The NYU Classics Department presents
Biennial Graduate Student Conference
Far from Godliness: Pollution in the Ancient World
Friday, November 8, 2019
Jurow Lecture Hall
Silver Center for Arts and Science
31 Washington Place (wheelchair accessible) or 32 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10003
10:00am Welcome and Introduction
10:15am First Panel
Bad Breath and Charisma: The Curious Case of Eliezer ben Hyracanus
Joshua Blachorsky, NYU
Menarché and Pollution in Ancient Greece
Dorothée Nicholls, Université de Montréal
Swimming in Dirty Water: Pollution and Bathing Culture in the Roman Empire
Bernadette Descharmes, Technische Universität Braunschweig
12:00pm Second Panel
Aedes Pestilens: Architectural Hygiene in the Late Republic
Crystal Rosenthal, UT Austin
Pollution in the Place of Prayer
Meira Wolkenfeld, Yeshiva University
Miasma and its Influence on Athenian Homicide Law
Eleni Peppa, University of Athens
2:30pm Third Panel
Blessing Fields and Protecting Communities in Late Antique Ṭūr ʿAbdīn: Examples from the Unedited Syriac Life of Abbā Sallārā
Kyle Benjamin Brunner, ISAW-NYU
Pollutant or Opportunity: Animal Manure in Rome
Christina Triantafillou, University of Oxford
4:00 Keynote
Spilling Over: Morality and Epidemiology in Ancient and Contemporary Contexts
Hunter Gardner, University of South Carolina
This conference is cosponsored by the NYU GSAS Dean's Office, the Center for Ancient Studies, the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, the Institute of Fine Arts, the Office of the Dean for Humanities, the Department of Comparative Literature, the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, the Department of Anthropology, the Department of History, the New York Classical Club, and the Classical Association of the Atlantic States.
For more information, contact the organizers, Ben Nikota, Figen Geerts, and Joshua Ziesel at: nyugradconference@gmail.com