„Greek Federal States and their Sanctuaries. Identity and Integration“

Conference at the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"

Sanctuaries played an important role in the religious as well as in the political life of Greek federal states. They were an important factor of integration and functioned as places where a comprehensive level of identity beyond the individual poleis was developed. The aim of the conference is an analysis of the interdependency between religion and politics under the specific conditions of the Greek federal states.

Conference venue: Agora Hotel, Room 1a/b, Bismarckallee 11b, 48151 Münster, Germany

Public Evening Lecture (Thursday, 17 June): Sanctuaries, Ethnicity and Regionalism (Jonathan M. Hall, Chicago, IL): Room F2, Fürstenberghaus,  Domplatz 20-22, 48143 Münster, Germany

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Program

Thursday, 17 June
10:00–10:30	Peter Funke, Münster	Welcome and Introduction
10:30–11:15	Athanasios Rizakis, Athen	Federal States and Sanctuaries: the Case of Achaea
11:45–12:30	James Roy, Nottingham	Olympia, Identity and Integration: Elis, Eleia and Hellas
14:30–15:15	Angela Kühr, Frankfurt am Main	Boeotia: (Trans)regional Sanctuaries, Identity, Integration
15:15–16:00	Klaus Freitag, Aachen	The Acarnanians: an Ethnos without a Religious Centre and Common Festivals?
16:15–17:15	Greek Federal States and their Sanctuaries 1: Beyond the Greek Mainland Peloponnese and Euboia	Thomas Heine Nielsen, Kopenhagen: Unity in Arkadia and Triphylia: Pressures and Possibilities Nino Luraghi, Princeton, NJ: Federal Institutions and Regional Cults in Messenia  Denis Knoepfler, Paris/ Neuchâtel: Le Koinon Euboéôn: une confédération atypique à toutes les étapes de son histoire?
17:15–17:30		Panel Discussion
19:15	Jonathan M. Hall, Chicago, IL	Öffentlicher Abendvortrag Hörsaal F2, Fürstenberghaus, Domplatz 20-22 Sanctuaries, Ethnicity and Regionalism
Friday, 18 June Greek Federal States and their Sanctuaries 2: Central Greece
9:00–10:20	Bruno Helly, Richard Bouchon, Lyon	Construire et re-construire l’Etat fédéral thessalien (époque classique, époque hellénistique et romaine): nouveaux documents, nouvelles perspectives
	Peter Funke, Münster	Thermika and Aitolika: Old and New Centres in the Aitolian Koinon
	Giovanna Daverio Rocchi, Mailand	Ethnic Identity, Cults, and Territorial Dwelling. The Eastern and Western Lokrians
	Jeremy McInerney, Philadelphia, PA	Making Phocian Space: Sanctuary and Community in the Definition of Phocis
10:20–10:45		Diskussion
Greek Federal States and their Sanctuaries 3: Northern Greece
11:00–12:00	Elizabeth Meyer, Charlottesville, VA	When was there a Federal State in Molossia and Epirus?
	Miltiades Hatzopoulos, Athen	Was Dion Macedonia’s Religious Centre?
	Michael Zahrnt, Köln	Olynth and the Chalcidians – vierzig Jahre danach
12:00–12:15		Panel Discussion
Greek Federal States and their Sanctuaries 4: Beyond the Greek Mainland
12:15–13:15	Kostas Buraselis, Athen	Federalism, Royal Planning and Cult Places in the Hellenistic Aegean: Nesiotai, Lesbioi, Kretaieis
	Ralf Behrwald, Bayreuth	Lykische Kultstätten als Orte von Konkurrenz und Integration
	Michael Fronda, Montreal, QC	Southern Italy: Sanctuary, Panegyris and (failed?) Italiote Identity
13:15–13:30		Panel Discussion
Greek Federal States and their Sanctuaries: Panhellenic Reflections
15:00–15:40	Bernhard Smarczyk, Köln	Panhellenic Sanctuaries and Common Norms and Rules in Greek Interstate Relations
	Lynette G. Mitchell, Exeter	Panhellenism and the Panhellenic Sanctuaries
15:40–16:00		Panel Discussion
Greek Federal States and their Sanctuaries: Between Religion and Politics
16:15–17:45	Sheila Ager, Waterloo, ON	The Gods Help Them that Help Themselves: Conflict and Conflict Resolution among the Federal States
	Emily Mackil, Berkeley, CA	The Integrated Exterior Face: Local Sanctuaries, Federal Power, and Interstate Relations
	Cinzia Bearzot, Mailand	Politics of Integration in Federal States. Ancient Theoretical Reflections
	Gustav Adolf Lehmann, Göttingen	Zur Rezeption der politischen Kultur der antiken griechischen Bundesstaaten in der Neuzeit: Hinweise und Beobachtungen
17:45–18:15		Panel Discussion
Saturday, 19 June (Speakers Only)
9:30–10:00		Reception at the Town Hall (Friedenssaal)
10:30–11:00	Kurt Raaflaub, Providence, RI	Greek Federal States and their Sanctuaries: Synopsis and Outlook
11:00–11:30	Hans Beck, Montreal, QC	Project Outline of the ‘New Larsen’: What’s new?
12:00–13:30		The New Larsen: Concepts and Approaches (Round Table Discussion)
15:00–17:00		Guided Tour of Münster