Thursday, May 11 @ 16:00 (@ MS Teams)

Routes of Exchange, Roots of Connectivity: the dynamics of ancient trade networks

Dr. Marike van Aerde, Universiteit Leiden

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Recommended readings:

• M. E. J. J., van Aerde & A. G. Khan, Carvings & Community: inclusive heritage solutions for protecting ancient Karakorum petroglyphs under threat, Journal of Archaeohistorical Studies 1.2 (2021), pp. 77-90. Carvings&Community

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Thursday, May 25 @ 16:00 (Drift 25, r. 102)

Mythical Women, Modern Novels: The wave of current rewritings from a female perspective.

Dr. Jacqueline Klooster, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

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Recommended readings:

• Barbara Goff. ‘Do We Have a New Song Yet? The New Wave of Women’s Novels and the Homeric Tradition, ‘ Humanities  11.2, no. 49 (2022), pp. 49–49. Song
• Lilian Doherty,  Gender and the Interpretation of Classical Myth. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2001, pp. 15-45. Chapter I