International Conference : The “Future of the Past”: Why Classical Studies still matter In honour of distinguished Professor Nicolaos Conomis, Member of the Academy of Athens [23/11 - 26/11]

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It is more or less a truism to argue that ancient Greek and Roman antiquity have shaped our worldview and influenced the ways in which contemporary life and values are understood and constantly (re)interpreted. The imprint of the Greco-Roman past is evident in many aspects and features of our culture: the sciences and arts, linguistic forms, literary expressions, religion, morality and ethics, philosophical thinking, political theory and practice, and the ways we think about and understand history and humanism. In a nutshell, the Greco-Roman past decisively affects the ways in which we, moderns, despite ethnic or cultural differences, understand ourselves. There are, however, those, both outside and within the confines of Classical Studies, who wonder whether it is worth investing time, effort, and resources in studying the past.

This conference, the result of collaboration between the Academy of Athens and the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, aims to address the important question of the relevance of Classical Studies today: do they still matter, and to whom? Some of the most influential scholars of ancient Greece and Rome will come together at the Academy of Athens to discuss a wide range of issues that highlight the modernity of the past and help us better and more fully understand the position of Classical Studies in the 21st century, the challenges, and the prospects. Among the topics brought under examination by the contributors are: 1. the history of the field of Classical Studies from antiquity to modern times; 2. patterns of politics and socio-culture; 3. the cultural importance of monuments and artifacts; 4. language and linguistics; 5. education (addressing the debate over how academic units and programs could be restructured to include both traditional and innovative approaches to philology and ancient civilizations); 6. matters of interdisciplinarity and intertextuality; and 7. aspects of modernity (including digitalization and the use of new technologies in teaching and researching the past).

Conference organizers

Antonios Rengakos (Academy of Athens & Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Theodoros Papanghelis (Academy of Athens & Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Georgios K. Giannakis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki & Centre for the Greek Language)

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Academy of Athens - Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften - Centre for the Greek Language

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23 Νοεμβρίου 2022

	Aνατολική Αίθουσα
17:00 - 19:30	The “Future of the Past”: Why Classical Studies still matter - Day 1 16:00-17:00 Registration – Coffee / Tea 17:00-17:30 Welcome remarks Antonios Rengakos (President of the academy of athens) & (via Zoom) Bernd Schneidmüller (President of the Heidelberg academy of Sciences and Humanities) 17:30-19:30 Us and Them: From the present to the past and into the future Chair: Sophia Papaioannou (National and Kapodistrian University of athens) Hans-Joachim Gehrke (German National academy of Sciences Leopoldina/Heidelberger akademie) The ancient world – past, present, and future of Europe Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge) “Another journey”: The future in the past James Porter (University of California, Berkeley) The future of the ancient self (via Zoom) Filippomaria Pontani (Ca’ foscari University of Venice) Nous choisirons Sophocle 19:30 DINNER Ομιλητής Δείτε όλους τους Ομιλητές στην σελίδα μετάδοσης της εκδήλωσης .

Aνατολική Αίθουσα

17:00 - 19:30

The “Future of the Past”: Why Classical Studies still matter - Day 1

24 Νοεμβρίου 2022

	Aνατολική Αίθουσα
09:00 - 17:00	The “Future of the Past”: Why Classical Studies still matter - Day 2 09:00-09:30 Registration 09:30-10:30 A history of history: Classics from antiquity to modern times I Chair: Simon Goldhill (University of Cambridge) Alexandra Lianeri (aristotle University of Thessaloniki) Antiquity’s disconnective futures: Classical presences beyond presentism Jonas Grethlein (Heidelberg University/Heidelberger akademie) Post-classicism and “das nächste Fremde” (via Zoom) 10:30-11:00 COFFEE / TEE BREAK 11:00-12:30 A history of history: Classics from antiquity to modern times II Chair: evina Sistakou (aristotle University of Thessaloniki) Simon Goldhill (University of Cambridge) What forgetting costs Tim Whitmarsh (University of Cambridge) Why the Augustan era still matters to cultural history Sophia Papaioannou (National and Kapodistrian University of athens) Reflective discourse and the Augustan paradigm:The archetype of modern critical debate 12:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK 14:30-15:30 Language in time: Greco-Roman linguistics and modern perspectives Chair: Ioanna Karamanou (aristotle University of Thessaloniki) Franco Montanari (University of Genoa) Language and culture of ancient Greece in today’s world Brian D. Joseph (ohio State University) A linguistic perspective on the continued value of Classical Studies (via Zoom) 15:30-16:00 COFFEE / TEA BREAK 16:00-17:00 Classics in the classroom: Practices, challenges, and perspectives Chair: franco Montanari (University of Genoa) Emilio Crespo (Universidad autónoma de Madrid) The “future of the past”: An optimistic viewpoint Nuccio ordine (University of Calabria) Ten words in defense of the Humanities and humanity

Aνατολική Αίθουσα

09:00 - 17:00

The “Future of the Past”: Why Classical Studies still matter - Day 2

25 Νοεμβρίου 2022

	Aνατολική Αίθουσα
09:00 - 18:30	The “Future of the Past”: Why Classical Studies still matter - Day 3 9:00-10:30 Intertextuality and interdisciplinarity I Chair: Alexandra Lianeri (aristotle University of Thessaloniki) Edith Hall (Durham University) The Iliad: Poem of the Anthropocene Bernhard Zimmermann (University of freiburg/Heidelberger akademie) Nietzsche’s “Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik” and the consequences Ioanna Karamanou (aristotle University of Thessaloniki) Restoring the Past through Multispectral Imaging 10:30-11:00 COFFEE / TEA BREAK 11:00-12:30 Intertextuality and interdisciplinarity II Chair: Bernhard Zimmermann(University of freiburg/Heidelberger akademie) Florian Steger (Ulm University/Heidelberger akademie) Why history, philosophy, and ethics of medicine in a medical faculty? Sophia Xenophontos (aristotle University of Thessaloniki) Boosting the Classics with shots of interdisciplinarity: Some remarks on the future of Classical Studies Therese Fuhrer (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) On the concept of “slow reading” in Latin language and literature 12:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK 14:30-16:00 Patterns of politics and “socio-culture” I Chair: Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge) Josiah Ober (Stanford University) Practical reasoning, ancient and modern (via Zoom) Douglas Cairns (University of edinburgh) Hubris, ancient and modern Jacqueline Fabre-Serris (Charles de Gaulle University – Lille III) Desire and sexual violence in the Metamorphoses (Salmacis, Hermaphrodite; Arethusa, Alphaeus). How to read and understand Ovid in his/our social context 16:00-16:30 COFFEE / TEA BREAK 16:30-18:30 Patterns of politics and “socio-culture” II Chair: Lucia Athanassaki (University of Crete) Roderick Beaton (King’s College London/British School at athens) Civilisation or civilisations? New contexts for the ancient Greek achievement Margalit Finkelberg (Tel aviv University) Julian’s school law, cultural capital, and the study of Classics Paul Cartledge (University of Cambridge) Why Sparta and the Spartans still matter (via Zoom) Joshua T. Katz (american enterprise Institute) Classics: Inside out and upside down (via Zoom)

Aνατολική Αίθουσα

09:00 - 18:30

The “Future of the Past”: Why Classical Studies still matter - Day 3

9:00-10:30 Intertextuality and interdisciplinarity I
Chair: Alexandra Lianeri (aristotle University of Thessaloniki)

Edith Hall (Durham University)
The Iliad: Poem of the Anthropocene

Bernhard Zimmermann (University of freiburg/Heidelberger akademie)
Nietzsche’s “Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik” and the consequences

Ioanna Karamanou (aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Restoring the Past through Multispectral Imaging

10:30-11:00 COFFEE / TEA BREAK

11:00-12:30 Intertextuality and interdisciplinarity II
Chair: Bernhard Zimmermann(University of freiburg/Heidelberger akademie)

Florian Steger (Ulm University/Heidelberger akademie)
Why history, philosophy, and ethics of medicine in a medical faculty?

Sophia Xenophontos (aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Boosting the Classics with shots of interdisciplinarity: Some remarks on the future of Classical Studies

Therese Fuhrer (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
On the concept of “slow reading” in Latin language and literature

12:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK

14:30-16:00 Patterns of politics and “socio-culture” I
Chair: Richard Hunter (University of Cambridge)

Josiah Ober (Stanford University)
Practical reasoning, ancient and modern (via Zoom)

Douglas Cairns (University of edinburgh)
Hubris, ancient and modern

Jacqueline Fabre-Serris (Charles de Gaulle University – Lille III)
Desire and sexual violence in the Metamorphoses
(Salmacis, Hermaphrodite; Arethusa, Alphaeus).
How to read and understand Ovid in his/our social context

16:00-16:30 COFFEE / TEA BREAK

16:30-18:30 Patterns of politics and “socio-culture” II
Chair: Lucia Athanassaki (University of Crete)

Roderick Beaton (King’s College London/British School at athens)
Civilisation or civilisations? New contexts for the ancient
Greek achievement

Margalit Finkelberg (Tel aviv University)
Julian’s school law, cultural capital, and the study of Classics

Paul Cartledge (University of Cambridge)
Why Sparta and the Spartans still matter (via Zoom)

Joshua T. Katz (american enterprise Institute)
Classics: Inside out and upside down (via Zoom)

26 Νοεμβρίου 2022

	Αμφιθέατρο «Δημήτριος Δημήτριος Παντερμαλής» Μουσείο Ακρόπολης
09:30 - 14:00	The “Future of the Past”: Why Classical Studies still matter - Day 4 9:30-11:00 The materiality of Classics: Monument and artifacts Chair: Tim Whitmarsh (University of Cambridge) Lucia Athanassaki (University of Crete) Art, Text, and Lyric Performance: Towards a gendersensitive and inclusive interpretative model Tonio Hölscher (Heidelberg University/Heidelberger akademie) Rise and fall of public monuments: History as mirror or window? Richard Janko (University of Michigan) Using the future to illuminate the past: New technologies for new insights 11:00-12:00 COFFEE / TEA BREAK 12:00-14:00 Guided tour at the Acropolis Museum 14:00 LUNCH

Αμφιθέατρο «Δημήτριος Δημήτριος Παντερμαλής» Μουσείο Ακρόπολης

09:30 - 14:00

The “Future of the Past”: Why Classical Studies still matter - Day 4

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