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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260416T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260416T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T125156Z
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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
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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
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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
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250306T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250306T200000
DTSTAMP:20250211T030718Z
CREATED:20250207T142930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T030718Z
UID:1231-1741287600-1741291200@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Reading in the Ancient Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Brayden Hirsch\, Department of Classical Studies\, Boston University \n \n What was it like to learn to read in antiquity? How did students experience the texts we call “classics” today?  In this talk we will get a glimpse into the ancient classroom\, with an overview of the varieties of surviving evidence (literary accounts\, papyri\, ostraca\, writing tablets\, written colloquia) and examples of each.  \nOnline: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/83377569435 \n  \nCo-sponsored by the University of Toronto Department of Classics and by the University of St. Michael’s College Division of Continuing Education. \n  \n       
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/reading-in-the-ancient-classroom/
LOCATION:Online with Zoom
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250206T200000
DTSTAMP:20250128T223923Z
CREATED:20250128T223736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250128T223923Z
UID:1224-1738868400-1738872000@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:A Day in the Life: Ancient Craft Production at Sikyon\, Greece
DESCRIPTION:Scott Gallimore\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies\, Wilfrid Laurier University \n \nSince 2013\, excavations at the archaeological site of Sikyon in Greece\, located just to the west of Corinth\, have revealed a workshop complex that was active from the 1st to 7th century AD. This complex had pottery kilns\, wine-pressing floors\, a furnace for smelting iron\, and a shop. In this talk we will explore what this production was like and how it tells us about the daily life of an ancient population and the jobs they carried out. \nOnline with Zoom: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/83377569435
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/a-day-in-the-life-ancient-craft-production-at-sikyon-greece/
LOCATION:Online with Zoom
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240307T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240307T200000
DTSTAMP:20250128T223254Z
CREATED:20230825T141931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250128T223254Z
UID:1116-1709838000-1709841600@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:The End of the Hasmonean Dynasty and its Effects on Judea and Judaism
DESCRIPTION:Nadav Sharon\, Jewish Studies Librarian\, University of Toronto \nThe end of the Hasmonean dynasty and the beginning of Roman domination of Judea\, in the middle part of the first century BCE\,  is a relatively neglected but momentous period in Judean history.  Beyond a historical reconstruction this lecture will explore the impact of the Roman conquest on the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls\, enhance the understanding of later Judean-Roman relations and the roots of the Great Revolt\, and examine how this early period of Roman domination had an impact on later developments in Judean society and religion. \nOnline with Zoom.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-end-of-the-hasmonean-dynasty-and-its-effects-on-judea-and-judaism/
LOCATION:Online with Zoom
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240208T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240208T200000
DTSTAMP:20230913T221738Z
CREATED:20230825T143003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230913T221738Z
UID:1121-1707418800-1707422400@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Egypt
DESCRIPTION:Clifford Goldfarb\, Chairman of the Friends of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection at the Toronto Reference Library \nThis presentation has a theme: everything about Arthur Conan Doyle\, author of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries\, and Egypt. That is Arthur Conan Doyle in Egypt\, Arthur Conan Doyle writing about Egypt\, his works with an Egyptian element\, and things in Arthur Conan Doyle‘s life and career that are connected to Egypt. This will include – but not be limited to – some or all of Napoleonic connections\, Lord Kitchener and Omdurman\, Dervishes\, camels\, Nile cruises\, foreign correspondents\, undead mummies and their curses\, Coptic monasteries\, archaeology and colonialism. \nZoom link to be added. \n  \nCo-sponsored by the Toronto Chapter of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities. \n  
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/sir-arthur-conan-doyle-in-egypt/
LOCATION:Online with Zoom
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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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
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240118T200000
DTSTAMP:20240111T020348Z
CREATED:20230830T183555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240111T020348Z
UID:1147-1705604400-1705608000@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Confessors\, Lapsi\, and Pax Deorum: Third Century Christian Responses to Required Sacrifices
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nAlyssa Lynn Elliot\, Emory University \nThe religious practices of the people of Rome were a necessary part of maintaining pax deorum (the peace of the gods)\, which in turn maintained order\, peace\, and prosperity in the empire. In the wake of the crises of the third and fourth centuries CE\, emperors issued edicts and instituted religious reforms requiring citizens to make sacrifices to the gods. This lecture explores the Christian responses to these required sacrifices\, particularly the confessors and lapsi\, and the disposition of other Christians toward them after the time of crisis had ended. \n  \n  \nZoom link:  https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/84589472510
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/confessors-lapsi-and-pax-deorum/
LOCATION:Online with Zoom
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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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
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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
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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
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231116T200000
DTSTAMP:20231026T171150Z
CREATED:20230731T145610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231026T171150Z
UID:1109-1700161200-1700164800@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:‘The Jew Who Made Me’: The Catalan Atlas and the Concept of the "Port Jew"
DESCRIPTION:Amalya Feldman\, PhD candidate\, Department of Art History University of Toronto \n \n  \nThe Catalan Atlas was a world map created around 1375 by a Jew living on the island of Mallorca in the western Mediterranean. By analyzing the features of the atlas\, we can begin to understand the culture of the Jewish community in the medieval Mediterranean port city of Palma di Mallorca as an example of the diverse communities in which “Port Jews” lived.  \n  \nZoom link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/87165229604 \n 
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-jew-who-made-me-the-catalan-atlas/
LOCATION:Online with Zoom
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231105T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231105T150000
DTSTAMP:20230830T174856Z
CREATED:20230830T174843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230830T174856Z
UID:1131-1699192800-1699196400@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:A Blessing and a Curse: The Power of Heroic Bones in Ancient Greece
DESCRIPTION:Chandra Giroux \nOrganised by Parnassos\, Hellenic Cultural Society of Ottawa.  Co-sponsored by CIMS Ottawa. \nHellenic Center Ottawa\, Church lower level
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/a-blessing-and-a-curse-the-power-of-heroic-bones-in-ancient-greece/
LOCATION:Parnassos Hellenic Cultural Centre
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231026T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231026T200000
DTSTAMP:20231020T021043Z
CREATED:20230920T175031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231020T021043Z
UID:1155-1698346800-1698350400@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:The Mediterranean Noir: Notes on a Spatial Theory
DESCRIPTION:Alberto Zambenedetti\, University of Toronto \nIn 1998\, the late Jean-Claude Izzo published an essay titled ‘Le bleu et le noir’ in the weekly news magazine Le Nouvel Observateur. The piece opened with the following words: ‘In the beginning is the Book. And that moment in which Cain kills his brother Abel. In the blood of thisfratricide\, the Mediterranean gives us the first noir novel’ (Izzo\, 2013). With this statement\, the author suggested a powerful hermeneutical possibility: the recasting of the noir discourse (as an intertextual and transartistic practice) in a fashion that would include an expanded genealogy and an extended geography\, well beyond its known Anglofone paths. In the last decade\, film scholars have embarked in a profound reevaluation of the anglocentrism of the noir canon in a fashion that is consonant with Izzo’s position (Spicer 2007\, Fay and Nieland\, 2010\, Pettey and Palmer 2014a and 2014b)\, going so far as to postulate the existence of a contemporary ‘global noir’ arising from ‘transnational filmmaking\, cross-cultural influences\, and the idea of global culture.’ (Desser\, 2012\, 628). This lecture proposes a theory of space that sheds light on the cultural specificity of the Mediterranean noir\, and that addresses the submerged\, repressed histories of the lands touched\, and thereby linked\, by this complicated sea. \nOnline with Zoom: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/89863355866. \nCo-sponsored by the University of Toronto Department of Italian Studies. \n   
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-mediterranean-noir-notes-on-a-spatial-theory/
LOCATION:Online with Zoom
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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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
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UID:786-1682017200-1682020800@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Manifesting Miracles: Image Cults in Late Medieval Southern Italy
DESCRIPTION:Claire Jensen\, PhD Candidate\, Department of Art History\, University of Toronto \n \nIn late medieval southern Italy\,  it was not uncommon for a painting to grant miracles. From resolving legal trouble to protecting people from plague and natural disasters\, public images frequently inspired active cults of devotion. This talk will introduce several miraculous artworks in and around Naples and discuss how they challenge the traditional canon of art history. \nZoom link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/82725763927 \n  \nCo-sponsored by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura\, the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies\, the University of Toronto Department of Italian Studies\, and the University of Toronto Department of Art History.. \n     \n.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/manifesting-miracles/
LOCATION:Online with Zoom
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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UID:987-1680202800-1680206400@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Visualizing Voice: The Myth of Echo and Narcissus in Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Pompeiian Wall Paintings
DESCRIPTION:Mariapia Pietropaolo\, McMaster University \n \nOne of the most popular stories from ancient Greek and Roman mythology is the story of Narcissus in love with his own watery image. In the Metamorphoses\, the Roman poet Ovid also includes the story of the nymph Echo’s unrequited love for Narcissus. Rejected by him\, she begins to fade away until she exists only as a disembodied voice. The myth was also a popular subject of wall paintings in and around Pompeii. In this paper\, I discuss the relationship between the textual and figurative representations of Echo’s voice\, and I explore the aesthetic problem of painting a voice. \n  \nZoom link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/86786144716 \nCo-sponsored by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura and the University of Toronto Department of Art History. \n   
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/visualizing-voice/
LOCATION:Online with Zoom
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230305T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230305T150000
DTSTAMP:20230117T004012Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230214T190000
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DTSTAMP:20230118T144242Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230209T200000
DTSTAMP:20230209T020411Z
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UID:739-1675969200-1675972800@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:Relics of Roman Identity: Re-Collecting the Lost Palazzo del Bufalo\, Rome (c. 1450-1600)
DESCRIPTION:Matthew Coleman\, PhD candidate\, University of Toronto (Art History) \n \nThe antiquities collection of the del Bufalo family was one of the largest and most influential in Rome\, c. 1450-1600. Unfortunately\, unlike richer contemporary collections (e.g.\, of the Medici or d’ Este)\, neither the Bufali artifacts nor their home exist today. This talk explores both the bookish and globetrotting methodologies used to reconstruct Renaissance antiquities collections which have been lost to time\, in an effort to restore their extraordinary cultural legacies for future study. \nZoom link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/86310345964 \n  \n  \nCo-sponsored by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto\, the University of Toronto Department of Italian Studies\, the University of Toronto Department of Classics\, the University of Toronto Department of Art History\, and the University of Toronto Archaeology Centre.
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/relics-of-roman-identity/
LOCATION:Online with Zoom
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230122T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230122T150000
DTSTAMP:20230118T144039Z
CREATED:20220715T214223Z
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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
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230112T190000
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UID:735-1673550000-1673553600@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca
SUMMARY:The Smith and the State: Relationships between Metallurgical Production and Mycenaean Palaces in Late Bronze Age Greece
DESCRIPTION:Taylor Stark\, PhD candidate\, University of Toronto (Classics) \nIt is generally thought that the Mycenaean palaces in Late Bronze Age Greece (ca. 1600 – 1150 BCE) held near-universal control over specialized crafting industries\, including metal production. This view is derived from the textual evidence of the Linear B tablets. However\, a comparison of various archaeological metal production assemblages reveals that smiths interacted with political authorities in far more complex ways than has been assumed. As such\, this talk presents a more nuanced understanding of the diverse relationships that existed between craft production and the palaces\, which in turn has broader implications for our view of Mycenaean states as definable entities which are universally comparable in their function and interests. \nZoom link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/82140037593 \n.Co-sponsored by the University of Toronto Department of Classics. \n    
URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/the-smith-and-the-state/
LOCATION:Online with Zoom
CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter
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