Published: March 2, 2019

King and Kingship
in Ancient Persia

Saturday 2 March 2019
Center for British & Irish Studies
Norlin Library, University of Colorado Boulder

2019 Fountain Symposium poster

11:00 AM: Wouter F.M. Henkelman

Associate Professor, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris
The Centrality of the King: The Fortification Archive & the Royal Household
 

1:30 PM: Margaret Cool Root

Professor and Curator Emerita, Department of the History of Art, the Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art & Archaeology, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor
Performative Arts of Persian Kingship: The Imperial Covenant in Metaphorical Landscapes & Social Spaces
 

3:15 PM: Mark Griffith

Klio Distinguished Professor of Classical Languages & Literature and Professor of Theater, Dance & Performance Studies, University of California at Berkeley
Imagining the King: Greek Notions & Theatrical Constructions of the Persian Royal Family

4:30 p.m. - Private reception - Please RSVP for the reception

Free and open to the public. Please contact Elspeth.Dusinberre@colorado.edu with questions.