College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
A Global Antiquity: The 2020 Meeting of the Association of Ancient Historians
Thursday, April 23, 2020 to Saturday, April 25, 2020
Virtual Meeting
The 2020 Meeting of the Association of Ancient Historians will be held virtually this year. Conference Co-Chairs: Sarah Bond & Rosemary Moore
The theme this year is “A Global Antiquity.” Our keynote speakers this year are Jinyu Liu (DePauw University) and Walter Scheidel (Stanford University).
Papers are welcome on the following topics:
Long Distance Trade in Antiquity
- Panel Presider: Jinyu Liu (DePauw University)
Ancient Food
- Panel Presider: Jordan Rosenblum (UW-Madison)
Athenian Life and History
- Panel Presider: Thomas C. Rose (Randolph-Macon College)
Alexander and his Generals on the Frontiers
- Panel Presider: Rosemary Moore (University of Iowa)
A Global Late Antiquity
- Panel Presider: Sarah Bond (University of Iowa)
Disease, Disaster, and Environmental Histories
- Panel Presider: Brenda Longfellow (University of Iowa)
Geographies of Conflict and Warfare
- Panel Presider: Lee Brice (Western Illinois University)
New Documentation Panel: Epigraphy, Numismatics, and Papyri
- Panel Presider: Georgia Tsouvala (Illinois State University)
Race, Ethnicity, and Outreach in Ancient History
- Panel Presider: Nandini Pandey (UW-Madison)
Ancient History and Pedagogy
- Panel Presider: Angela Ziskowski (Coe College)
Digital Humanities and Ancient History (DH Panel)
- Panel Presider: Hannah Scates Kettler (Iowa State University)