Agenda

22 Gen 2025 10:00

The Hittite Art of the Stage. Exploring Religious Festivals by combining textual and visual evidence

Aula Baratto, Ca’ Foscari - Dorsoduro 3246, Venice

THE HITTITE ART OF THE STAGE. EXPLORING RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS BY COMBINING TEXTUAL AND VISUAL EVIDENCE
January 21-22/2025

Program

January 21/2025 17.00-18.30
 
17.00 Introduction
Institutional greetings: Daniele Baglioni (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Director of the Department of Humanities)
 Conference organizers‘ welcoming: Alessandra Gilibert (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), Michele Cammarosano (University of Naples L’Orientale)
 
17.30 Keynote lecture
Ignazio Buttitta (University of Palermo), Analizzare il simbolismo festivo: una prospettiva storico comparativa [English Translation provided]
 
January 22/2025 10.00-18.00
 
10.00-12.30 MORNING SESSION
The visual evidence
Chair: Elena Rova (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
 
10.00-10.15 Introduction
 
10.15-10.35 Dirk Paul Mielke (University of Münster), Hittite relief pottery: content, contexts and significance
 
10.45-11.05 Clelia Mora (University of Pavia), Miniature reproductions of stage performances?
 
11.15-11.35 Coffee break
 
11.35-11.55 Tayfun Yıldırım (Ankara University), New thoughts about the scenes depicted in the Alaca Höyük reliefs
 
12.05-12.30 Round table
Discussant: Marina Pucci (University of Florence)
 
12.30-15.00 Lunch break
 
15.00-18.00 AFTERNOON SESSION
The textual evidence
Chair: Michele Cammarosano (University of Naples L’Orientale)
 
15.00 Introduction
 
15.15-15.35 Andrey Shatskov (University of Naples L’Orientale), The reconstruction of the text of the Great Festival of Arinna (CTH 634)
 
5.45-16.05 Charles Steitler (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz), Arinna and the Formation of the Itinerant AN.DAḪ.ŠUM Festival
 
16.15-16.30 Coffee Break
 
16.30-16.50 Adam Kryszeń (Philipps-Universität Marburg), Autumn in Arinna. Religious Topography in Hittite Texts
 
17.00-17.30 Round table
Discussant: Massimo Maiocchi (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
 
17:30-18:00 Conclusion and Hands-On Session with KWANZA digital tool
 

Organizzatore

Department of Humanities (Alessandra Gilibert, Elisa Girotto); University of Naples L’Orientale (Michele Cammarosano)

Allegati

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