BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies - ECPv6.17.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260917T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260917T200000 DTSTAMP:20260820T151114Z CREATED:20260407T204234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T151114Z UID:1325-1789671600-1789675200@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:The Sanctuary of the Nymphe: Korai\, Perfumed Oil\, and Plasticity in Devotional Practices DESCRIPTION:Niharika Russell\, doctoral candidate\, Department of Art History\, University of Toronto \nBeginning in the Archaic period of the ancient Greek world\, we observe the phenomenon of perfumed oil vessels being manufactured in forms that resemble other things- humans\, body parts\, animals\, fruits\, shells\, or other elements of the natural or supernatural world. These vessels\, referred to as ‘plastic’ in shape\, circulate across the ancient Mediterranean from their various sites of production (Corinth\, Rhodes\, Ionia\, and later Athens). Plastic perfumed oil vessels were complex to manufacture\, and as well as being produced in limited quantities compared to their standard counterparts (aryballoi\, alabastra\, and lekythoi)\, they are typically found in devotional or funerary contexts.\n\nThis lecture presents a case study on four plastic oil vessels in the form of korai (maidens)\, manufactured in Attica between 550 – 500 BCE and excavated from the Sanctuary of the Nymphe on the southern slope of the Athenian Acropolis. Together\, we will explore how the multisensory interactive mechanics of these plastic vessels – as sites of simultaneously olfactory\, haptic\, and visual engagement – could uniquely contribute to both their function and value as devotional and aesthetic objects. By examining the tension between ‘real’ and ‘manufactured’ that is produced by the particularly synesthetic qualities of these vessels\, this lecture hopes to situate an understudied class of materials within wider critical issues of aesthetic practice in the Archaic period\, as is similarly expressed in more well-known media such as sculpture and epic poetry.\n\nOnline with Zoom: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/81730003190 URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-sanctuary-of-the-nymphe/ LOCATION:Online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter,Toronto Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260416T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260416T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T125156Z CREATED:20260407T124414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T125156Z UID:1319-1776366000-1776369600@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Serene Death: Execution in the Early Modern Venetian Republic DESCRIPTION:Ariana Ellis\, Doctoral candidate\, Department of History\, University of Toronto \nThe popular image of Venice as La Serenissima\, the peaceful Republic of arts\, education\, and fair governance\, was utilized and purposefully enhanced by the Venetian state across the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The use of public execution as a form of state punishment walked the line between supporting this reputation of divinely inspired Venetian justice and revealing the reality of civil dissent within the city. Through a discussion of ritual\, geography\, myth\, gossip\, and violence\, this talk will illustrate the role and function of execution in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Venice. \nOnline with Zoom: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/81730003190 URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/serene-death/ LOCATION:Online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter,Toronto Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260326T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260326T200000 DTSTAMP:20260313T031615Z CREATED:20260313T023834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T031615Z UID:1311-1774551600-1774555200@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:The Philology of Fraudulence and the Gospel of Barnabas in Renaissance Italy DESCRIPTION:Domenico Pietropaolo\, Professor Emeritus\, Department of Italian Studies and Centre for Drama\, Theatre\, and Performance Studies\, and Senior Fellow of Massey College\, University of Toronto \nThe purpose of this paper is to consider the constraints within which philologists must operate when they examine potentially fraudulent documents and to argue that philology\, when it is focused on the detection of textual authenticity and forgery\, is ultimately grounded in an epistemology of belief. I will develop this argument as a reflection on examples from various fields—including theatre history\, law\, and religion—in which oral performance\, real or imagined\, is thought to precede the scripted text. My primary text is a gospel of Islamic inspiration\, written in Renaissance Italian\, known as the Gospel of Barnabas\, which claims to be the translation of a narrative that Barnabas received orally from the lips of Jesus and from his disciples Peter and John. The cultural interest of this work lies mainly in the fact that it overturns the theology of the four canonical gospels\, all regarded as false narratives of the identity and ministry of Jesus\, and indicts with deliberate deception the traditional account of the Crucifixion. Whether this gospel is derived from an original work by Barnabas\, and if so\, where in the Mediterranean\, when and in what language it was composed\, and what function the Italian version was meant to have in the Catholic Reformation are all parts of the philological puzzle. \nZoom link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/84568003293 URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-philology-of-fraudulence-and-the-gospel-of-barnabas-in-renaissance-italy/ LOCATION:Online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter,Toronto Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251204T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251204T200000 DTSTAMP:20251127T145728Z CREATED:20251127T145728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251127T145728Z UID:1290-1764874800-1764878400@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:From Spiritual Autism to Cosmic Communion: Reading St. Francis in the Key of Modernity DESCRIPTION:John Caruana\, Associate Professor\, Department of Philosophy\, Toronto Metropolitan University \nThe Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor laments that the defining feature of modern subjectivity is that “we are too much in our heads.” Modernity\, he argues\, has trained us to imagine ourselves as detached—from one another\, from the natural world\, and even from the depths of our own embodied life. This estrangement\, which Thomas Berry calls a “spiritual autism\,” underlies many of our present crises\, not least the ecological one. In this context\, St. Francis of Assisi stands out as a guide for our disoriented age. A slow\, attentive reading of the Umbrian mystic’s famous Canticle of the Creatures invites us to recover a sense of gratitude and belonging that speaks to both believers and nonbelievers alike. To read Francis in this manner\, I turn also to writers who have extended his vision into new idioms: his spiritual heir\, the poet Dante Alighieri\, and\, more recently\, the philosopher Massimo Cacciari\, whose reflections help us discern how Francis’s cosmic praise may still resonate within the modern soul. \nZoom link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/81730003190 URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/from-spiritual-autism-to-cosmic-communion-reading-st-francis-in-the-key-of-modernity/ LOCATION:Online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter,Toronto Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251113T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251113T200000 DTSTAMP:20260225T220703Z CREATED:20260225T220346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260225T220703Z UID:1304-1763060400-1763064000@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Transatlantic Intellectual Networks: Leonardo Sciascia and the Sciascia Archive Project DESCRIPTION:Eloisa Morra\, Associate Professor\, Department of Italian Studies\, University of Toronto\n\n\n\nLeonardo Sciascia (1921 – 1989) was an Italian novelist and politician. The archival materials which document his work are now part of the Sciascia Archive Project at the University of Toronto. This presentation will analyse correspondence preserved at the Leonardo Sciascia Foundation in Racalmuto\, alongside other documents\, in order to reconstruct the context and motivations behind this donation. The presentation will also highlight the role of transatlantic intellectual networks in the reception of Sciascia’s work. The second part of the presentation will focus on the ongoing digitisation process — the first step in an initiative that aims to develop a digital network linking this collection with other Sciascia and non-Sciascia archives in Italy\, beginning with the Canadian material. \n\nOnline with Zoom. URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/transatlantic-intellectual-networks-leonardo-sciascia-and-the-sciascia-archive-project/ CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter,Toronto Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240310T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240310T150000 DTSTAMP:20240115T234204Z CREATED:20240115T234204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240115T234204Z UID:1208-1710079200-1710082800@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Who Is Buried in the Royal Macedonian Tombs at Vergina? Skeletal Evidence for Tombs I and II DESCRIPTION:Maria Liston\, Waterloo University URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/who-is-buried-in-the-royal-macedonian-tombs-at-vergina-skeletal-evidence-for-tombs-i-and-ii/ CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240228T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240228T190000 DTSTAMP:20240115T234340Z CREATED:20240115T234034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240115T234340Z UID:1206-1709143200-1709146800@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Heritage Conservation before and after the Beirut Explosion in 2020 DESCRIPTION:Joe Kallas\, Pennsylvania State University \nAzrieli 101\, Carleton University \nCo-sponsored with Carleton College of the Humanities\, Carleton Architecture\, and Carleton Immersive Media Studio URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/heritage-conservation-before-and-after-the-beirut-explosion-in-2020/ CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240206T200000 DTSTAMP:20240115T234249Z CREATED:20240115T233712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240115T234249Z UID:1203-1707246000-1707249600@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Byzantine Music and the Greek Language DESCRIPTION:Alexandros Grammatikopoulos \nTo celebrate International Greek Language Day. \nCarleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre (355 Cooper Street) \nCo-sponsored with Parnassos Ottawa and Carleton College of the Humanities. URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/byzantine-music-and-the-greek-language/ CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240123T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240123T193000 DTSTAMP:20240115T233818Z CREATED:20240115T233409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240115T233818Z UID:1201-1706034600-1706038200@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Theatre and Catharsis as a Tool for Healing; and Foodways of Israel\, Greece\, and Italy DESCRIPTION:Bianca McKeown and Declan O’Meara\, Carleton University \nTwo mini-lectures given by the winner and the runner-up of the 2023 CIMS-Carleton Study Abroad Award. \nPatterson 303\, Carleton University \nCo-sponsored with Carleton College of the Humanities URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/theatre-and-catharsis-as-a-tool-for-healing-and-foodways-of-israel-greece-and-italy/ CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240102 DTSTAMP:20230830T180204Z CREATED:20230830T180141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230830T180204Z UID:1142-1704067200-1704153599@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Mediterranean Foodways / Theatre and Catharsis - DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED DESCRIPTION:Recipients of this year’s CIMS – Carleton Study Abroad Award for Academic Excellence. URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/mediterranean-foodways-theatre-and-catharsis/ CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240102 DTSTAMP:20230830T175749Z CREATED:20230830T175525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230830T175749Z UID:1136-1704067200-1704153599@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Origins of the Chariot - DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED DESCRIPTION:Laura Gagne\, Carleton University URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/origins-of-the-chariot/ CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240102 DTSTAMP:20230830T180541Z CREATED:20230830T040006Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230830T180541Z UID:1140-1704067200-1704153599@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:The Beirut Explosion - DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED DESCRIPTION:Joe Kallas\, University of Pennsylvania URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-beirut-explosion-date-to-be-announced/ CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231119T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231119T150000 DTSTAMP:20230830T175309Z CREATED:20230830T175309Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230830T175309Z UID:1134-1700402400-1700406000@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Rome: Urbs Pensilis: A Hanging City and its Hanging Gardens DESCRIPTION:Lynne Lancaster\, University of Cincinnati \nOrganized by Archaeological Institute of America-Ottawa. Co-sponsored by CIMS-Ottawa. \n303 Paterson Hall URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/rome-urbs-pensilis-a-hanging-city-and-its-hanging-gardens/ LOCATION:In person at Carleton University CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230920T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230920T200000 DTSTAMP:20230830T174308Z CREATED:20230830T174308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230830T174308Z UID:1128-1695236400-1695240000@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Tarpeia\, Warrior and Hero DESCRIPTION:Jaclyn Neel\, Carleton University \nTarpeia is best known as the eponym of the Tarpeian hill and rock\, which is popularly understood as a place from which traitors were executed. This method of execution is explained by the identification of Tarpeia as an archetypal traitor. Looking beyond the ‘canonical’ narratives of Livy and Plutarch\, however\, we see glimpses of a different Tarpeia tradition: one in which Tarpeia did not betray Rome\, but in fact tried to save it. This talk discusses the fragmentary history of this other Tarpeia\, who may have fought in Rome’s earliest army and who appeared to receive cultic worship well into the Roman Republic. \nJaclyn Neel is an Assistant Professor in the Greek and Roman Studies program at Carleton. She received a BA in Classics from Columbia University in 2005 and a combined MA/PhD in Classics and Ancient History from the Collaborative Program in Ancient History at the University of Toronto in 2012. During that time\, she also received a TESL-Canada diploma (2011). Her research centres on Roman mythology and political discourse\, and she is also interested in the afterlife of antiquity. \n300 Paterson Hall\, Carleton University and online with Zoom: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/92978185371 URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/tarpeia-warrior-and-hero/ LOCATION:In person at Carleton University and online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230305T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230305T150000 DTSTAMP:20230117T004012Z CREATED:20230117T003747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230117T004012Z UID:1054-1678024800-1678028400@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:The Improbable Heroine: Lela Karayanni and the British Secret Services in World War II Greece DESCRIPTION:Stylianos Perrakis\, Concordia University \nLela Karayanni was a Greek resistance fighter during World War II. A wife and mother of seven children\, she had no previous experience in politics or military affairs.  Working with British intelligence\, she built a local organization which engaged in espionage\, sabotaged German targets\, and assisted in the escape of Allied prisoners-of-war.   Professor Stylianos Perrakis will give a presentation about his 2022 book titled The Improbable Heroine: Lela Karayanni and the British Secret Services in World War II Greece (DeGruyter\, 2022).\n \nIn person at Carleton University\, Paterson Hall 303\nand\non Zoom: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/93748749961 URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-improbable-heroine-lela-karayanni-and-the-british-secret-services-in-world-war-ii-greece/ LOCATION:In person at Carleton University and online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230214T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230214T200000 DTSTAMP:20230118T144242Z CREATED:20230116T234740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230118T144242Z UID:1045-1676401200-1676404800@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Sappho As Imagined: From Plato's Pillow Book to Lesbian Icon DESCRIPTION:Shane Hawkins\, Carleton University \nThere are few names from antiquity as widely recognized as Sappho\, and few poets whose work has been so consumed with controversy. Her poetry was revered in antiquity\, though reading and appreciating it had already become difficult and the putative details of her private life—and often the outlandish tales about her that may derive from Greek comedy—threatened to overshadow the beauty of her verse even then. This talk explores the long history of (re)imagining Sappho from antiquity until today. As sublime poet\, schoolmistress\, music teacher\, jilted and doomed lover\, feminist heroine and gay role model\, Sappho has been continually re-read and mis-read from the archaic period up to the recent sensational discoveries of new poems and the tabloid-worthy scandals surrounding them. The fragmentary state of her poetry and its powerful emotional content have haunted the imagination of readers for over two and a half millennia. \nin person at Dominion-Chalmers Cultural Centre\, 355 Cooper Street\, Ottawa \nShane Hawkins is Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Studies and Director of the College of Humanities at Carleton University. His research is on ancient Greek literature and historical linguistics. He has published on Homer\, Hesiod\, the Greek lyric poets\, Aristophanes\, and on the ancient Greek language. He is currently writing a commentary on Ancient Greek Iambic Poetry. \nCo-sponsored by the Parnassos Hellenic Cultural Society of Ottawa. \n   URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/sappho-as-imagined-from-platos-pillow-book-to-lesbian-icon/ LOCATION:Dominion Chalmers\, 355 Cooper Street CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230122T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230122T150000 DTSTAMP:20230118T144039Z CREATED:20220715T214223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230118T144039Z UID:891-1674396000-1674399600@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Recent Excavation at the Submerged Harbour at Tyre DESCRIPTION:Ibrahim Noureddine\, Carleton University \nTyre\, located on the eastern Mediterranean coast in modern-day Lebanon\, has a rich history dating back to the 28th century BC. In recent years\, the Honor Frost Foundation has funded an excavation project focused on the old\, submerged breakwater near the harbour. Our team has conducted several excavations at this site to study the submerged structures in more detail and gain a better understanding of the city’s history. The results provide valuable insights into the history of Tyre\, including information about the city’s harbor and its role as a major trade hub. This lecture will discuss the results of work at the site and provide an update on the continuation of the project. Some of the most significant features from the excavations will be highlighted. The lecture will offer a comprehensive overview of the ongoing excavation project at the breakwater near Tyre and provide insight into the rich history and cultural significance of this important Mediterranean city. \nIn person at Woodside Hall\, Dominion-Chalmers Cultural Centre\, 355 Cooper Street\, Ottawa\,\nand\nonline with Zoom: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/96158935842 \nIbrahim Noureddine (Ph.D.)\, is an Archaeologist with research interests in Egyptology\, Maritime Archaeology\, and eastern Mediterranean Bronze and Iron Age Archaeology. Since the Mid 1990’s\, he has actively led and participated in Classical\, Urban and underwater archaeological excavations from the early Bronze\, Middle Bronze and Late Bronze Age periods in Syria: Tell Karma and Tell Kazel; Lebanon: Byblos\, Beirut\, Jiyeh and Tyre. Previously\, he was a member of the Amenhotep III Mortuary Temple excavations at Luxor\, Egypt\, and is currently a member of the Spanish excavation and restoration project at Thutmosis III Mortuary Temple at Luxor\, Egypt. Dr. Noureddine obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Granada\, Spain. URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/recent-excavation-at-the-submerged-harbour-at-tyre/ LOCATION:In person at Dominion-Chalmers Cultural Centre and online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230115T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230115T150000 DTSTAMP:20220715T213501Z CREATED:20220715T213321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220715T213501Z UID:886-1673791200-1673794800@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:When Jordanian Ancient Stones Talk DESCRIPTION:Maysoon Al Nahar\, University of Jordan \nCo-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America. \nOnline with Zoom. URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/when-jordanian-ancient-stones-talk/ LOCATION:Online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221127T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221127T150000 DTSTAMP:20221121T163126Z CREATED:20220715T211539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221121T163126Z UID:873-1669557600-1669561200@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Scratching the Surface: Reflections on a First Campaign to Digitally Record Graffiti at Philae DESCRIPTION:Nicholas Hedley\, Department of Geography\, Simon Fraser University \nIn this talk\, I share my experiences working at the Temple of Isis at Philae\, in Southern Egypt. During the Fall 2021 campaign\, I began evaluating the capability and suitability of spatial digital recording methods to capture graffiti\, and the morphological context of the structures they were found in at Philae. This resulted in a new collection of digital recordings\, across multiple scales\, from which an initial set of new wall plans were produced. I will present and discuss the challenges to record the complex surfaces of the Mammisi at Philae\, and opportunities to advance the way we build wall plans informed by an emerging ideology of spatial reality capture. \nCo-sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America. \nIn person at the University of Ottawa: Desmarais Hall (DMS1120)\, 55 Laurier Avenue East. URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/on-egypt/ LOCATION:University of Ottawa\, Ottawa CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221120T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221120T150000 DTSTAMP:20221106T004856Z CREATED:20220715T211258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221106T004856Z UID:871-1668952800-1668956400@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Entangled Histories of Architecture\, Environment\, and Inhabitants in Ottoman Istanbul DESCRIPTION:Gül Kale\, School of Art History\, Carleton University \nIn person at Carleton University (Paterson Hall\, Room 303) and online with Zoom: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/92751544273. \nGül Kale\, Assistant Professor of History and Theory of Architecture at Carleton University\, is an architectural historian and trained as an architect.  Her areas of focus are the early modern Ottoman empire\, cross-cultural and global histories and theories of design\, and the built environment in the wider Mediterranean world and the Middle East.  Her published and forthcoming work ranges from the relationship between architectural practice\, mathematical knowledge\, and social affairs in imperial Istanbul to the link between architecture and music in early modern societies. URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/entangled-histories/ LOCATION:In person at Carleton University and online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221016T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221016T150000 DTSTAMP:20221005T132829Z CREATED:20220715T211025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221005T132829Z UID:869-1665928800-1665932400@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Soldiers and Civilians in Roman Arabia: The Evolution of Roman and Nabataean Relations at Humayma (Jordan) DESCRIPTION:Barbara Reeves\, Department of Classics\, Queen’s University \nIn the early second century CE the Roman Empire annexed the Nabataean Kingdom and transformed it into their new Province of Arabia. Immediately thereafter the Romans built a major fort on the desert trade routes next to the Nabataean town of Hawara (modern Humamya). This lecture will present archaeological evidence for the nature of the evolving relations between soldiers and civilians at this site over the next four centuries. \nBarbara Reeves is an Associate Professor in Classics and Cultural Studies at Queen’s University. Her research focuses on the Roman and Nabataean Near East and particularly on the relations between soldiers and civilians. She has been excavating in Jordan since 1995 and has directed archaeological projects at Humayma and Wadi Ramm. \nIn person at Carleton University (Paterson 303) and online with Zoom. \nZoom link: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/95800258329 URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/soldiers-and-civilians-in-roman-arabia/ LOCATION:In person at Carleton University and online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220925T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220925T150000 DTSTAMP:20220907T145024Z CREATED:20220715T210602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220907T145024Z UID:864-1664114400-1664118000@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Ancient Bronzes at the Uffizi in Florence: From the Collection of the Grand Dukes to the First Public Museum DESCRIPTION:Cristiana Zaccagnino\, Department of Classics\, Queen’s University \nProfessor Zaccagnino is jointly appointed with the Department of Languages\, Literatures\, and Cultures and associated with Cultural Studies. She is the sole author of three books on topics of Greek archaeology and on the collections of ancient bronzes of the Medici and Lorena in Florence\, and the co-author of two books\, as well as numerous articles on Greek\, Etruscan and Roman civilisations. She has been teaching Italian language acquisition courses and courses on Italian literature since 2007. She is interested in the reception and use of Classical tradition in Italian culture (literature\, art and the politics) from the Middle Ages to our current days. \nIn person at Dominion-Chalmers Cultural Center\, Carleton University\, and online with Zoom. \nZoom link:  https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/94420917039 URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/ancient-bronzes-at-the-uffizi/ LOCATION:In person at Dominion-Chalmers Cultural Centre and online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220424T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220424T150000 DTSTAMP:20220419T231129Z CREATED:20220419T230351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220419T231129Z UID:811-1650808800-1650812400@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Getting Blood from a Stone: Excavations at a Paleolithic Oasis in Azraq\, Northwest Jordan DESCRIPTION:April Nowell\, Associate Professor\, University of Victoria \n \nOver the millenia\, Azraq\, NW Jordan\, has borne witness to multiple migrations of early human ancestors including Homo erectus and Neandertals\, many of whom left behind clues about their ways of life in an often challenging environment. One particularly rich archaeological locale is the 250\,000 year-old Shishan Marsh site in southern Azraq. Based on studies of the inhabitants’ stone tools (some with blood residue still on them!) and the diverse strategies they used to hunt and scavenge their prey\, it was discovered that these early humans were surprisingly sophisticated technologically\, socially and cognitively. \nDr. April Nowell is a Paleolithic archaeologist and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Victoria. She directs an international team of scientists in the study of Lower and Middle Paleolithic sites in Jordan She directs an international team of researcher in the study of Lower and Middle Paleolithic sites in Jordon and is known for her publications on cognitive archaeology\, Paleolithic art\, the Archaeology of children\, and the relationship between science\, pop culture and the media. She is the author of Growing up in the Ice Age (2021) \nZoom link: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/98290723721 \nPresented under the patronage of the Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan\, and in collaboration with the College of the Humanities of Carleton University. URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/getting-blood-from-a-stone/ LOCATION:Online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220220T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220220T150000 DTSTAMP:20220208T035122Z CREATED:20220103T045754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T035122Z UID:475-1645365600-1645369200@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:The Kingdom of Kadmos: Research at Ancient Eleon in Central Greece DESCRIPTION:Dr. Brendan Burke\, Andrew W. Mellon Professor\, American School of Classical Studies at Athens; Professor Greek and Roman Studies\, University of Victoria \n \nThe talk will present the results of the excavations by the Canadian Institute in Greece in collaboration with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Boeotia from 2012–2018. The site of Eleon had never been explored archaeologically before this work. We have discovered a cemetery of the Early Mycenaean period (ca. 1600 BCE)\, a late Helladic settlement (1200–1100 BCE) and evidence for an Archaic–Classical period sanctuary. \nBrendan Burke is a former interim Academic Director of the Canadian Institute in Greece\, he continues to serve on the Board of Directors and chairs the Survey and Excavation Committee and the Vision and Mission Committee. While completing his PhD at UCLA he spent three years in Greece\, excavating at Corinth\, on Methana\, and working at the Phrygian capital of Gordion in central Turkey\, focussing on the economics of cloth production in the Minoan\, Mycenaean\, Phrygian worlds\, spanning the Bronze Age through the Iron Age. Since 2007\, he has been co–directing the EasternBoeotia Archaeological Project in central Greece\, leading the excavation at ancient Eleon which spans the early Mycenaean period through the Medieval age. This talk will present the most recent results from excavation and survey between 2017–2021. \nZoom link: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/95404311966 URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-kingdom-of-kadmos-research-at-ancient-eleon-in-central-greece/ LOCATION:Online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220203T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220203T200000 DTSTAMP:20220208T035155Z CREATED:20220201T133906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T035155Z UID:555-1643914800-1643918400@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Understanding Jerusalem: The Holy City and Why it Matters DESCRIPTION:Dr. Darby’s presentation will draw upon historical and cultural context to explain the impact of archaeology in Jerusalem on various people groups and religious traditions\, helping to elucidate why archaeological exploration continues to be intertwined with international politics\, nationalism\, and cultural identity. \nErin Darby is an Associate Professor of Early Judaism and Faculty Director of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships at the University of Tennessee. She has worked as an archaeologist in Israel since 2003 and in Jordan since 2008\, and her research has taken her to Egypt\, Syria\, and Turkey as well. In addition to her other scholarly work\, Dr. Darby has an interest in the way archaeological sites–like Jerusalem– feature in modern political decision-making and soft diplomacy and how archaeology intersects with nationalism\, tourism\, and local economies. \nOrganised by The Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies and the College of the Humanities of Carleton University. \nOnline Zoom lecture; pre-registration required. \nTo register: https://carleton.ca/jewishstudies/registration-understanding-jerusalem-the-holy-city-and-why-it-matters/ URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/understanding-jerusalem-the-holy-city-and-why-it-matters/ CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220116T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220116T150000 DTSTAMP:20220208T003531Z CREATED:20220103T045310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T003531Z UID:473-1642341600-1642345200@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Incense and the Nativity Cycle on the Sion Treasure Censer DESCRIPTION:Dr. John Osborne\, Distinguished Research Professor and Dean emeritus\, Carleton University \nWhat is incense? Where does it come from? What was its role in early Christianity and why was this considered controversial by contemporary theologians? Why and when did incense burners become important liturgical instruments\, often made from precious metals such as gold and silver? And how does their decoration reflect their function? These and other related questions will be addressed in a talk that takes as its starting point a remarkable gilded silver incense burner discovered at Kumluca in south-western Turkey\, part of the so-called Sion treasure\, datable by its control stamps to approximately the year 565 CE\, and now in the Antalya Museum. The censer is decorated with scenes related to the account of the birth of Jesus contained in a second-century apocryphal text known as the Protoevangelium of James. \nJohn Osborne is Distinguished Research Professor and Dean Emeritus at Carleton University\, and an Associate Fellow and Member of the Academic Council of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto. He is currently also a Research Fellow at the Courtauld Institute of Art\, University of London\, where he received his doctorate in 1979. His recent publications include Rome in the Eighth Century: a history in art (Cambridge University Press 2020)\, and a co-edited volume Santa Maria Antiqua: The Sistine Chapel of the Early Middle Ages (Brepols/Harvey Miller Press 2021). \nZoom link: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/99256715293 URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/incense-and-the-nativity-cycle-on-the-sion-treasure-censer/ LOCATION:Online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211107T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211107T150000 DTSTAMP:20220207T223017Z CREATED:20210918T235943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T223017Z UID:220-1636293600-1636297200@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Heroes on the Move: Greek Heroes in the Hellenistic World DESCRIPTION:Amanda Herring\, Department of Art and Art History\, Loyola Marymount University \nHeroes were a key part of the cultural imperialism of Alexander and his successors\, who brought the cults and myths of Greek heroes to the territories they conquered\, actively connecting them with local gods and founding sites for their worship. Following their conquests\, heroes\, their cults\, and images were well established across the Hellenistic east. Yet\, the Hellenistic heroes differed from those of earlier periods\, with new methods of depiction and characterization\, and many of the most widely worshipped and depicted heroes of the Hellenistic period were not the same as in earlier periods and in the Greek cities of the mainland. Herakles did maintain his position as the most popular hero. Inscriptions honoring Herakles have been found in Ai Khanoum in Bactria\, and images of the hero have been at a number of sites in central Asia. A relief of Herakles decorated the tumulus at Nemrud Dağ\, and his exploits were popular subjects on architectural sculpture produced elsewhere in Anatolia. It does not appear\, however\, that Herakles was popular because he was the ultimate Greek hero\, but rather because of his status as a wandering hero. His travels and exploits could be connected to various locations\, allowing for the establishment of specifically local cults and myths. Many of the other popular heroes in the period also fit the mould of the wandering hero. For instance\, reliefs commemorating the cult of Bellerophon have been found at Aphrodisias\, and his images have been found in Bactria. Jason\, Medea\, and Ariadne also enjoyed widespread popularity. This lecture will examine how these heroes were depicted in art and the evidence for where and how they were worshipped. It will consider how heroes were transformed from tools of conquest to loci of local identity and cult\, focusing on the changed role of heroes in the Hellenistic period\, and how modifications to the character and stories of the heroes served the local populations of the Hellenistic east. \nAmanda Herring received her BA in Art History and Classical Archaeology from Dartmouth College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from UCLA.  At Loyola Marymount she teaches courses on the art and architecture of the ancient world. With a specialization in Hellenistic Greece\, her research explores how architecture and sculpture were used as expression of cultural and ideological identities in a period of rapid social and political change.  In particular\, she has examined the Temple of Hekate at Lagina\, the Temple of Artemis at Magnesia on the Meander\, and the statue of the Barberini Faun.  Her research also examines the reception of the classical past in the modern world\, and recent publications have focused on the history of archaeology in 19th century Ottoman Empire. URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/heroes-on-the-move/ LOCATION:Online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211104T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211104T200000 DTSTAMP:20220717T013036Z CREATED:20210918T235507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220717T013036Z UID:215-1636052400-1636056000@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:The Life and Death of Tombs: The Excavation of the Mycenaean Cemetery at Ayia Sotira in the Nemea Valley\, Greece DESCRIPTION:Dr. R. Angus K. Smith\, Brock University\n\nFrom 2006 to 2008 an international team conducted archaeological excavations at the threatened late Bronze Age site of Ayia Sotira near Nemea\, Greece.  These excavations saved a cemetery of Mycenaean tombs from looting and revealed new information about the complex mortuary rituals that surrounded the use and reuse of communal tombs during the 14th and 13th centuries BCE. This talk will describe the excavations and what these tombs revealed\, and put them in the larger context of death in Mycenaean Greece. \n\n\nDr. R Angus K. Smith is Associate Professor of Greek Archeology with the Classics Department of Brock University; he holds his degrees from Dartmouth College\, Cambridge University (M.Phil) and Bryn Mawr College (MA\, PhD). His research interests are Greek archaeology\, Aegean prehistory\, ceramic analysis and mortuary analysis.  He is currently Associate Director of excavations at the Minoan town of Gournia on Crete\, and he was Co-Director of the recently completed Ayia Sotira excavation project at Nemea.  Professor Smith is the 2018 recipient of the Brock University Faculty of Humanities Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity.  He was President of the Canadian Institute in Greece and is President of the Niagara Peninsula Society of the Archaeological Institute of America. \nPresented jointly by the Ottawa and Toronto Chapters. URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/life-and-death-of-tombs/ LOCATION:Online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter,Toronto Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211024T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211024T150000 DTSTAMP:20220208T004326Z CREATED:20210918T235204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T004326Z UID:212-1635084000-1635087600@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Unpicking Dido's Weaving: Aeneas' Carthaginian Cloak DESCRIPTION:Aven McMaster\, Professor Emerita of Thorneloe University and Instructor at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax\n\nThe purple cloak worn by Aeneas\, woven by Dido\, in lines 4.261-4 of the Aeneid\, has connections to Homeric and Hellenistic epic\, Greek tragedy\, Roman lyric and elegiac poetry\, and Horace’s Epodes. This lecture will explore the rich resonances of this passage in the Aeneid\, and show that these connections combine to imply that Dido has woven this cloak as an attempt to play the role of a good Roman wife\, but that her attempt is undercut by mistakes in her choices of literary and mythical models. This both emphasizes her perception of the relationship with Aeneas as a marriage and undermines its legitimacy in the eyes of a Roman reader\, supporting Aeneas’ choice to leave her. \n\n\nDr. Aven McMaster received her B.A.\, M.A.\, and Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Toronto. She was an Associate Professor in the Ancient Studies Department at Thorneloe University\, federated with Laurentian University\, until the university was forced to close this spring because of Laurentian’s financial difficulties. She is currently teaching courses at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. Her specialization is Latin poetry\, especially of the late Republic and Augustan periods\, and its connections to the patron-client system of Rome and related concerns over gratitude\, obligation\, and status. She has also published on ancient sexuality and modern reception of the classical world. She is an active public scholar: she is the co-host of a podcast on language and history (The Endless Knot Podcast) and helps produce videos for a related YouTube channel on etymology. Most recently\, she has been considering issues around Indigenization and Classics. \nPDF poster URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/unpicking-dido/ LOCATION:Online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210914T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210914T200000 DTSTAMP:20220717T012904Z CREATED:20210918T234921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220717T012904Z UID:208-1631646000-1631649600@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Dante and Theology in Vico’s Philosophy of History DESCRIPTION:Domenico Pietropaolo\, Professor Emeritus\, University of Toronto \n \nIn Vico’s theory of the Ideal Eternal History of civilization\, Dante appears as the Homer of the late Middle-Ages\, which Vico regarded as a typological return of the heroic age of the ancient Mediterranean in Christian Europe. A central principle of Vico’s philosophy of history is that\, in the creative imagination of every age\, poetry and metaphysics\, including theology\, are inversely related. Vico knew that this principle was at odds with Dante’s Commedia\, in which one could not easily separate poetry from theology or metaphysics without dissolving away the text itself. He struggled with the problem for a long time\, periodically revisiting details of it as he elaborated both his philosophy of history and his theory of the creative imagination. In this lecture we shall examine salient aspects of his ongoing reflection on the Commedia and his chief arguments for a general hermeneutic grounded in the idea of a Christian ricorso of the poetic age of the ancient Mediterranean. \nProfessor Domenico Pietropaolo was President of CIMS for several years.  He is professor of Italian literature and theatrical studies at the University of Toronto\,  where he was also director of the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama and the Department of Italian Studies as well as Dean of St. Michael’s College. His main interests are the dramaturgy of staging and the study of theatrical processes\, medieval Italian literature\, modern theatre and Futurism.  His main publications include the volumes Semiotics of the Christian Imagination\, Semiotics and Pragmatic of Stage Improvisations and Dante studies in the Age of Vico and numerous essays on literary and theatrical history. URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/dante-and-theology/ LOCATION:Online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter,Toronto Chapter END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR