American Academy in Rome

Role Models Conference:
Programme Schedule

ROLE
in the Roman world and
MODELS
in Early Modern Italy

17-19 March 2003

An interdisciplinary conference in Rome

FINAL PROGRAMME

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Monday 17 March

Tuesday 18 March

Wednesday 19 March

Monday 17 March
The American Academy in Rome - Lecture Room

08.30 - 09.00	Registration in the Cryptoporticus
09.00	*Welcome* Prof. Ingrid D. Rowland, The American Academy in Rome
Panel I:	*Challenging the Model* Chair: Prof. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, The British School at Rome
09.15	Prof. Tonio Hölscher, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Rom Divergent Models, Divergent Styles, and the Phantom of Identity Abstract
09.45	Prof. Roberta Stewart, Dartmouth College Who's tricked: Models of Slave Behaviour in Plautus' Psedolus Abstract
10.15	Coffee & Tea Break in the Cryptoporticus
10.30	Prof. John R. Clarke, University of Texas at Austin The Philological, the Folkloric and the Site-specific: Three Models for Decoding Classical Visual Representations Abstract
11.00	Discussion
11.20	Break
Panel II:	Reshaping Romanitas Chair: Prof. Joe Farrell, University of Pennsylvania
11.30	Dr. Efrossini Spentzou, Royal Holloway,University of London Challenging Roman Identity: Hannibal as a Hero in Silius Italicus' Punica Abstract
12.00	Dr. Shelley Hales, Bristol University Between Venus and Dionysus. Establishing Identities in Roman Houses Abstract
12.30	Discussion
13.00	Lunch
Panel III:	*Cross-temporal Models* Chair: Dr. Elizabeth Fentress, Rome
14.00	Dr. Richard Alston, Royal Holloway, University of London History and Memory in the Construction of Identity in Early Second-Century Rome Abstract
14.30	Dr. Susan Walker, The British Museum The King and the Philosopher: Role Models at Volubilis Abstract
15.00	Discussion
15.15	Coffee & Tea Break in the Cryptoporticus
Panel IV:	*Cross-cultural Models* Chair: Prof. Eve D'Ambra, Vassar College
15.45	C. Brian Rose, The University of Cincinnati The Origins of Roman "Veristic" Portraiture: New Evidence from the Excavations at Kedesh (Israel) Abstract
16.15	Prof. Sarah Pomeroy, Hunter College, CUNY The Ethnic Identity of Spartan Women in Roman Greece Abstract
16.45	Discussion
17.00	Reception in Salone

Tuesday 18 March
The American Academy in Rome - Lecture Room

Panel V:	Heroic Models for Children Chair: Dr Gleny Davies, The University of Edinburgh
09.15	Dr. Margaret King, Heriot-Watt University Whose Identity? Whose Role Model? Representations of Young Children on Roman Funerary Memorials Abstract
09.45	Prof. Eve D'Ambra, Vassar College Daughters as Diana in Mythological Portraiture Abstract
10.15	Coffee & Tea Break in the Cryptoporticus
10.30	Prof. Renate Thomas, Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln The Chariot Race Motif in Roman Art: Popular Sport or Transcendental Symbol? Abstract
11.00	Discussion
11.20	Break
Panel VI:	*The Model Family* Chair: Prof. Luisa Musso, Università degli Studi di Roma Tre
11.30	Prof. Henner von Hesberg, Universität zu Köln The Representation of Families on Sepulchral Monuments in the North-West Provinces (in Italian) Abstract
12.00	Dr. Margaret Imber, Bates College Life Without Father: Declamation and the Construction of Paternity in the Roman Empire Abstract
12.30	Discussion
13.00	Lunch
Panel VII:	*(Trans)Gendered Models* Chair: Prof. John R. Clarke, University of Texas at Austin
14.00	Dr. Glenys Davies, The University of Edinburgh Body Language and Gender Identity in Ancient Roman Portrait Statuary: Hellenistic Role Models for Roman Society? Abstract
14.30	Dr. Eric Varner, Emory University Transcending Gender: Assimilation, Identity and Roman Imperial Portraits Abstract
15.00	Discussion
15.15	Coffee & Tea Break in the Cryptoporticus
Panel VIII:	*Model Citizens? Pagan and Christian Modes of Expression* Chair: Dr. Susan Walker, The British Museum
15.45	Dr. Inge Lyse Hansen, The British School at Rome Muses as Models: Learning and the Complicity of Authority Abstract
16.15	Dr. Janet Huskinson, The Open University Degrees of Differentiation: Role Models on Early Christian Sarcophagi Abstract
16.45	Dr. Sharon Salvadori, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU Marriage Portraits in the Funerary Art of Third and Fourth-Century Rome: The Choice of Christian Patrons Abstract
17.15	Discussion

Wednesday 19 March
The British School at Rome - Sainsbury Lecture Theatre

09.00	*Welcome* Prof. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, The British School at Rome
09.15	Prof. Ingrid D. Rowland, The American Academy in Rome How to Forge a Career in Seventeenth-Century Italy: The Example of Curzio Inghirami, Defender of Etruscan Antiquities Abstract
Panel I:	Exemplary Models for Women Chair: Dr. Carolyn Valone, Independent Scholar, Rome
09.45	Dr. Paola Tinagli, The University of Edinburgh Exemplary Models for a Duchess: The Decorative Cycle for Eleonora di Toledo in Florence Abstract
10:15	Break
10.25	Dr. Susan Haskins, Independent Scholar, London Hasdrubal's wife and Other Forgotten Female Heroes Abstract
10.55	Coffee & Tea Break in the Foyer
11.15	Dr. Renée Baernstein, Miami University of Ohio Names, Identity and Politics in the Convent: Saintly Models in Counter-Reformation Milan Abstract
11.45	Discussion
Panel II:	After Petrarch: Experimentalism in Sixteenth-Century Italian Lyric Chair: Prof. Nadia Cannata, Università per Stranieri di Siena
12.15	Dr. Julia Hairston, Università di Roma 'La Sapienza' The Rise and Fall of the Choral Anthology in Italian Renaissance Lyric Abstract
12.35	Dr. Franco Tomasi, Università di Padua Leggere I poeti contemporanei in Accademia: una nuova identità intellettuale Abstract
13.00	Lunch
14.00	Prof. María Luisa Cerrón Puga, Università di Roma 'La Sapienza' Women in Poetry: Virginia Martini de' Salvi Abstract
14.20	Dr. Paolo Zaja, Università di Padua L'idea di poeta e poesia tra commento e autocommento Abstract
14.40	Discussion
Panel III:	*Insider/Outsider* Chair: Prof. Livio Pestilli, Trinity College, Rome Campus
15.00	Dr. Luba Freedman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Apelles as 'a historical life-ideal' of Titian Abstract
15.30	Dr. Helen Langdon, The British School at Rome 'Sincere, free, painter corrector': Salvator Rosa as Outsider Abstract
16.00	Coffee & Tea Break in the Foyer
16.30	Prof. Hillary Gatti, Università di Roma 'La Sapienza' Giordano Bruno in the Role of Nolan Philosopher Abstract
17.00	Discussion