Events in Ireland

NEW: IIHSA DAY SCHOOL 2017: MIGRATIONS IN ANCIENT WORLD (poster)
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IIHSA 20th Anniversary lecture
Nikolas Papadimitriou (Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens)
'Re-imagining the Past? Museums and Greek Antiquity in the 21st Century'

May 6, 2016 at 7 pm
University College Dublin, Newman Building, Theatre Q

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At the beginning of 21st century, the world has little resemblance to what it was when heritage museums were first established, more than 200 years ago. Classical Greek antiquity was a major point of reference then, but how relevant is it to society today? What is the response of museums to the challenges posed by current socio-political conditions, and how do they re-interpret the notion of “Classical” in the framework of post-modernity? On the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the IIHSA, Dr Nikolas Papadimitriou, Curator of Antiquities at the Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, will explore the meaning and value of "Classical” for modern societies and will discuss advances in museological approaches in Greece and abroad.

 

 

 

Day School in Dublin: Saturday April 2nd, 2016
Recreating the Ancient Past

Poster and booking form here

 

NEW: Save the date! A lecture by Professor Brian Arkins on Greek themes in Yeats.
@ Maynooth University, October 15th, 2015.

PROGRAMME OF SPEAKERS
Dr Christine Morris (TCD) Trade and travel in the Bronze Age Mediterranean: the social biography of a Mycenaean chariot krater
Dr Philip de Souza (UCD)    The Perils of Sea Travel in Antiquity
Dr Maeve McHugh (UCD)      Going the extra mile for democracy
Prof. Andrew Smith (UCD)  Pausanias: an ancient guidebook?
LUNCH
Dr Alexander Thein (UCD)       How to get from A to B on a Roman Road
Dr Hazel Dodge (TCD)          All Sea Roads Lead to Rome? Traversing the  Roman Mediterranean
Dr Christina Haywood (UCD) Icarus and the concept of flying

 

 

 

SPEAKERS John Dillon Galen: Doctor among Philosophers, Philosopher among Doctors Hazel Dodge Galen and the Gladiators: doctors, diet and death in Roman fighting schools Denise Keating Bodies of Evidence: what the study of human skeletal remains can reveal about past health Liz Bourke Healing sleep in the cult of Asclepius Alan Peatfield Healing on Minoan Peak Sanctuaries To accompany the Day School, there will be a temporary exhibition of modern anatomical votive offerings (Curated by Christine Morris and Simone Zimmerman) Following the Day School, we invite you to join us for a book launch and reception Professor John Dillon will launch J.P. Mahaffy, Rambles and Studies in Greece. The First Edition of 1876, edited by Professor Brian Arkins. VENUE: LONG ROOM HUB, TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Information and bookings: Dept of Classics, Trinity College Dublin; Dublin 2, Ireland. Email: cmorris@tcd.ie or ryanw1@tcd.ie Booking form here: pdf; doc Poster here

Recent Events

IIHSA Day School Science in the Greek and Roman Worlds celebrating Dublin City of Science 2012 Saturday November 24th 2012 Venue: UCD School of Classics, Newman Building, Belfield, Room K217		Antikythera mechanism       Information and bookings: UCD School of Classics, Newman Building, Belfield, contact: andrew.smith@ucd.ie; tel. 7168166 Poster here; Booking form: pdf or doc
Petros Florides	The Emergence of ScientificThought in Ancient Greece and its Legacy
William Megarry	Modern computer science and statistics in archaeological fieldwork
Christina Haywood	The Antikythera mechanism: an archaeological approach
David Horan	From Pythagoras to the Periodic Table of the Elements (via Plato): ‘Measurement began our might’ (Yeats).
Aude Doody	Pliny's Natural History: reading the encyclopedia

 

IIHSA Public Lecture Professor John Dillon Former Director, Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens Orality in the Platonic Tradition Wednesday May 16th 2012, 7 pm Trinity College Dublin Neill/Hoey theatre, Long Room Hub Trinity College Dublin John Dillon has recently retired as Director of the IIHSA, and this special event is to mark and celebrate his very considerable contribution to the development of the Institute over the years. We invite you to join us for this special evening, which will comprise John’s lecture, a presentation to him, and a reception to follow. All welcome

 

 

Speakers and papers Brian McGing Paper Matters: Rubbish dumps and mummies in the story of writing Andrew Smith Identifying ancient libraries Anna Chahoud Book Lust, Lost Books: Bibliomania in the Roman World Brian Arkins The Ancient Novel Aude Doody How to read an encyclopaedia: Pliny's index from manuscript to print Hazel Dodge Writing for the People: Roman Graffiti and Curse tablets Information and bookings: Dept of Classics, Trinity College Dublin; Dublin 2, Ireland. Email: cmorris@tcd.ie or ryanw1@tcd.ie Poster here (pdf); here (doc);

 

IIHSA Public Lecture Professor Jack Davis (Director, American School of Classical Studies at Athens ) The Ancient Landscape of Illyrian Apollonia: Excavation and Survey Monday May 9th 2011, 7 pm, University College Dublin Theatre M, Newman Building All welcome More information and further reading here

Past Events

IIHSA Day School 20th November 2010		Information and bookings: UCD School of Classics, Newman Building, Belfield, tel 716 8166 Email: christina.haywood@ucd.ie or michelle.mcdonnell@ucd.ie Poster here; Booking form here
John Dillon	The many faces of Herakles
Christine Morris	Theseus, from Bull-leaper to Hero in the Cretan Labyrinth
Brian Arkins	The Duality of Oedipus
Alan Peatfield	Athlete... Warrior ... Hero
Martin Brady	Next after Achilles ... the Judgement of arms in Ovid
Bridgid Martin	Humanizing the hero: non-burial in Homer
Christina Haywood	"Heroes and Mortals in Ancient Greece" The Exhibition in the Classical Museum

 

You are cordially invited to the Annual Meeting of the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens 2010 October 21st 2010 at 7 p.m. Davis theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin

 

PUBLIC LECTURE Dr Alexandra Karetsou Popular Cult and Power: The Function of the Juktas Peak Sanctuary in Protopalatial and Neopalatial Crete Friday February 26th 2010 at 7.30 pm Synge Lecture Theatre (2039), Arts Building Trinity College Dublin Sponsored by: Trinity College Dublin: Long Room Hub; Department of Classics & Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies University College Dublin: School of Archaeology Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens Part of an IRCHSS-funded research project

 

War and Death: New Perspectives on Armed Combat and Mortality from Ancient to Modern Times University College Dublin 28th August 2009 Call for papers: deadline for abstracts, July 28th 2009 Further details and programme here Poster here Sponsored by: UCD Graduate School of Arts and Celtic Studies Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens UCD Classical Society , UCD Archaeological Society

 

IIHSA Day School May 9th 2009		Information and bookings: Dept of Classics, Trinity College Dublin;   Dublin 2, Ireland. Email: cmorris@tcd.ie or ryanw1@tcd.ie Poster and further details here Booking form here
John Dillon	Man and the Sea in Homer's Odyssey
Emma Saunders	Picturing the Sea: Marine Imagery in the Aegean Bronze Age
Christine Morris	Denizens of the deep: the sea in Greek myth and religion
Philip de Souza	War, Trade and Piracy
Jo Day	A pretty kettle of fish:Eating seafood in the ancient Mediterranean
Amanda Kelly	Fine Wines afloat in the Mediterranean: Trade, status and inebriation

 

IIHSA Lecture Dr Barry Molloy (Co-Director of the Priniatikos Pyrgos excavation; School of Archaeology, University College Dublin) Five thousand years of human settlement in East Crete: the Priniatikos Pyrgos excavations Friday November 28th 2008, 7.30 pm, Theatre M, Newman Building, University College Dublin All welcome

 

Launch of The Lure of Greece (eds. J.V. Luce, Christine Morris, Christina Souyoudzoglou-Haywood) by Professor John Dillon on May 23rd 2008 at 6.30 pm, Department of Classics seminar room (B6.002), Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin

PREVIOUS LECTURES IN DUBLIN

Dr Andreas Sotiriou
(35th Ephoreia of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Kefalonia)
Classical and Hellenistic Kefalonia:
the evolution of four major city-states
March 6th 2008, University College Dublin

Professor Margaret Mullett (Director, Institute for Byzantine Studies, Queen's University Belfast)
A Twelfth Century Renaissance in Byzantium
IIHSA Inaugural, Trinity College Dublin December 2006

Professor John Dillon (Director of the IIHSA; Trinity College Dublin)
An Alexandrian Quartet: Callimachus, Philo, Origen and Cavafy
June 9th 2005

Dr Christina Souyoudzoglou-Haywood (University College Dublin)
Walking Back in Time. The Kephalonia Project 2003
May 25th 2004

Professor John Killen (University of Cambridge)
New light on an old problem: Michael Ventris, Linear B and the Pylos furniture tablets
IIHSA Inaugural, Trinity College Dublin April 2003

Dr. Marika Zeimbekis
Nurturing the Natural: A goddess in the sacred landscape of the Theran frescoes
IIHSA Inaugural, Trinity College Dublin and also in University College Cork, May 2002

Dr. Metaxia Tsipopoulou
Petras Siteia: A palatial centre in East Crete
IIHSA Inaugural, Trinity College Dublin November 2000

Prof. Brian Arkins (NUI Galway)
"Mahaffy: Classicist and Philhellene" IIHSA Inaugural, NUI Dublin October 1999

Previous Conferences and Day Schools

Ancient Gardens Day School
University College Dublin, Saturday April 21st 2007

IIHSA Galway Conference 2003
Irish Involvement in Greek Culture, Literature, History and Politics
National University of Ireland, Galway , September 19th-21st 2003

Day School on the World of the Ancient Olympic Games
February 15th 2003
Click here to see pictures of the recreation of the pankration.

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