PROGRAMME

 

14 December 2017

 

9.00

Reception of Participants

 

Session 1
Greece and the Aegean

 

9.30

La Grecia que dejó atrás Alejandro
Adolfo Domínguez Monedero, Univ. Autónoma de Madrid

 

10.00

Lycurgus and the Making of Athens Great Again
Joseph Roisman, Colby College

 

10.30

Coffee Break

 

11.00

The Hungry Years. Athenian Grain and the impact of Alexander’s conquest over Greece
Borja Antela-Bernárdez, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona

 

11.30

The Thessalian lobby
Marc Mendoza, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

 

12.00

Culture and Empire in Cyprus following Alexander’s Conquest of Eastern Mediterranean
Giorgos Papantoniou, Universität Bonn

 

12.30

El impacto de Alejandro en la historiografía griega: Heródoto y la casa real de Macedonia
Antonio Ignacio Molina Marín, Universidad de Alcalá

 

13.00

Discussion

 

Session 2
Macedonia & Persia

 

15.00

Persianisms in Macedonia
Olga Palagia, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

 

15.30

Alexander the Great and the Kingdom of Macedon
Guendalina Taietti, Liverpool University

 

16.00

Coffee Break

 

16.30

Macedonia’s military superiority complex: the rise and decline of an ancient superpower (338-217 BC)
Fabrizio Biglino, University of London

 

17.00

Changing spaces, changing behaviour: Persian features at the court of Alexander
Stephen Harrison, Swansea University

 

17.30

Discussion

 

15 December 2017

 

Session 3
India

 

10.00

‘An Endless Vista of War and Conquest’: The Making of Alexander’s India
Christian Djurslev, University of Edinburg

 

10.30

Poros, Alexander and Indian Conceptions of Empire
Tim Howe, St Olaf College

 

11.00

Coffee Break

 

11.30

The Western domain of the imaginary: The Alexander’s description of India
Chiara di Serio, University of Rome “La Sapienza”

 

12.00

El conocimiento de la isla Taprobane en época de la expedición de Alejandro
Manuel Albadalejo, Universitat de Valencia

 

12.30

Discussion

 

Session 4
Conquered and conquerors, from the Age of Alexander to Hellenistic perspectives

 

15.00

Fortunate by being conquered? The lucky Few who profited from Alexander’s war of aggression
Jaakkojuhani Peltonen, University of Tampere

 

15.30

A Brave New Epoch: the Contemporary Marks of a New Era (338-279 BC)
Eran Almagor

 

16.00

Natives in the Hellenistic armies: From Alexander to Magnesia
Miguel Pachón, Universidad de Alcalá

 

16.30

Alejandro fuera de escena: el significativo silencio de Dionisio el Periegeta
Francisco Javier Gómez Espelosín, Universidad de Alcalá

 

17.00

Discussion

 

17.30

Conclusion