Events
15 November 2024 Start
15 November 2024 End
The Netherlands Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 8, 3584 CS Utrecht

New Trends in Seleukid Research

Friday, November 15, 2024

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.