Liebe Freundinnen und Freunde der Alten Geschichte,
hier der Hinweis auf die anstehenden Termine des Althistorischen Kolloquiums:
Dienstag, 18.06.2019, 18:00, Universität Oldenburg (A11 0-018)
Georg Müller (Oldenburg): "Konstantin"
Dienstag, 25.06.2019, 18:00, Universität Oldenburg (A11 0-018)
Colloquium der Alten Geschichte, "Panel Discussion“ (Präsentation der
Qualifikationsarbeiten)
Montag, 1.07.2019, 18:00, Universität Oldenburg (A11 0-018)
Kathryn Lomas (Durham): "Cultural memory and its role in shaping the history of
Italian communities in the late Republic and Early Empire"
One of the fascinating questions about the history of Magna Graecia in the
period after the Roman conquest is the interaction between Roman and Greek
culture in the region. This shows a high degree of variability, with Hellenism
remaining an important part of civic culture in some communities, but almost
entirely disappearing from the record in others. The reasons underlying this
variation, and the factors which determine the persistence or disappearance of
Hellenism (and, conversely, the adoption of aspects of Roman culture) are still
very unclear. This paper seeks to examine the role of social memory in
determining the relationship between the cities of Roman Magna Graecia and
their Greek past. It explores the implications of this for the relationship
between the Greeks of Italy and contemporary Roman culture.
The specific focus is on Elea/Velia, which offers a considerable depth of
archaeological and epigraphic evidence for the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
It also offers a considerable contrast with neighbouring cities of Greek origin
in Italy in both the nature of Hellenism after the Roman conquest, and the ways
in which it was expressed, but also some similarities with Greek settlements in
western Mediterranean which share Velia’s Phocaean heritage. This raises some
interesting questions about which social groups set the agenda for such
cultural survivals, whether they were cultural memory or invented tradition,
and how they were affected by relations with Rome, other neighbouring
communities, and the wider Greek world.
Wie immer sind alle willkommen. Der Eintritt ist frei.
Herzlich
Prof. Dr. Michael Sommer
Professor für Alte Geschichte
Direktor
Institut für Geschichte
Vorsitzender
Karl-Wilhelm-Heyse-Gesellschaft.
Oldenburger Freunde der Antike
Stellvertretender Vorsitzender
Philosophischer Fakultätentag
Postanschrift:
Prof. Dr. Michael Sommer
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Institut für Geschichte
26111 Oldenburg
Tel.: 0441 798-4647
Fax: 0441 798-3021
Mail: michael.sommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:michael.sommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Raum A 11 1-117
Web: http://uol.de/geschichte/alte-geschichte/prof-dr-michael-sommer/
