The seminar will conclude with a small one-day symposium, which will take place on Tuesday December 8, 2009. Venue: the MPhil room (023A) on the ground floor of the Huizinga building (a.ka. 1174).
Presiding: Dr. Miguel-John Versluys (lecturer in
Classical Archaeology, Leiden University)
09.30 – 10.15 Talk by Prof. dr. Ab de Jong (professor of
Comparative Religion, Leiden University)
10.15 – 11.00 Student presentation 1
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 – 12.10 Student presentation 2
12.10 – 13.30 Lunch break
13.30 – 14.05 Student presentation 3
14.05 – 14.50 Talk by drs. Nina Faas (researcher at the
Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid)
14.50 – 15.00 Concluding remarks
Accordingly, there will be three presentations by the participants in the seminar who for this purpose will be grouped as follows:
1 Fate, free will and progress: Jacques, Evelien, Stefan K.
/ 35 mins + 10 mins discussion
2
Magic and divining: Renee, Jennifer, Joris, Georgia / 45 mins + 10 mins
discussion
3
Crises individual and public: Stefan P., Jan K. / 25 mins + 10 mins
discussion
Make sure you get in touch with each other at an early enough stage so as to fit your results properly together. We need three talks, every one of them presented by either a single individual who acts as spokesperson, or by several who share the talk. But if sharing, there should still be ONE question, an integrated account, and ONE conclusion. Different aspects and approaches, and possible disagreement should be and can be accommodated within the single talk. This is not merely intended as an exercise in cooperation, but is above all intended to make all particpants look for common ground, i.e. ancient thought about the future.
Note that there will be a small audience present which will include people who work in other fields than the ancient world.
with K. Beerden and F.G. Naerebout