Macedonia in the Mediterranean Context: Ports, Connections, and Culture
A Conference Held at Indiana University, Bloomington on September 6-7, 2024
Because of its place in a transnational network of provincial ports and capitals, Macedonia and its material remains can provide answers to critical and timely questions about migration, religious change, and identity in the ancient world. Despite its obvious importance, Macedonia has been largely omitted from current syntheses of connectivity in the Mediterranean world. This conference aims to fill that lacuna by staging an interdisciplinary conversation around how to rethink Macedonia’s importance as part of an interconnected, ancient Mediterranean. Conference papers will approach Macedonia from a variety of different perspectives and methodologies, from studies of cityscapes and ports (like Thessaloniki or Neapolis) to studies of material culture from the province more generally. Synthetic and local approaches from various historical periods will thus be offered, building off of archaeological, literary, or epigraphic analyses.
Thanks to…
This conference has been supported by grants from:
Indiana University Institute of Advanced Study
College Arts and Humanities Institute, Indiana University
Department of Classical Studies at Indiana University
Conference Schedule
All events held in the Social Science Research Commons (Woodburn Hall 200)
September 6
9 AM-10:30 AM: Digital Networks Workshop
Vassilis Evangelidis (ATHENA Research Center), “Digital Archaeology on a Budget: Mapping and Analyzing Sites with Affordable Tools.”
Kalani Craig (Indiana University, Bloomington), “An Introduction to NetCreate”
10:30-11: Break
11-12:30: Panel 1 - Liquid Networks
11:00-11:05: Welcome remarks from Cynthia Bannon (Chair, Department of Classical Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington)
11:05-11:35: Dafni Maikidou-Poutrinou (Center for Hellenic Studies/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki): “Fluid agents in Hellenistic and Roman Macedonia. Religious networks and iconographic consistencies.”
11:50-12:20: Sandra Blakely (Emory University): “Patronage, networks and ritual strategies: Macedonians on Samothrace”
12:35-12:55: Response from Kevin Ennis (Loeb Classical Library Foundation) and Discussion
1:00-1:45: Lunch Break
1:45-2:30: Panel 2 – Urban Networks
1:45-2:15: Jordan Pickett (University of Georgia): Via illa nostra…militaris: A Brief Longue-Durée History of the Via Egnatia
2:30-3:00: David Stone (University of Michigan): “The Roman colonia of Pella: a preliminary discussion of new discoveries by the Pella Urban Dynamics Project [co-authors: Stratos Nanoglou (Greek Archaeological Service), Elisavet Tsigarida (Greek Archaeological Service), Lisa Nevett (University of Michigan), Nikos Akamatis (Academy of Athens) and Apostolos Garyfallopoulos (Greek Archaeological Service)].
3:15-3:45: Response from Nick Blackwell (Indiana University, Bloomington) and Discussion
3:45-4:00: Break
4:00: Panel 3-Early Christianity in Macedonian Context
4:00-4:30: Jennifer Quigley (Emory University), “The Gendered Economy of Early Christianity in Macedonia”
4:45-5:15: Cavan Concannon (University of Southern California), “‘Come over to Macedonia’: Networks, Landscapes, and Cultural Memory in Christian Literary Imagination”
5:30-5:45: Response by Jeremy Schott (Indiana University, Bloomington) and Discussion
September 7
10:00-11:30: Panel 4-Landscape Networks
10:00-10:30: Zosia Archibald (University of Liverpool), “A connected landscape in the 1st millennium BCE”
10:45-11:15: Vassilis Evangelidis (ATHENA Research Center), “Connectivity, Identity, and the Built Environment in Roman Macedonia: A Critical Approach?”
11:15-11:30: Response from Cavan Concannon (University of Southern California) and Discussion
11:30-12:30: Lunch Break
12:30-2: Panel 5: Chalkidike in Macedonia’s Networks
12:30-1:00: Elise Poppen (Indiana University, Bloomington): “The Archaeology, Culture, and Society of Roman Chalkidike”
1:15-1:45: Lindsey Mazurek (Indiana University, Bloomington): “Expanding Limits of Private Portraiture in Roman Macedonia: The Sebasteion at Kalindoia in Context.”
2-2:15: Response from Brian Frascati (University of Southern California) and Discussion
2:15-2:30 Closing Remarks
Conference Schedule
All events held in the Social Science Research Commons (Woodburn Hall 200)
September 6
9 AM-10:30 AM: Digital Networks Workshop
Vassilis Evangelidis (ATHENA Research Center), “Digital Archaeology on a Budget: Mapping and Analyzing Sites with Affordable Tools.”
Kalani Craig (Indiana University, Bloomington), “An Introduction to NetCreate”
10:30-11: Break
11-12:30: Panel 1 - Liquid Networks
11:00-11:05: Welcome remarks from Cynthia Bannon (Chair, Department of Classical Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington)
11:05-11:35: Dafni Maikidou-Poutrinou (Center for Hellenic Studies/Aristotle University of Thessaloniki): “Fluid agents in Hellenistic and Roman Macedonia. Religious networks and iconographic consistencies.”
11:50-12:20: Sandra Blakely (Emory University): “Patronage, networks and ritual strategies: Macedonians on Samothrace”
12:35-12:55: Response from Kevin Ennis (Loeb Classical Library Foundation) and Discussion
1:00-1:45: Lunch Break
1:45-2:30: Panel 2 – Urban Networks
1:45-2:15: Jordan Pickett (University of Georgia): Via illa nostra…militaris: A Brief Longue-Durée History of the Via Egnatia
2:30-3:00: Lisa Nevett (University of Michigan): “The Roman Colonia of Pella: a preliminary discussion of new discoveries by the Pella Urban Dynamics Project” (co-authors David Stone, Nikos Akamatis, Bettina Tsigarida, and Stratos Nanoglou)
3:15-3:45: Response from Nick Blackwell (Indiana University, Bloomington) and Discussion
3:45-4:00: Break
4:00: Panel 3-Early Christianity in Macedonian Context
3:00-3:30: Jennifer Quigley (Emory University), “The Gendered Economy of Early Christianity in Macedonia”
3:45-4:15: Cavan Concannon (University of Southern California), “‘Come over to Macedonia’: Networks, Landscapes, and Cultural Memory in Christian Literary Imagination”
4:30-4:45: Response by Jeremy Schott (Indiana University, Bloomington) and Discussion
September 7
10:00-11:30: Panel 4-Landscape Networks
10:00-10:30: Zosia Archibald (University of Liverpool), “A connected landscape in the 1st millennium BCE”
10:45-11:15: Vassilis Evangelidis (ATHENA Research Center), “Connectivity, Identity, and the Built Environment in Roman Macedonia: A Critical Approach?”
11:15-11:30: Response from Cavan Concannon (University of Southern California) and Discussion
11:30-12:30: Lunch Break
12:30-2: Panel 5: Chalkidike in Macedonia’s Networks
12:30-1:00: Elise Poppen (Indiana University, Bloomington): “The Archaeology, Culture, and Society of Roman Chalkidike”
1:15-1:45: Lindsey Mazurek (Indiana University, Bloomington): “Expanding Limits of Private Portraiture in Roman Macedonia: The Sebasteion at Kalindoia in Context.”
2-2:15: Response from Brian Frascati (University of Southern California) and Discussion
2:15-2:30 Closing Remarks
