Program
16.10.2014
17:30 - 18:00
Introduction
Gian Franco Chiai – Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin
Orietta Cordovana – University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
18:00 - 19:30
Environment and common sense geography in ancient texts
Key-Note Lecture
Klaus Geus – Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin
17.10.2014
09:30 - 10:15
Umweltschutz im römischen Recht?
Andreas Wacke – Universität zu Köln
10:15 - 11:00
Roman Law and pollution of natural context
Luigi Capogrossi Colognesi – Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'
11:30 - 12:30
Water use and management in Mesopotamia during the 2nd Millennium BC.
Cristina Simonetti – University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italia
14:30 - 15:15
Industrial pollution in Greece and Rome
Alain Bresson – The University of Chicago, USA
15:15 - 16:00
Deforestation and forest protection in the ancient world
J. Donald Hughes – University of Denver
16:30 - 17:15
The ecological impact of mass spectacles in the Roman World
Jocelyne Nelis Clément – Université de Bordeaux
17:15 - 18:00
The material evidence of living in a polluted environment
Silvia Polla – Institut für Klassische Archäologie, Freie Universität Berlin
18.10.2014
09:30 - 10:15
Seasons, swamps, and malaria
Elizabeth Craik – University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
10:15 - 11:00
Environmental diseases according to papyri from Egypt and medical thoughts
Isabella Andorlini – Università degli Studi di Parma
11:30 - 12:15
Il lessico dell’ecologia
Cinzia Bearzot – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano
12:15 - 13:00
Rivers protection in the ancient world and the city praise
Gian Franco Chiai – Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin
15:00 - 15:45
Floods of the Tiber in Rome under the Julio-Claudians
Edoardo Bianchi – Università degli Studi di Milano
15:45 - 16:30
L’inquinamento della città antica e le strategie abitative dell’élite in campagna.
Arnaldo Marcone – Università degli Studi di Roma, Italia
17:00 - 17:45
Pliny the Elder and the ancient pollution
Orietta Cordovana – University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
17:45 - 18:30
La cultura dell’ambiente in ambito monastico tra V e VIII secolo.
Luca Montecchio – Università Ecampus, Roma
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
10/16/2014 17:30 - 10/18/2014 19:00
Event venue:
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
Haus Potsdamer Straße
Simon-Bolivar-Saal
Potsdamer Straße 33
10785 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Environment / ecology, Geosciences, History / archaeology
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference
Entry:
10/10/2014
Sender/author:
Dr. Nina Diezemann
Department:
Stabsstelle für Presse und Kommunikation
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
German
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event48650
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