“Sports, Politics and Cultures”
In collaboration with the Center for Hellenic
Studies of Harvard University
“Athletic and interstate political rivalries at the Olympics and beyond:
A cross-cultural perspective”
1st Annual International Conference
3-5 July 2012, Ancient Olympia
The International Olympic Academy, in collaboration with the Center for Hellenic Studies of the United States Harvard University,
organizes from this year, on an annual basis, an International Scientific Conference focusing on:
"Sports, Politics and Cultures"
The Conference will take place at the premises of the Hellenic Olympic Committee in Ancient Olympia from 3 to 5 July.
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY
Sports, Politics and Cultures
The special subject of the 2012 Conference is the following:
‘Athletic and interstate political rivalries at the Olympics and beyond: A cross-cultural perspective’
where distinguished Professors from USA and Greece will deliver lectures on various topics.
The main objective of the Conference will be the comparison between the Olympic Games of antiquity with other relevant cultural
events of the Roman era, the late antiquity, of the ancient China and other cultures. The Conference will include lectures and
workshops in the English language, according to the following program.
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY
The premises in Ancient Olympia
Sports, Politics and Cultures
Kindly note that the works of the Conference are transmitted live on the Internet in the following address:
www.ioa-sessions.org
For any information related to the Conference please contact Mr. Ioannis Papaioannou at the following address:
International Olympic Academy
52, Dimitrios Vikelas Ave., 15233 Halandri, Athens – Greece,
by e-mail: [email protected]
or by fax: 210 6878720,
Participants should be members of the University community either as Professors or as students (maximum 100 persons)
The accommodation of participants/students will be provided in twin rooms and for Professors, respectively, will be mainly in single rooms.
For all the participants, the transportation to and from Ancient Olympia will be organized centrally. The departure of the buses will be on
Monday, July 2, 2012 at 4pm from the front area of the Panathenaic Stadium and the departure from the Ancient Olympia is scheduled for
July 5 at 3pm . Participants could also use, if they wish, other transport methods at their own risk
SPORTS POLITICS & CULTURES
“Athletic and interstate political rivalries at the Olympics and beyond:
A cross-cultural perspective”
LECTURERS Gregory Nagy, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Director, Center for Hellenic Studies (Washington, D.C.), Harvard University
Ioannis Petropoulos, Professor of Classical Greek Literature, Department of Greek Literature, Democritus University of Thrace, Director, Center for Hellenic Studies (Nafplion, Greece), Harvard University
Madeleine Goh, Assistant Professor, Department of Classical Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington
Olga Levianouk, Associate Professor of Classics, Department of Classics, University of Washington
Dr. Sarah Insley, College Fellow in Byzantine Language and Literature, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Ryan Platte, Assistant Professor of Classics, Washington University in St. Louis
Michael Puett, Professor of Chinese History, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Alexander Hollmann, Associate Professor of Classics, Department of Classics, University of Washington
Zinon Papakonstantinou, Assistant Professor of Classics and History, Department of Classics and Mediterranean Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Arrival of the Lecturers and the participants in Athens
4:00pm Departure of the participants from the Panathenaic
Stadium to Ancient Olympia
2/7/2012
1st day
“Athletic and interstate political rivalries at the Olympics and beyond:
A cross-cultural perspective”
Monday
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9:30am Opening Ceremony
9:40am Address by the President of the IOA, Mr. Isidoros Kouvelos
9:50am Address and Opening of the works of the Conference by Prof. Greg Nagy
10:00am ‘Herodotus on Pan-Hellenic rivalries at the Olympics’, Prof. Ioannis Petropoulos,
Discussion
11:00 am 'Similarities and differences between the athletic events at the Olympics and the
Panathenaia: A case in point', Prof. Gregory Nagy,
Discussion
12:00am Workshops
1:30pm Lunch
5:00pm 'Τιμὰ ποδῶν: Footraces in myth and ancient Olympia', Ass. Prof. Olga Levianouk,
Discussion
6:00pm ‘Chariot racing and dynastic rivalries: The house of Atreus at Olympia and Pythia’,
Ass. Prof. Madeleine Goh,
Discussion
7:00pm Workshops
8:30pm Dinner 3/7/2012
2nd day
Tuesday
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“Athletic and interstate political rivalries at the Olympics and beyond:
A cross-cultural perspective”
3rd day
9:30am ‘Pindar’s Olympian One and the prehistory of athletic praise’, Ass. Prof. Ryan Platte,
Discussion
10:30am 'The art and sport of charioteering in ancient China', Prof. Michael Puett,
Discussion
11:30am Workshops
1:30pm Lunch
5:00pm ‘Agones in late-antique Antioch’, Ass. Prof. Alexander Hollmann,
Discussion
5:45pm 'The politics of sports and "sports fans" in Constantinople” Miss Sarah E. Insley
Discussion.
6:30pm ‘Ancient Olympics, Panhellenism and Greek Identities’ by Ass. Prof. Zinon
Papakonstantinou,
Discussion
7:30pm Workshops
8:30pm Dinner
4/7/2012
Wednesday
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“Athletic and interstate political rivalries at the Olympics and beyond:
A cross-cultural perspective”
SPORTS POLITICS & CULTURES
4th day
10:00am Presentation of the conclusions of the works by Professor Gregory Nagy.
11:00am Address and closing of the works of the Conference by Mr. Isidoros Kouvelos
President of the IOA,
*The duration of the lectures is indicative
3:00pm Departure for Athens
5/7/2012
Thursday
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“Athletic and interstate political rivalries at the Olympics and beyond:
A cross-cultural perspective”
