BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies - ECPv6.3.7//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: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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240310T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240310T150000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 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:20240307T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240307T200000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 CREATED:20230825T141931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230825T143133Z 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. \nZoom link to be added. 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240228T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240228T190000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 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:20240208T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240208T200000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240206T200000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 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:20240419T161513 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;TZID=America/Toronto:20240118T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240118T200000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240102 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 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:20240419T161513 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:20240419T161513 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:20240419T161513 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:20231116T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231116T200000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231105T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231105T150000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231026T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231026T200000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230920T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230920T200000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 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:20230420T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230420T200000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 CREATED:20220329T123558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230130T222837Z 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230330T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230330T200000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 CREATED:20220907T012220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230323T135857Z 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230305T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230305T150000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 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:20240419T161513 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:20230209T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230209T200000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 CREATED:20220325T004552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230209T020411Z 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230122T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230122T150000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 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:20240419T161513 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:20230112T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230112T200000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 CREATED:20220325T004027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220906T010716Z 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221201T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221201T200000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 CREATED:20220325T004320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220906T010433Z UID:737-1669921200-1669924800@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Italy's Urban Boom in the Late Roman Republic DESCRIPTION:Drew Davis\, Crake Doctoral Fellow in Classics\, Mount Allison University \n \nA significant urbanization phenomenon swept through the Italian peninsula in the second and first centuries BCE. Communities across Italy invested considerable amounts of labour and financial capital into monumentalizing their urban spaces\, a process which coincided with one of the most transformative periods in the region’s history. This lecture will explore how this commitment to public construction in turn (re)created and constructed communities and forged local identities. \nDrew Davis is Crake Doctoral Fellow in Classics at Mount Allison University for 2022-2023.  He is completing his doctoral dissertation at the University of Toronto.  It focuses on the larger socio-economic history of the public building phenomenon which swept through Italy in the last two centuries of the Roman Republic. It assesses how communities afforded such projects\, and how this construction fit into the wider political shifts of the period. \nZoom link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/86581981946 \nCo-sponsored by the University of Toronto Department of Italian Studies and the University of Toronto Department of Classics. \n     URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/italys-urban-boom-in-the-late-roman-republic/ LOCATION:Online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221127T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221127T150000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 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:20240419T161513 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:20240419T161513 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:20240419T161513 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:20220915T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220915T200000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 CREATED:20220325T195932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220907T195807Z UID:750-1663268400-1663272000@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Hunting the Little Poor Man of Assisi: Or\, Why after 100 Years of Research I Still Had to Write Yet Another Life of St. Francis of Assisi DESCRIPTION:Augustine Thompson\, O.P.\, Praeses\, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies\n\n \n  \nSince the 1890s\, Franciscan and non-Franciscan scholars have been searching for new sources for the life of St. Francis and subjecting them to intensive study and analysis. We now know more about the evidence for this beloved saint than ever before\, but there was\, until this biography\, virtually no attempt to use all this information to reconstruct the “Historical Francis.” This lecture will explain the difficulties of interpreting this evidence and why those most involved in its study have avoided using it to create a new biography. It will then explain the speaker’s own approach and how it produced a very different picture of St. Francis from that popularly received. \n\n\nIn February 2022 Father Augustine Thompson was appointed Praeses (President / Director) of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto.  He is currently on leave from the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley\, California.  He is the author of Francis of Assisi: A New Biography (Cornell University Press\, 2012).  He joined the Order of Preachers (the Dominicans) in 1977\, and was ordained a priest in 1985. \nZoom link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/89906353712 \nCo-sponsored by: the Dominican Institute of Toronto\, the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies\, the University of Toronto Department of Italian Studies\, and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Toronto). URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/hunting-the-little-poor-man-of-assisi/ LOCATION:Online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220424T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220424T150000 DTSTAMP:20240419T161513 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 END:VCALENDAR