The panel ‘New Trends in Seleukid Research’, which forms part of the Hellenistic Study Day will be co-hostes by Altay Coskun and Rolf Strootman at Utrecht University.
Preliminary Panel Program
14:00-14:05 Opening remarks
14:05-14:50 Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides (Sydney, via zoom): Ruling the Centre of the Earth: Antiochos I, Babylon, and Marduk on the Omphalos
14:55-15:40 Deirdre Klokow (Austin, via zoom): Seleukid Ideology
15:45-16:30 Paul A. Johstono (Maxwell): Recruiting Seleukid Infantry, Part II: Reconstitution and Reform after encountering Rome
16:30-16:50 Tea/Coffee break
16:50-17:35 Ben Scolnic (Hamden, via zoom): Chronology and Interpretation: The One Like a Son of Man in Dan 7.13
17:40-18:25 Altay Coşkun (Waterloo): Revisiting Seleukid Foundation Stories within the Frameworks of Colonial Encounters and Ethnicity Constructs
18:25-18:30 Closing remarks
For paper abstracts and CVs of the presenters, please consult the event website at https://www.altaycoskun.com/utrecht-workshop-2024.
If you wish to participate in person, please contact [email protected]. If you wish to participate remotely, please contact me, and I shall share the participation link by Thursday.