The NYU Society for Ancient Studies presents
The Fourth-Annual Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Conference on the Ancient World
Friday, February 11, 2022
via Zoom
9:00 am Introduction
9:10 am Keynote
A Gesture, a Text, and a Statue: How to Think about Text and Image in Ancient Mesopotamia
Beate Pongratz-Leisten NYU
10:15 am Break
10:30 am Panel 1: Visuality and Materiality
Venus and the Voyeur
Samantha Santana, NYU
Narrative Structure of Fifty Days at Iliam in Dialogue with Art of Classical Antiquity
Annie Ma University of Pennsylvania
The Acropolis of Athens in the Classical Period as a Story Space
Talia R. BarNoy, Bryn Mawr College
In Search of a New Standard: Lessons from the Seleucid Mint at Antioch
Merrick Bonar University of Idaho
12:00 pm Break
1:00 pm Panel 2: Recovering Ancient Identities
Anti-Christian Rhetoric and Neoplatonic Thought in Against the Galileans
Carson Greene, Emory University
Judaism Abroad: Hellenism, Local Cults, and the Construction of a Jewish Identity in Cappadocia
Isabella Blanton, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Victori Sunt Spoila: The Spoliation of Antiquity in Monumental Fountains as a Mirror for Identity in the Late 19th Century Aegean
Sean Silvia, University of Southern California
2:15 pm Panel 3: (En)gendering Subjectivity
Ancient Burn Books?: [Re]Imagining Gender and Class through Britain Roman’s Written Artifacts
Bilal Choudhry, Columbia University
Embodying Aphrodite: Female Representation and Agency in Hellenistic Greece and Imperial Rome
Carine Rofshus, St. Olaf College
“Wherever You Go, I Go”: Exploring Queer and Feminist Themes in the Book of Ruth
Isadora Kianovsky, Smith College
Contraception, Abortion, and Reproductive Rights: Deconstructing Moralistic Arguments Against Abortion in Ancient Rome
Bernadette Mustacchio, Hunter College
3:45 pm Panel 4: The Transmission and Transformation of Ancient Near Eastern Traditions
Gemstones: Windows to the Ancient Soul
Sophie Vo, Emory University
The Dissemination and Transformation of Astronomical Knowledge in Medieval Al-Andalus: A Look into the Relationship between Astronomy and Political Power
Daniel D’Elia, Bryn Mawr College
The Stars Command War: The Influence of Astrology on Sargonid Military Campaigns
Mikolaj Wrobel, Loyola University Chicago
4:45 pm Closing Remarks
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Fourth-Annual Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Conference on the Ancient World
