Eyewitness reports in Greek and Roman historiography
A workshop hosted by Centre for Medieval Literature (CoE) and the Cassius Dio Network (FKK), University of Southern Denmark 9th of November 2018.
Eyewitness reports in Greek and Roman HIstoriography
9.30-10.15 | Lisa Hau, University of Glasgow.“Turning the Reader into an Eyewitness - the experiential quality of Hellenistic historiography” |
10:15-11:15 |
Peter Liddel, University of Manchester.“Reflections on Humanity. Ancient Greek Historians and Inscriptions.” |
12:00-13:00 |
Lunch |
13:00-13:45 |
Benjamin Pedersen, University of Southern Denmark. "Callisthenes, Alexander and the Creation of a Homeric Hero" |
13:45-14:30 |
Christopher Baron, University of Notre Dame. “Being There: Brief Dialogue in Herodotus and Thucydides” |
14:30-15:15 |
Carsten Hjort Lange,University of Aalborg.“Augustus and the Res Gestae: a Retrospective View on the Civil War?” |
15:15-15:30 |
Coffee |
15:30-16:15 |
Julian Yolles, University of Southern Denmark.“Josephus as eyewitness” |
16:15-17:00 |
Jesper Majbom Madsen, University of Southern Denmark.“Cassius Dio: Eye to Eye with Severian politics. But what did he see?” |
Everyone is welcome. For registration please email Jesper Majbom Madsen, majbom@sdu.dk.