Philhellenism, Philanthropy, or Political Convenience? American Archaeology in Greece

A Workshop Organized by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
(www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/news)

COTSEN HALL-ΑΝΑΠΗΡΩΝ ΠΟΛΕΜΟΥ 9

Preliminary Program*
9.00-09.30 Welcoming Addresses
09.30 Jack L. Davis, Archaeology and the Politics of Volunteerism (20’). Response by Dominique Mullliez (10’).
10.00 Eleftheria Daleziou, ‘Adjuster and Negotiator’: ASCSA’s Director Bert Hodge Hill (1918-1926) and the Greek Refugee Crisis (20’). Response by Spyridon Ploumidis (10’).
10.30 David. D. Rupp, Bert Hodge Hill and Edward Capps: Mutually Antagonistic Philhellenes at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and at Athens College (20’). Response by William McGrew (10’).
11.00 Coffee Break
11.30 Betsey Robinson, Hydraulic Euergetism: American Archaeology and Waterworks in Early-20th-century Greece (20’). Response by Katerina Gardika (10’).
12.00 Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan, The Carnegie Appropriations to the American School of Classical Studies at Athens: Gifts Wrapped Up in Successful Social Networking (20’). Response by Ioanna Laliotou (10’).
12.30 Tour of the Blegen Library and Archives
13.00-14.00 Lunch Break
14.00 Despina Lalaki, Archaeologists at War, between Patriotism and Scholarship (20’). Response by Thomas W. Gallant (10’).
14.30 Niki Sakka, The Reconstruction of the Stoa of Attalos (20’). Response by Evanthis Hatzivassiliou (10’).
15.00 Yiannis Hamilakis, The National Project as a Trans-National Enterprise: American Archaeology in Greece, and the Excavations at the Athenian Agora (20’). Response by Dimitris Plantzos (10’).
15.30 Discussion and Concluding Remarks
16.00 Documentary Film on the Dedication of the Stoa of Attalos (U.S.I.S. 1957, 20’)
17.00 Wine Reception

*Time limit: 20’ for speakers / 10’ for respondents

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