Warfare in Antiquity: Approaches and Controversies
Conference
August 12-13th 2011, University College Dublin, Ireland
The study of ancient warfare is a broad and well established subject that stretches across a range of disciplines. However, persistent controversies regarding interpretations of and approaches to the subject matter remain. In light of this and in celebration of the recent 2,500 year anniversary of the battle of Marathon, the UCD Schools of Archaeology and Classics will be co-hosting a two-day interdisciplinary conference entitled ‘Warfare in Antiquity: Approaches and Controversies’ .
The aim of the conference is to provide a platform for discussion and exchange of ideas on current approaches and controversies regarding the study of ancient warfare. The conference is aimed equally at postgraduate students, early career researchers and established academics. There are no specific spatial or temporal parameters regarding the subject matter of papers, although it is anticipated that contributions will focus on the Mediterranean basin and North Western Europe from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity.
Warfare in Antiquity: Approaches and Controversies
Venue – Theatre 1, Newman Building
UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Friday 12th August
9.00-10.30 Registration and coffee
10.30-12.30 Panel 1
- Stephen O’Brien, University of Chester - Controversies and Uses of ‘Warrior Graves’ in Later Aegean Prehistory
- Dr. Efrem Zambon, Venice - The modes of warfare in classical Sicily: defining a Sicilian way of war?
- Samuel Gartland, Leeds - The Theatre of Ares: Stagecraft and the visual in Boiotian conflict
- Matthew Lloyd, Oxford - Euboean Warriors: Early Iron Age Aegean Warfare (c. 1050-700 BCE)
Lunch
2.00- 4.00 Panel 2
- Leonardo Gregoratti, Udine University,Italy – Pilum versus Bow: Anti Parthian Tactics in Ancient Historiography
- Anna Zawadzka, Warsaw – Celtic Horned Helmets: Realities and Stereoptypes
- Aimee Schofield, Manchester – The Catapult: A revolution in Military Affairs
Coffee
4.30- 6.00 Panel 3
- Kevin Rowan de Groote, (UCD) – Thucydides and the drifting phalanx - an experimental approach to a Classical problem.
- Peter Myler (UCD) – Unit cohesion in the open form ‘phalanx’
- Catherine Parnell (UCD) / Ioannis Georganas (FHW) - The kopis and the machaira: fit for a hero or befitting a barbarian?
Saturday 13th August
9.00-11.00 Panel 4
- Julie Laskaris, Virginia - Military Medicine: a Battlefield Casualty
- Owen Rees, London - Combat Trauma: a Methodological Perspective
- Alan Peatfield (UCD) – The Egyptian Khopesh
- Christelle Fisher-Bovet – The Ptolemies, the Navy and the Egyptians
Coffee
11.30-1.00 Panel 5
- Adam Anders , Cardiff – Roman Transmission of Commands in Battle During the Republic and Principate
- Jonathan Eaton, Newcastle – The Imperial Family in the lives of Roman Soldiers 31 BC –AD 235
- John Shean, La Guardia NYC – What happened to the late Roman Army?
Lunch
2.30-4.00 Panel 6
- Lucy Corcoran (UCD) – Women and Warfare in Homer: the Origin, the Objective and the Other
- Cezary Kucewicz (UCL) – Honour, War and Body Parts: the mutilation of the dead in the Iliad
- Sara Chiarini, Berlin - Λοκροί τʼἀγχέμαχοι: a possible explanation
4.15-5.45 Key note
- Jon Coulston, St. Andrews
- Philip de Souza, UCD
- Nick Secunda, University of Gdansk
- Hans van Wees, UCL
Wine reception and Classical Museum
Warfare in Antiquity: Approaches and Controversies
University College Dublin,
August 12th and 13th, 2011
Registration Form
Name ________________________________________________
Institution ________________________________________________
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Position in Institution / degree for which you are enrolled _______________________________
Conference fees are 10 euro for students/unwaged and 15 euro for all others. These are payable at registration on Friday 12th of August. Lunch, coffee breaks on both days and the wine reception on Saturday are included in the conference fee.
Signed __________________________________
Completed forms should be emailed to warfare.antiquity@gmail.com by July 30th 2011.
For more information contact:
Peter Myler,
School of Classics,
University College Dublin,
Belfield,
Dublin 4,
Republic of Ireland,
(+353) 1 716 8168
Accommodation Options: In and near University College Dublin, August 2011
Accommodation options for Warfare in Antiquity Conference 2011. A number of choices for accommodation, campus apartments, hotels nearby, and Bed & Breakfast options are available. Links to directions to UCD & office contact details are also provided.
Please NOTE we are currently finalizing our website for the Warfare in Antiquity Conference 2011 and that this information & more will be available on our website soon.
Accommodation
We urge you to make your accommodation and flight arrangements as early as possible. Please note, Dublin is a popular tourist destination and there will be many events and activities in the city at this time of year.
Should you wish to avail of UCD Campus accommodation please follow this link www.summeratucd.ie. Please mention the conference when contacting UCD accommodation to avail of the special conference rate or EUR49 per night (for a single en-suite including breakfast).
Alternatively, information on Dublin city centre hotels can be found on DublinTourist.com and through the usual hotel search websites. UCD is close to Belfield, Donnybrook, Ballsbridge, Blackrock, Stillorgan and Sandymount.
- www.dublintourist.com (for B&B and other accommodation choices)
- www.discoverireland.ie (for B&B and other accommodation choices)
Hotels
Hotels convenient to UCD include: the Radisson SAS St Helens, the Stillorgan Park Hotel, and the Tara Towers Hotel. Bewleys Hotels and city centre options are a little further away (no more than 30mins by bus), but may also be convenient for connections to Dublin Airport via Aircoach services.
- Radisson SAS St Helens Hotel www.radissonblu.ie/sthelenshotel-dublin
- The Stillorgan Park Hotel www.stillorganpark.com
- Tara Towers Hotel www.taratowers.com
- Bewleys Hotel Ballsbridge at www.bewleyshotels.com
- Bewleys Hotel Leopardstown at www.bewleyshotels.com
Getting to and around Dublin
From Dublin Airport to UCD Belfield by Aircoach. The Aircoach (www.aircoach.ie) LEOPARDSTOWN / SANDYFORD route passes UCD's Belfield campus and the Montrose Hotel, fair is € 7 single, € 12 return. Journey times from 45 to 70 minutes depending on traffic and time of day.
From Dublin Airport to UCD Belfield by taxi. Check with your driver, typical fares for this metered journey range between €35 and €40, journey times from 35 to 50 minutes depending on traffic and time of day.
From Dublin Airport to UCD Belfield with Dublin Bus. Dublin Bus is state run bus company that serves the whole of Dublin (www.dublinbus.ie). Several options are available from Dublin Airport. The 747/748 Airlink is an airport express bus that runs from Dublin Airport to the city centre (O’Connell Street) and vice-versa departing every 20 mins. The cost for a single journey is €6 and €10 for a return. Alternatively the 16a and 41 are regular commuter busses that depart on a less regular basis, take more time to get in to O’Connell Street but only cost €2.20 per journey.
From town to UCD with Dublin Bus. Once in town you should try to get any of the following: 39a, 46a, 145. They are all fairly regular and depart from Nassau Street (perpendicular to the main shopping street (Grafton Street) on the south side of the River) next to the side entrance to Trinity College Dublin. The bus fare is €1.85 from the city centre to UCD Belfield. The 39a terminates in the campus itself so is ideal. The 46a (Dun Laoghaire direction) and 145 (Kilmacanogue direction) stop outside the Montrose Hotel opposite the UCD main gate.
For more information on UCD as a whole, please visit www.ucd.ie
Kindest regards,
Kevin & Peter
Warfare in Antiquity: Approaches and Controversies conference 2011
Hellenistic/Roman Stele; UCD Classical Museum