8th Annual International Conference on History: From Ancient to Modern
28-31 December 2010, Athens, Greece
Sponsored by
The History Research Unit of the
Athens Institute for Education and Research
Conference Venue: St George Lycabettus Boutique Hotel, 2 Kleomenous Street, Kolonaki, Athens.
Administration: Fani Balaska, Gina Bondi, Stavroula Kiritsi, Eirini Lentzou, Konstantinos Manolidis, Katerina Maraki, Sylia Sakka
& Lila Skountridaki
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Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President and Director, ATINER.
Dr. Nicholas Pappas, Vice-President of ATINER & Professor, Sam Houston State University, USA.
Dr. Gregory A. Katsas, Head, Sociology Research Unit, ATINER & Associate Professor, The American College of Greece-Deree College, Greece.
Dr. Cleopatra Veloutsou, Head, Marketing Research Unit, ATINER & Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Department of Business and Management,
University of Glasgow, Scotland.
Dr. Michael Eisman, Associate Professor, Temple University, USA.
Dr. Evangelia Aleksandru-Sarlak, Associate Professor, Isik University, Turkey.
Dr. Edward Anson, Professor, University of Arkansas, AK, USA.
Dr. John Evans, Professor, University of Minnesota, MI, USA.
Mr. Leslie Stuart Woodcock, Academic Member, ATINER and Visiting Professor, University of Macedonia, Greece.
Dr. Stephen Andrew Arbury, Professor of Art History, Radford University, USA.
Dr. Ioanna Papadopoulou, Academic Member, ATINER & Lecturer, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.
Dr. Jayoung Che, Research Professor, Institute for the Mediterranean Studies, Pusan University of Foreign Studies, Pusan, Republic of Korea (S.
Korea)
Ms. Andrea Eis, Doris and Paul Travis Endowed Professor in Art and Chair, Oakland University, USA.
Dr. Ebru Gokdag, Assistant Professor, Anadolu University, Turkey.
Dr. Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Professor, Sam Houston State University, USA.
Dr. Sabrina Joseph, Associate Professor, Zayed University, UAE.
Dr. George Kaloudis, Professor, Rivier College, USA.
Dr. Scott Kaufmann, Professor, Francis Marion University, USA.
Dr. Steven Oberhelman, Professor, University of Texas A&M, USA.
Dr. Michael Aradas, Assistant Professor, Johnson S. Smith University, USA.
Dr. Frederico Velez, Assistant Professor, Zayed University, UAE.
Dr. Vasilis Vourkoutiotis, Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada.
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C O N F E R E N C E
P R O G R A M
(The time for each session includes at least 10 minutes coffee break)
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
08:00-08:30 Registration
08:30-09:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
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Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President and Director, ATINER
09:00-10:30 Session I: Aspects of Ancient Greek History
Chair: Papanikos, G.T., Director, ATINER
1. Provencal, V., Professor, Acadia University, Canada. The Rhetorical Purpose of the Preface (1.1-1.5) of Herodotus’ Histories.
2. Dillon, M., Associate Professor, University of New England, Australia. Solon as Diviner: Did the Athenian Mediator and Archon of 594 BC have the
Gift of Prophecy?
3. Eisman, M., Associate Professor, Temple University, USA. Lydos and Company.
4. Powers, D., Student, University of Utah, USA. Achaemenid Persia a Paper Tiger? An Analysis of Darius’ Expedition into Europe, 513 BC.
10:30-12:00 Session II: Aspects of 19th Century History
Chair: Eisman, M., Associate Professor, Temple University, USA.
1. Corfield, P.J., Emeritus Professor, University of London, UK. The Origins of Modern Meritocracy: British Reformers in the Nineteenth
Century and Ideal of the Chinese Mandarinate.
2. Vicinus, M., Professor, University of Michigan, USA. Who Owns the Middle Ages? Competing Versions of National Identity in
England and France, 1870-1905.
3. Spurr, G., Assistant Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University-Brantford, Canada. The Introduction of Physical Recreations into British
Young Men’s Christian Associations.
4. Ahmed, Y., Professor, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates. Armenian Merchants in Mediterranean in the 19 th
Century.
12:00 – 13:30 Session III: Early Modern Cultural History
Chair: Corfield, P.J., Emeritus Professor, University of London, UK.
1. Georgoulia, A., Ph.D. Student, University of York, UK. Rubens and Early Modern Painted Political Philosophy.
2. Petitjean, B., Graduate Student, Villanova University, USA. Reforming Rome’s Relics: The Practical and Visual Impact of Trent on the
Veneration of Saints and Relics.
13:30 - 14:30 LUNCH
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14:30 – 16:00 Session IV: Aspects of Southeastern European History
Chair: Wick, D., Professor, Gordon College, USA.
1. Frary, L., Professor, Rider University, USA. Russia and Independent Greece: Politics, Religion, and Print Culture (1830s-1840s).
2. Bajramovic Jusufbegovic, S., Ph.D. Student, Orebro University, Sweden. When West Meets the Balkans. A Discussion on the
Usefulness of a Postcolonial Perspective on Aid Practice in Post-War Bosnia-Herzegovina.
16:00 – 17:30 Session V: Greek and Roman Cultural Interaction
Chair: Papadopoulou, I., Academic Member, ATINER & Lecturer, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.
1. Wick, D., Professor, Gordon College, USA. The Akademe’s Orphans: The “Other” Athenian Schools and their Struggle to Survive in
the Last Years of the Roman Republic.
2. Miller, M., Professor, Concordia University, USA. Along the Mediterranean Coast of Spain: The Ancient Greek Colonies and a Lacuna
in Strabo.
17:30 – 18:30 Session VI: Cultural History of the Americas
Chair: Frary, L., Associate Professor, Rider University, USA.
1. Goff, A., Professor, Devry University, USA. Modern History’s Odyssey and Return: From Storytelling to Science and the Return to
Narrative.
2. Teo, M., Ph.D. Student, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Musical Body: Music in the Constitution of a Visual Identity in Brazilian’s
Belle Epoque.
3. Tombini Wittmann, L., Ph.D. Student, University Estadual of Campinas, Brazil. Missionary Art in the Portuguese Empire.
18:30 – 19:30 Session VII: Byzantine, Islamic and Post Byzantine History
Chair: Goff, A., Professor, Devry University, USA.
1. Garland, L., Professor, University of New England, Australia. Zoe and Theodora (1028–1056): Female Government and the EleventhCentury Byzantine Court.
2. Al-Haideri, S.H., Professor, University of Soran, Egypt. The Scientific Activities of Ibn Khaldum during his Migration to Egypt 7848080A.H/1382-1406 A.D.
21: 00 - 23:00 Greek Night (Details during registration)
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
08:30-09:30 Session VIII: Aspects of Roman History
Chair: *Goldere, S., Assistant Professor, Ankara University, Turkey.
1. Frolov, R., Scientific Associate, Yaroslavl State University, Russia. Sua Sponte Facere: The Problem of Legitimacy of the Unauthorized
Contiones in Rome under the Republic.
2. Israelowich, I., Lecturer, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Law, Society and Physicians during the High Roman Empire.
3. Andreeva, P., Ph.D. Student, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria. On the Festivals in the Roman Province of Thrace.
09:30-10:30 Session IX: Film and Theatre History in the Twentieth Century
Chair: Genizi, H., Professor Emeritus, Bar Ilan University, Israel.
1. Ima-Izumi, Y., Professor, University of Tsukuba, Japan. A History of Japanese Geisha Films, 1930a-1990s.
2. Masuda, H., Professor, Tokyo Junshin Women’s College, Japan. Arthur Miller’s the Crucible: McCarthyism Then and Now.
3. Thornton, S., Associate Professor, Arizona State University, USA. The Present in the Past: Vreme Razdelno as Period Piece.
10:30-11:30 Session X: Aspects of Twentieth Century History
Chair: Woodcock, L.S., Academic Member, ATINER and Visiting Professor, University of Macedonia, Greece.
1. Genizi, H., Professor Emeritus, Bar Ilan University, Israel. American Quakers and Refugees from Nazism.
2. Pelzer, J., Professor, Occidental College, USA. Culture and Modernization – German Predicaments between the Weimar Republic and
the Sixties.
3. von Bawey, P., Professor, The American University of Paris, France. Berlin Wall Remembered.
4. Davis, A., British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Warwick University, UK. The Influence of World War Two on European Child
Psychology. (Wednesday, December 29th, 2010)
11:30-13:00 Session XI: Historical Themes
Chair: Skountridaki, L., Ph.D. Student, University of Strathclyde, UK & Papanikos, G.T., Director, ATINER
1. *Goldere, S., Assistant Professor, Ankara University, Turkey. The Modern Dance History in Germany from Laban to Pina Bauch in 20th
Century.
2. Logan, T., Researcher, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Canada. Memory and History of Residential Schools in Canada.
3. Burson, J.D., Assistant Professor, Macon State College, USA. Jesuit Theological Enlightenment among the Philosophes: The
Transnational Reception of Father Claude G. Buffier in the Scottish and French Enlightenments.
4. Milwicki, A., MA Student, Seton Hall University, USA. Spear Won Prize: An Analysis of the Romanization of the Histories of
Alexander the Great.
12:00 – 12:45 LUNCH
12:45 - 16:00 Urban Walk (Details during registration)
21:00 - 22:00 Dinner (Details during registration)
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Thursday, December 30th, 2010
Delphi Visit: Departure at 07:55 Return at 19:30 (Details during registration)
Friday, December 31st, 2010
Cruise: Departure at 07:10 Return at 20:30 (Details during registration)
22:00-00:01 New Year’s Eve Gala, includes traditional Greek New Year’s Eve Dinner (Details during registration)
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