Movement and Mobility in Ancient Spheres
6th Annual University of Florida Classics Graduate Student Symposium
Saturday, February 18, 2023 – Ustler Hall Atrium,
University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
and via Zoom
All times are Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC -5)
9:00am-9:30am
Check-In and Coffee | Online Troubleshooting
9:30am-9:45am
Introductory Remarks
- Anthony Smith (University of Florida)
- Prof. Jennifer Rea, Chair, Department of Classics (University of Florida)
- Prof. Victoria Pagán, Department of Classics (University of Florida)
Panel 1 (9:45am-11:30am): Moving Around the City
Moderator: Kariola Mustapha (University of Florida)
9:45am-10:05am
Journey Through the Past: Archaism and Ambulation in the Cityscape of Ancient Selinus
- Peter Anthony Thompson (New York University)
10:05am-10:25am
Leaving Their Mark: Traces of the Early Christian Movement in Smyrna Through Graffiti
- Melissa Yorio (University of Notre Dame)
10:25am-10:45am
Routes in Ancient Greece: Towards a New Approach [Handout]
- Lorenzo Bruno Micheli (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
10:45am-11:30am
Response from Prof. Robert Wagman (University of Florida), followed by Q&A
11:30am-11:45am
Coffee Break
Panel 2 (11:45am-1:30pm): All Roads Lead to Rome
Moderator: Frank Solis (University of Florida)
11:45am-12:05pm
Experiencing Nature: Movement, Space, and Views in Ancient Roman Gardens
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
12:05pm-12:25pm
Movement Through Coins: Detecting Movement and Mobility Between Rome and Britain Through Late Iron Age British Coinage [Handout]
- Phoebe Hyun (University of Oxford)
12:25pm-12:45pm
The Regulation of Mobility and the Threat of Flight in the Roman World
- Trayce Hockstad (University of Alabama)
12:45pm-1:30pm
Response from Prof. Trevor Luke (Florida State University), followed by Q&A
1:30pm-2:30pm
Lunch Break
Panel 3 (2:30pm – 4:15pm): Mythic Movements
Moderator: Jack Orcés (University of Florida)
2:30pm-2:50pm
Expanding Katabasis: Going to Hell from Golden Ass to The Merchant’s Tale to the Orphic Stranger Things [Handout]
- Stephen Fodroczi (Cornell University)
2:50pm-3:10pm
Gendered Travel and Agency in The Homeric Hymn to Demeter [Handout]
- Kate Melberg (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
3:10pm-3:30pm
Reciprocity on Stage: Tracing Movements in Sophocles’ Philoctetes and Other Plays [Handout]
- Matteo Barbiero (University of Southern California)
3:30pm-4:15pm
Response from Prof. Sonia Sabnis (Reed College), followed by Q&A
4:15pm-4:30pm
Closing Remarks
- Anastasia Pantazopoulou (University of Florida)