The causes of conflict in ancient history and historiography The workshop is the product of a collaboration with the international research group ‘Aitia / Aitiai: Le lien causal dans la pensée antique : origines, formes, transformations’, which includes partners from France, Italy, Portugal and Brazil. Programme: 25 May 2017 17.10-18.40: Keynote Lecture - Sarah Brown Ferrario (Catholic Univesity of America), 'Historical Agency and the ‘Great Man’ 18.40-19.30 Drinks reception 19.30 Dinner at a local restaurant 26 May 2017 10.00-10.30: Registration Chair: Carlo Natali 10.30-11.30: Cristina Viano (Le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) and Catherine Darbo-Peschanski (Le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/MFO), 'Eris: une passion politique? / Eris: a political emotion?' 11.30-12.00 Tea/Coffee 12.00-13.00: Mirko Canevaro (University of Edinburgh), 'Aristotle, stasis and institutional change in Athenian democracy' 13.00-14.00 Lunch Chair: Douglas Cairns 14.00-15.00: Andrew Erskine (University of Edinburgh), 'Changes of Fortune: Polybius and the Transformaton of Greece' 15.00-15.30 Coffee break 15.30-16.30: Benjamin Gray (University of Edinburgh), 'Changing Approaches to Conflict and Reconciliation in Later Hellenistic Cities' 16.30-17.30: Nicolas Wiater (University of St Andrews), 'Debating causes through history: the controversy about the causes of the Second Punic War from Fabius Pictor to Appian' 19.30 Dinner at a local restaurant 27 May 2017 Chair: Jean-Louis Labarrière 10.00-11.00 Marco Enrico (Università Degli Studi Di Genova/Paris-Sorbonne), 'θεοῦ παράγοντος: responsabilité humaine et action divine dans les Guerres civiles d'Appien' 11.00-11.30 Coffee break 11.30-12.30am Francesca Gazzano (Università Degli Studi Di Genova), 'May flattery be a cause of war? The people and the commander in Plutarch's Greek Lives' 12.30-13.00 Final discussion 13.00 Lunch May 25 2017 00.00 - May 27 2017 00.00 The causes of conflict in ancient history and historiography The School and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities are happy to announce the workshop ‘The causes of conflict in ancient history and historiography’, which will take place on 25-27 May, 2017. (Published 5 April, 2017) The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities The University of Edinburgh Hope Park Square Edinburgh EH8 9NW Venue Register
The causes of conflict in ancient history and historiography The workshop is the product of a collaboration with the international research group ‘Aitia / Aitiai: Le lien causal dans la pensée antique : origines, formes, transformations’, which includes partners from France, Italy, Portugal and Brazil. Programme: 25 May 2017 17.10-18.40: Keynote Lecture - Sarah Brown Ferrario (Catholic Univesity of America), 'Historical Agency and the ‘Great Man’ 18.40-19.30 Drinks reception 19.30 Dinner at a local restaurant 26 May 2017 10.00-10.30: Registration Chair: Carlo Natali 10.30-11.30: Cristina Viano (Le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) and Catherine Darbo-Peschanski (Le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/MFO), 'Eris: une passion politique? / Eris: a political emotion?' 11.30-12.00 Tea/Coffee 12.00-13.00: Mirko Canevaro (University of Edinburgh), 'Aristotle, stasis and institutional change in Athenian democracy' 13.00-14.00 Lunch Chair: Douglas Cairns 14.00-15.00: Andrew Erskine (University of Edinburgh), 'Changes of Fortune: Polybius and the Transformaton of Greece' 15.00-15.30 Coffee break 15.30-16.30: Benjamin Gray (University of Edinburgh), 'Changing Approaches to Conflict and Reconciliation in Later Hellenistic Cities' 16.30-17.30: Nicolas Wiater (University of St Andrews), 'Debating causes through history: the controversy about the causes of the Second Punic War from Fabius Pictor to Appian' 19.30 Dinner at a local restaurant 27 May 2017 Chair: Jean-Louis Labarrière 10.00-11.00 Marco Enrico (Università Degli Studi Di Genova/Paris-Sorbonne), 'θεοῦ παράγοντος: responsabilité humaine et action divine dans les Guerres civiles d'Appien' 11.00-11.30 Coffee break 11.30-12.30am Francesca Gazzano (Università Degli Studi Di Genova), 'May flattery be a cause of war? The people and the commander in Plutarch's Greek Lives' 12.30-13.00 Final discussion 13.00 Lunch May 25 2017 00.00 - May 27 2017 00.00 The causes of conflict in ancient history and historiography The School and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities are happy to announce the workshop ‘The causes of conflict in ancient history and historiography’, which will take place on 25-27 May, 2017. (Published 5 April, 2017) The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities The University of Edinburgh Hope Park Square Edinburgh EH8 9NW Venue Register
May 25 2017 00.00 - May 27 2017 00.00 The causes of conflict in ancient history and historiography The School and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities are happy to announce the workshop ‘The causes of conflict in ancient history and historiography’, which will take place on 25-27 May, 2017. (Published 5 April, 2017)
