Ancient History and Ancient Historians: Dis Manibus Pavel Oliva

Organized by the Centre for Classical Studies

Ancient History and Ancient Historians: Dis manibus Pavel Oliva

DAY 1 (Wednesday, 22th November)

13:00-13:15 | welcome: P. Nývlt, D. Muchnová, J. Čechvala

13:15-14:15 | KEYNOTE: O. Murray, The Republic of Letters between East and West

14:15-15:00 | D. Muchnová – P. Nývlt, Pavel Oliva and Czech Philological Society (JKF), Pavel Oliva’s Translations

– coffee break –

15:30-16:15 | M. Šmíd, Pavel Oliva’s Testimony in the Context of Holocaust Memories

16:15-17:00 | K. Vuković, Young Men and Wild Ideas: Lupercalia, Wolves, and Right-Wing Ideologies

– dinner at Villa Lanna –

DAY 2 (Thursday, 23rd November)

9:00-10:00 | KEYNOTE: L. Thommen, Gleichheit und Freiheit im spartanischen Kosmos

– coffee break –

10:30-11:15 | S. O. Shapiro, Chilon of Sparta: Legend and Reality

11:15-12:00 | J. Kuciak, Die samischen logoi in den Historien Herodots als Quelle zur Geschichte der Insel Samos im 6. Jhdt. vor Christus

– lunch at Villa Lanna –

13:30-14:15 | J. Daneš, Sparta and Argos in Ancient Greek Tragedy

14:15-15:00 | I. Prchlík, Polybius’ “Numantine War”

– coffee break –

15:30-16:15 | P. Kovács, The Research on Roman Pannonia Following 1986

16:15-16:45 | Screening of a TV interview with Pavel Oliva (2009)

DAY 3 (Friday, 24th November)

9:00-10:00 | KEYNOTE: S. Hodkinson, Recent Far-Right Appropriations of Sparta in Europe and the USA, and their Historical Roots

– coffee break –

10:30-11:15 | J. Kepartová, Pompeji im 21. Jahrhundert

11:15-12:00 | K. Tsivos, Whose Is Sparta and Whose Is Macedonia? Greek Nationalism and the (Ab)Use of Classical Antiquity