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SUMMARY:The Yahweh of the South: The Site of Kuntillet 'Ajrud and its Controversial Connection with the Northern Kingdom of Israel
DESCRIPTION:Cristiana Conti\, York University \n \nThe epigraphic findings of Kuntillet ‘Ajrud\, a 9th-8th century BCE site at the intersection of several land routes that connected Sinai to the major trade networks of the time\, reveal the existence of “Yhwh of Teman\,” a southern manifestation of the cult of Yahweh.  The travelers and merchants who paused their journey at this site worshiped this version of Yahweh alongside a northern one\, whose principal temple was most likely located in Samaria\, then the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel.  Interestingly\, Kuntillet ‘Ajrud\, although located in southeast Sinai\, was culturally and politically affiliated with the Northern Kingdom rather than Judah.  This lecture will review the epigraphic and archaeological evidence found at Kuntillet ‘Ajrud and evaluate the merits of the site’s association with the Northern Kingdom of Israel but also its underlying and distinctive cultural identity.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-yahweh-of-the-south-the-site-of-kuntillet-ajrud-and-its-controversial-connection-with-the-northern-kingdom-of-israel/
LOCATION:Online with Zoom
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201210T190000
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SUMMARY:Ancient Synagogues in the Galilee and Golan Heights
DESCRIPTION:Amit Rozenblum\, Site Conservator\, Israel Antiquities Authority \n \nThe synagogue was created as a physical place of worship because at a specific point in history the survival of the Jewish faith depended on it.  What contributed to the appearance of synagogues in the Jewish religion? To answer the question\, this lecture will go through the historical events\, the necessary changes to Jewish laws\, and the new Jewish leadership leading to the emergence of the synagogue.  To do this we will learn about the unique architectural features of the first type of synagogues in the Galilee and the Golan Heights as we examine four case studies and learn about the conservation work that took place in them.  They were part of the first kind of conservation project of ancient synagogues in the Galilee and the Golan Heights led by the speaker in 2013-2014.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/ancient-synagogues-in-the-galilee-and-golan-heights/
LOCATION:Online with Zoom
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20201118T200000
DTSTAMP:20220717T012305Z
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SUMMARY:Portraits of a Forgotten Kingdom: Tayanat Sculptures and Other Recent Discoveries on the Plain of Antioch in Southeastern Turkey
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Timothy Harrison\, Professor\, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations\, University of Toronto \n \nThe remains of a series of majestic sculptures have been uncovered during the University of Toronto’s ongoing excavations at Tell Tayinat (ancient Kunulua)\, royal city of the Neo–Hittite Kingdom of Palastin/Walastin\, located in the North Orontes Valley\, southeastern Turkey. The sculptures\, found carefully deposited in the vicinity of a monumental gate leading to the site’s upper mound\, or citadel\, include the head and torsos of male and female figures\, the latter intentionally—possibly ritually—defaced in antiquity\, a winged bull andsphinx\, and a magnificently carved lion figure. The sculptures date to the early 9th century BCE\, and they are identified in inscriptions as the representations of important royal figures in the ruling Neo–Hittite dynasty at Tayinat\, contemporary rivals of the Phoenicians and biblical Israelites to the south. The discovery of the Tayinat sculptures accentuates the remarkable sculptural tradition of the Iron Age communities of Syro–Anatolia\, and highlights the innovative role these communities played in thebroader cultural and political ferment witnessed in the eastern Mediterranean during the early centuries of the first millennium BCE. This illustrated lecture will present these extraordinary sculptures and other recent discoveries of the Tayinat Archaeological Project (TAP) excavations and contextualize these discoveries within the broader cultural milieu of the early first millennium eastern Mediterranean world.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/portraits-of-a-forgotten-kingdom-tayanat-sculptures-and-other-recent-discoveries-on-the-plain-of-antioch-in-southeastern-turkey/
LOCATION:Online with Zoom
CATEGORIES:Ottawa Chapter,Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201015T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20201015T200000
DTSTAMP:20220717T012135Z
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UID:106-1602788400-1602792000@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Going Somewhere? Migration and Economic Mobility in the Roman West
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jeffrey Easton\nLecturer\, Department of Classics\, University of Toronto \n \nUnderstanding patterns of migration and geographical mobility is as essential for the study of ancient societies as it is for contemporary ones. An awareness of such demographic patterns in the history of the Roman empire illuminates a broad spectrum of social issues\, including the character of regional labor markets and economies and decisions by individual families about how best to pursue social and economic advancement. Scholarly interest in this area of Roman social history has increased in recent years\, though the research needs new data-sets that allow for the systematic study of fundamental questions.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/going-somewhere-migration-and-economic-mobility-in-the-roman-west/
LOCATION:Online with Zoom
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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UID:425-1582308000-1582311600@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:More than Just Mosaics: The Ancient Synagogue at Huqoq in Israel's Galilee
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jodi Magness\, University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill \nSince 2011\, Dr. Magness has directed excavations at Huqoq (www.huqoq.org)\, an ancient Jewish village located approximately three miles west of Capernaum and Migdal (Magdala) in Israel’s Galilee. The excavations have been bringing to light a monumental\, Late Roman (early fifth century C.E.) synagogue paved with stunning mosaics depicting a variety of biblical scenes and the first non-biblical story ever discovered decorating an ancient synagogue. This lecture will focus on the excavations at Huqoq. The excavations are cosponsored by the University of Toronto with donations from CIMS (Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies). \nCo-sponsored by the Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies\, Carleton University.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/more-than-just-mosaics-the-ancient-synagogue-at-huqoq-in-israels-galilee/
LOCATION:Royal Ontario Museum\, South Entrance\, 100 Queens Park\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200116T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200116T201500
DTSTAMP:20220717T011302Z
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SUMMARY:The Castrati\, Then and Now
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Guillaume Bernardi\, York University \nThe castrati singers were probably the most striking feature of Italian Opera during the Baroque era\, and to this day we still remember the names of singers like Farinelli or Senesino.  The practice of mutilating boys for the sake of musical virtuosity\, however\, quickly disappeared with the end of the Ancien Régime.  With the revival of Early Music in the middle of the 20th century\, many attempts have been made to reinvent the angel voice of the castrati. This lecture will first evoke the extraordinary world of the castrati and then examine how their voice has been recreated for the opera stage of today.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-age-of-the-castrati-in-europe/
LOCATION:Carr Hall\, University of St. Michael’s College\,\, 100 St. Joseph Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191205T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191205T201500
DTSTAMP:20220717T011153Z
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UID:429-1575573300-1575576900@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Physiognomy in the Ancient World
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Callie Callon\, University of St. Michael’s College \nAncient physiognomic thought held that there was an important and revelatory correlation between the body and the soul or character of an individual. The practice of “decoding” the body as a means of discerning a person’s true merit (for better or worse) was widespread and used in the rhetorical realm as both encomium and invective. Early Christian authors were no different from their counterparts in this regard. This lecture will discuss how physiognomic thought informed their characterizations of theological opponents as well as those they wished to praise.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/physiognomy-in-the-ancient-world/
LOCATION:Carr Hall\, University of St. Michael’s College\,\, 100 St. Joseph Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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UID:431-1573154100-1573157700@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:The Sicilian Legacy of Modern Europe
DESCRIPTION:Damiano Pietropaolo\, writer and broadcaster \nAt the turn of the 12th century\, an orphaned child king by the name of Frederick would sneak out from the Royal Palace and venture into the piazzas and markets of Palermo to play with local children. Young Frederick would grow up to be the most feared and revered of Holy Roman Emperors. He was of German and Sicilian stock\, and embodied the conflict between the Germanic North and the Mediterranean south: a conflict that still plagues Europe today. History would remember him as a visionary in the transition of the Middle Ages into the modern world. In his own times\, he was known as Stupor Mundi: “the Wonder of the World”. The latter is also the name of Damiano Pietropaolo’s latest work: a documentary on the life of Frederick II in the context of an increasingly fragile Europe. \nDamiano Pietropaolo is an award winning writer/broadcaster\, director\, translator\, and educator with an extensive background in senior management in the arts. In a career spanning over 30 years with CBC Radio\, as documentary and drama producer as well as in management\, he has garnered a number of national and international awards for his work\, including the B’nai Brith award for human rights programming\, three Gabriels as drama director\, and World Medals and Silver Medals at the New York Festivals\, also as director. His sound poem\, A Red Rocket to the Old World\, received a special mention at the Prix Italia\, Venice\, 2006. As head of Radio Arts & Entertainment at CBC Radio\, Damiano revitalized literary programming and established partnerships between the public broadcaster and external collaborators such as theatres\, publishers and other cultural institutions from across the country\, and internationally. \nHis translations include selections from Italian Renaissance drama and dramatic theory (Sources of Dramatic Theory\, Volume 1\, Cambridge University Press\, 1991); Ugo Betti’s The Queen and the Rebels (Pro Arte Productions\, Toronto\, 1997); The Fellini Radio Plays\, translated and adapted for the stage from radio plays by Federico Fellini (Stratford Festival 2002). His play\, Love Letters from the Empty Bed\, adapted from Ovid’s Heroides\, was presented at the Glenn Morris Studio Theatre and the Canadian Opera Company’s Bradshaw Amphitheatre (2012). \nDamiano Pietropaolo also served as artistic consultant for the founding of Luminato\, Toronto’s international festival of arts and creativity\, and was adjunct professor and associate member at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama\, Theatre and Performance Studies (2000-2010). \nHis most recent documentary\, The Wonder of the World\, was broadcast by CBC Radio’s Ideas (2014). He lectures widely on contemporary fiction and film. \nPresented by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Toronto in collaboration with CIMS Toronto.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-sicilian-legacy-of-modern-europe/
LOCATION:Carr Hall\, University of St. Michael’s College\,\, 100 St. Joseph Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191010T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191010T201500
DTSTAMP:20220717T010624Z
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UID:433-1570734900-1570738500@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Queens Regnant of Jerusalem
DESCRIPTION:Samantha Summers\, University of Toronto \nPopular depictions of the Crusades lead us to assume that to be powerful during the Crusades was to wield a sword.  However\, power in the Kingdom of Jerusalem was much more nuanced.  This diverse kingdom was home to five queens who inherited their thrones and expressed their power in ways that did not always reflect rulership a we might expect it to exist in the Levant during the 12th and 13th centuries.  This talk will explore the varies and sometimes surprising ways in which these five queens ruled their kingdom and exprssed thier power: through war\, negotiation\, and wits.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/queens-regnant-of-jerusalem/
LOCATION:Carr Hall\, University of St. Michael’s College\,\, 100 St. Joseph Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190919T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190919T201500
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UID:435-1568920500-1568924100@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Italian Printing in the Kelly Library
DESCRIPTION:Noel S. McFerran\, Theology and Rare Books Librarian\, University of St. Michael’s College \nThe Kelly Library at the University of St. Michael’s College holds a wonderful collection of rare and interesting examples of Italian printing. This illustrated presentation will look at some of these treasures including a 1475 printing of Augustine’s City of God\, an early printed edition of Dante’s Divine Comedy\, and later works with beautiful engravings. We will consider how developments in the art of printing produced works which continue to stimulate and entertain.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/italian-printing-in-the-kelly-library/
LOCATION:Carr Hall\, University of St. Michael’s College\,\, 100 St. Joseph Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190314T191500
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SUMMARY:The Rise of the University: A Medieval Institution
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Peter O’Hagan\, University of St. Michael’s College  \n \nFrom the twelfth to thirteenth centuries\, there arose in Italy and France an educational environment in which law\, theology\, and medicine became the goal of higher education through the rediscovery of the classical\, Graeco–Roman past and its more recent Arabic and Jewish interpreters. This talk will set out the development of the university\, its relationship to the political\, educational\, and intellectual developments occurring in Italy and France\, and its rise to importance in the medieval world and beyond\, as one of the most enduring legacies of the European Middle Ages.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-rise-of-the-university-a-medieval-institution/
LOCATION:Carr Hall\, University of St. Michael’s College\,\, 100 St. Joseph Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190214T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190214T201500
DTSTAMP:20220717T010456Z
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UID:439-1550171700-1550175300@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Clara in natura\, clarior in fama\, clarissima in gratia: Clare of  Assisi and Feminine Holiness in Later Medieval Europe
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Alison More\, University of St. Michael’s College \nWhen writing her biography\, Clare of Assisi described herself as “Clare unworthy servant of Christ and the little shoot of the most blessed father Francis.” These same images were repeatedly used to portray the virgin of Assisi as humble\, obedient and faithful to the original Franciscan vision. From the thirteenth century onwards\, virtues that have been regarded as traditionally feminine (such as chastity\, beauty and purity) were associated with Clare. While this model persisted throughout the later medieval and early modern periods\, it steadily and progressively took on other characteristics reflecting both social and spiritual change.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/clara-in-natura-clarior-in-fama-clarissima-in-gratia-clare-of-assisi-and-feminine-holiness-in-later-medieval-europe/
LOCATION:Carr Hall\, University of St. Michael’s College\,\, 100 St. Joseph Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190117T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190117T201500
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SUMMARY:The Garden of the World: Victorian Visions of Italy
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Stephen Tardif\, University of St. Michael’s College \nThis presentation will offer an overview of the role that the Italian peninsula played in the imaginative geography of Victorian culture. At once a repository of cultural treasures as well as the redoubt of both backward (but alluring) religion and Mediterranean passion\, Italy\, for the Victorians\, was simultaneously pagan\, papist\, and cosmopolitan. This talk will explore the dynamics of this Victorian form of “occidentalism\,” with special attention to pivotal literary figures such as the Brownings and George Eliot.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-garden-of-the-world-victorian-visions-of-italy-2/
LOCATION:Carr Hall\, University of St. Michael’s College\,\, 100 St. Joseph Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181206T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181206T201500
DTSTAMP:20220717T010406Z
CREATED:20211102T153928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220717T010406Z
UID:450-1544123700-1544127300@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:The Psalm Homilies of Origen: Third-Century Christian Paideia in Caesarea Maritima
DESCRIPTION:John Solheid\, University of St. Michael’s College \nThis lecture will explore the evidence of advanced Christian education found in a recently discovered manuscript containing a collection of Origen of Alexandria’s homilies on the Psalms. These homilies\, preached in Caesarea Maritima during the middle of the third century\, provide important evidence for the textual practices and theological problems that occupied the attention of a teacher and his students in an early Christian learning community. At the same time\, as homilies\, they reveal how an early Christian preacher presented these issues of his academy to his broader\, non-generalized audience\, in order to educate them in Christian teaching and practice. The homilies thus reflect the interplay between an early Christian academy and the broader Christian community. \nCo–sponsored by the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/origen-and-third-century-christian-education-in-caesarea-maritima/
LOCATION:Carr Hall\, University of St. Michael’s College\,\, 100 St. Joseph Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181115T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181115T201500
DTSTAMP:20220717T010339Z
CREATED:20211102T154143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220717T010339Z
UID:452-1542309300-1542312900@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:How Old is the City of Florence?
DESCRIPTION:Dr. McKenzie Lewis\, University of Waterloo \nIt is commonly accepted that the city of Florence\, the cultural heart and first capital of unified Italy\, was founded by Julius Caesar in the 40s B.C.E. and settled as a colony shortly afterward by Rome’s first emperor Augustus. This orthodox view of the city’s foundation by a strong imperial Rome\, drawn from a fourth century Latin text\, took on ideological importance in the 1940s and 1950s. However\, a much earlier date for the birth of Florence is now possible to be shown. In this provocative talk drawn from his Distinguished Dissertation Award research\, Dr. McKenzie Lewis draws together a variety of evidence\, ranging from ancient inscriptions and Latin manuscripts to rescue excavations in Florence’s city center\, to re-date Florence’s foundation.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/excavations-in-northern-tuscanys-arno-river-valley/
LOCATION:Carr Hall\, University of St. Michael’s College\,\, 100 St. Joseph Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181025T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181025T201500
DTSTAMP:20220717T010244Z
CREATED:20211102T154302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220717T010244Z
UID:454-1540494900-1540498500@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:The Alphabet: Mother of Invention
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Robert Logan\, University of Toronto  \nWestern thought patterns are highly abstract\, compared with Eastern. There developed in the West\, and only in the West\, a group of innovations that constitute the basis of Western thought. These include (in addition to the alphabet) codified law\, monotheism\, abstract science\, formal logic\, and individualism. All of these innovations\, including the alphabet\, arose within the very narrow geographic zone between the Tigris-Euphrates river system and the Aegean Sea\, and within the very narrow time frame between 2000 B.C. and 500 B.C. This is not considered to be an accident. While not suggesting a direct causal connection between the alphabet and the other innovations\, it is claimed that the phonetic alphabet played a particularly dynamic role within this constellation of events and provided the ground or framework for the mutual development of these innovations. The effects of the alphabet and the abstract\, logical\, systematic thought that it\, encouraged explains why abstract science began in the West and not the East\, despite the much greater technological sophistication of the Chinese.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-alphabet-mother-of-invention/
LOCATION:Carr Hall\, University of St. Michael’s College\,\, 100 St. Joseph Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180920T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180920T201500
DTSTAMP:20220717T010058Z
CREATED:20211102T154445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220717T010058Z
UID:456-1537470900-1537474500@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Popes and Zionists: The Transnational Roman Catholic  Church and the Palestine Question
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Adrian Ciani\, St. Augustine’s Seminary and Seneca College \nThis talk examines Roman Catholic attitudes on the rise of political Zionism\, and looks specifically at the advocacy of American Catholics on this question\, who I argue took a leading role in the Vatican’s advocacy on this issue. The talk begins with the visits of the very first Zionists to the Vatican\, and traces the issue through the First World War\, the interwar period and the Holocaust. Essentially\, the talk examines transnational Catholic responses to Zionism in the period before the creation of Israel in 1948.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/popes-and-zionists-the-transnational-roman-catholic-church-and-the-palestine-question/
LOCATION:Carr Hall\, University of St. Michael’s College\,\, 100 St. Joseph Street\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180215T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180215T201500
DTSTAMP:20220207T231049Z
CREATED:20220207T231049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T231049Z
UID:582-1518722100-1518725700@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Islands and Identities: The Sea Peoples in Egyptian Sources
DESCRIPTION:Taylor Bryanne Woodcock\, University of Toronto
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/islands-and-identities-the-sea-peoples-in-egyptian-sources/
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180118T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180118T201500
DTSTAMP:20220207T230915Z
CREATED:20220207T230915Z
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UID:580-1516302900-1516306500@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Analyzing the Origins of a Decorated Icon
DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Moss\, University of Toronto
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/all-that-glitters-is-not-gold-analyzing-the-origins-of-a-decorated-icon/
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171116T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171116T201500
DTSTAMP:20220208T035417Z
CREATED:20220207T230711Z
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UID:578-1510859700-1510863300@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Roman Colonization and the Agricultural Economy: Excavations at the Villa del Vergigno (Montelupo Fiorentino\, Tuscany)
DESCRIPTION:McKenzie Lewis\, Adjunct Professor\, University of Wyoming
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/roman-colonization-and-the-agricultural-economy-excavations-at-the-villa-del-vergigno-montelupo-fiorentino-tuscany/
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20171019T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20171019T201500
DTSTAMP:20220208T003724Z
CREATED:20220207T230451Z
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UID:575-1508440500-1508444100@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Who Will Save Us?: The Spread of Muslim Millenerian Identities in the Early Modern Mediterranean
DESCRIPTION:Abdullah Farooqui\, University of Toronto
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/who-will-save-us-the-spread-of-muslim-millenerian-identities-in-the-early-modern-mediterranean/
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170914T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170914T201500
DTSTAMP:20220208T004218Z
CREATED:20220207T230230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T004218Z
UID:573-1505416500-1505420100@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Violence in the Ancient Jewish Novellas: Judith and Aseneth as Models of Response towards Violence
DESCRIPTION:Andrew Knight-Messenger\, Adjunct Professor\, King’s University College
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/violence-in-the-ancient-jewish-novellas-judith-and-aseneth-as-models-of-response-towards-violence/
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170405T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170405T200000
DTSTAMP:20220208T010447Z
CREATED:20220207T234248Z
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UID:594-1491418800-1491422400@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Xenocracy: State\, Class and Colonialism in the Ionian Islands\, 1815-1864
DESCRIPTION:Michalis Sotiropoulos\, University of Toronto \nBook launch of the work by Sakis Gekas
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/xenocracy-state-class-and-colonialism-in-the-ionian-islands-1815-1864/
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170302T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170302T201500
DTSTAMP:20220208T164050Z
CREATED:20220207T233601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T164050Z
UID:592-1488482100-1488485700@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:The Early Cult of Thomas Aquinas in Southern Italy
DESCRIPTION:M. Michèle Mulchahey\, Leonard E. Boyle Professor of Manuscript Studies\, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies \n \nOften depicted as an iconic symbol of the Dominican intellectual achievement\, Thomas Aquinas may not strike many as a charismatic saint. But in life Aquinas was much loved\, in death much mourned by his friends and students\, and his tomb at the abbey of Fossanova soon became the focal point of an active local cult. This talk explores the lesser-known side of the “Angelic Doctor\,” the saint whose relics were working miracles among the simple folk of southern Italy even as his order was shaping his image as a new Doctor of the Church.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-early-cult-of-thomas-aquinas-in-southern-italy/
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170119T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170119T201500
DTSTAMP:20220208T164715Z
CREATED:20220207T233232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T164715Z
UID:590-1484853300-1484856900@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Preserving and Presenting the History of the Antioch Region
DESCRIPTION:Stephen Batiuk\, Senior Research Associate and Lecturer\, Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations\, Archaeology Centre\, University of Toronto \nThe region around Ancient Antioch (modern Antakya in the Hatay province of Turkey)\, has been the focus of intensive archaeological research for almost a century\, which has revealed occupation in the region going all the way back to the paleolithic period. Excavations by foreign and Turkish scholars have unearthed architectural remains of palaces\, temples\, fortresses and homes filled with collections of works of art\, historical records and mundane objects from every major time period of occupation in the region. \nThe Hatay Archaeological Museum was founded in 1934 to house these collections\, in particular the Roman Mosaics dated to the 2nd century BCE. Recently the museum was reconstructed at a much larger scale to house the numerous finds from the archaeological investigations of the past eighty years\, becoming the third largest archaeological Museum in all of Turkey. At the same time\, open-air archaeological parks have begun to be constructed at three important archaeological sites in the region to bring the past to life to visitors of Hatay. This presentation will provide a brief history of Antioch/modern Antakya\, and introduce the public to the new archaeological museum and its collections as well as the Archaeological Park Programs.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/preserving-and-presenting-the-history-of-the-antioch-region/
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161201T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161201T201500
DTSTAMP:20220208T165140Z
CREATED:20220207T233040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T165140Z
UID:588-1480619700-1480623300@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:My Life in Ruins: Personal Reminiscences on Five Decades of Excavations in the Holy Land
DESCRIPTION:Alex Gropper\, President\, Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies \n \nThe period from the 1960’s onward has seen some major excavations in the land of the Bible. This talk will look at a few that the speaker has visited\, some of which he worked on such as the City of David Excavations in Jerusalem\, others which he helped to bring to Toronto\, specifically the Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit at the ROM in 2009/2010. It is a selective personal overview.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/my-life-in-ruins-personal-reminiscences-on-five-decades-of-excavations-in-the-holy-land/
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161027T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161027T201500
DTSTAMP:20220208T165855Z
CREATED:20220207T231759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T165855Z
UID:586-1477595700-1477599300@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Bridging the Gap Between Past and Present of the "Basilica di San Pelino" through the Use of Technology
DESCRIPTION:Dante Casasanta\, George Brown College \nThe Basilica di San Pelino is the subject of an in-depth study addressing two broad areas of critical analysis: cultural heritage and digital documentation. Definitions of culture\, authenticity and artwork will also be examined to emphasize\nthe influence of the Basilica on today’s understanding of Roman architecture\, Roman character and design of outdoor public spaces. The first part of this lecture examines the chronological historical events that led the Township of Corfinio\n(Aq) to become the Capital of the “Lega of the Confederati” in 90 CE and home of the Basilica. The second part analyzes the available 21st century technologies capable of capturing the cultural heritage\, geometry\, and digital data of a particular building used to monitor its structural behavior during seismic events. The theme of the lecture will discuss a link between cultural heritage and technology by addressing the following questions: is it possible to capture or document Outstanding Universal Value adopting advanced scanning technologies? Can technology have a role in the\npreservation and conservation of historical buildings?
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/bridging-the-gap-between-past-and-present-of-the-basilica-di-san-pelino-through-the-use-of-technology/
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160922T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160922T201500
DTSTAMP:20220208T170743Z
CREATED:20220207T231310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T170743Z
UID:584-1474571700-1474575300@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:The Sights of Rome: The Einsiedeln Itinerary and the Eighth Century City
DESCRIPTION:Carol Merriam\, Dean\, Faculty of Humanities\, and Anton Jansen\, Department of Classics\, Brock University \n \n  \nThe Einsiedeln Itinerary is an eighth century compendium of walks taken through the city of Rome by a visiting Frankish monk. This lecture will look at the identification of the author and the occasion of his visit. It will then follow some of his walks to demonstrate the kinds of sites that the author found important\, leading into an examination of the purpose of the document.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-sights-of-rome-the-einsiedeln-itinerary-and-the-eighth-century-city/
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160407T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160407T201500
DTSTAMP:20220208T171442Z
CREATED:20220208T000029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T171442Z
UID:611-1460056500-1460060100@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:A Sad Story: Esther in Hollywood
DESCRIPTION:Carl Ehrlich\, Professor of Humanities\, Director\, Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies\, York University \n \nThe book of Esther encompasses one of the most exciting narratives in the Hebrew Bible. As such\, it has oftentimes provided the subject matter of cinematic treatment. Yet the movies have not been as kind to Esther as one could have hoped. This lecture will survey and critique a number of Esther films. It will pay particular attention to the way in which they rework their biblical source materials for their own ideological and/or theological purposes.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/a-sad-story-esther-in-hollywood/
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160204T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160204T201500
DTSTAMP:20220208T171757Z
CREATED:20220207T235808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T171757Z
UID:607-1454613300-1454616900@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World: Braudel's Masterpiece\, 70 years On – Does It Still Matter and Why?
DESCRIPTION:Sakis Gekas\, York University \n \nIn 1946\, French historian Fernand Braudel published the work that would define Mediterranean history (as well as many other histories). This lecture will reflect critically on the impact of his work in recent years\, as well as its relevance to the ever-changing Mediterranean world and beyond. Finally it will discuss some challenges to the book’s main categories of analysis.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-mediterranean-and-the-mediterranean-world-braudels-masterpiece-70-years-on-does-it-still-matter-and-why/
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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