday April 5th (Art History Common Room, and online)

9.00                 Introduction

9.15-9.45         Heritage crime and urbanism in modern Rome

Summer Austin, UCL Institute of Archaeology

9.45-10.15       Urban regeneration, contemporary art and re-imaging ancient Egypt in the museum

Alice Stevenson, UCL Institute of Archaeology

10.15-10.45    The first Italian ethnonyms: identity formation and urbanization in the Italian peninsula

Claudia Paparella, Classics, UofT

10.45-11.00    Discussion

11.00-11.30    COFFEE

11.30-12.00    Ports and satellites: exchange, interaction, and urbanism in the Late Bronze Age Aegean

Elliott Fuller, Classics, UofT

12.00-12.30    Understanding urbanism at Minoan Palaikastro

Carl Knappett, Art History, UofT

12.30-1.00       Mediterranean alternatives to urbanism

Borja Legarra Herrero, UCL Institute of Archaeology

1.00-1.15         Discussion

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