International Workshop

"Renegotiating Colonial Settlements

in the Legendary Tradition of the Ancient Greeks"

Saturday, July 20, 2024, at the Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya-Empúries

 Co-Organized by

Marta Oller Guzmán, Marta Santos Retolaza, & Altay Coskun

Programme

9.00-9.10. Welcome greetings

9.10-9.50 Marta Oller Guzmán (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain),
"Falling in love with a Greek settler: Some portrayals of native women in stories about ancient Greek foundations"

9.50-10.30 Altay Coskun (University of Waterloo, Canada) 
“Shifting Identity Constructs in the Foundation Legends of Massalia and Other Phokaian Colonies”

10.30-11.10 María Elena Torregaray Pagola (Universidad del País Vasco, Spain) [on line]
"Mujeres como objetos diplomáticos: una comparatio de los orígenes de Roma y Massalia"

11.10-11.40 Coffee-break

11.40-12.20 Ariadna Arriaza (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain),  
"Herodorus of Heraclea Pontica: Mythical Reflections in his Heracleia and Argonautica"

12.30-13.00 Adolfo Domínguez Monedero (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain),
"Negociando identidades como mecanismo de expansión colonial en la Grecia del noroeste"

13.00-13.40 Marta Santos Retolaza (Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya- Empúries, Spain),
"Griegos y poblaciones locales en los inicios del enclave foceo de Emporion"

13.40-14.00 General Discussion I

LUNCH

17.00-19.00 Visit of Empúries

19.00-19.30 General Discussion II and Closing Words

Papers will be up to 30 min, followed by discussions of 10-15 min.

Paper abstracts can soon be downloaded here.

The program can be downloaded here.

If you wish to participate, please contact marta.oller@uab.cat.