Art under the Seleukid Empire: New Perspectives, 28th-29th September 2023
'Art under the Seleukid Empire: New Perspectives' took place on 28-29 September 2023, with an in-person audience at Wolfson College Oxford and online participation via Zoom. An international line-up of speakers addressed different aspects of the character of art under the rule of the Hellenistic Seleukid dynasty. The event was kindly supported by Wolfson College and Tony Michaels. Most of the presentations are included in these recordings.
See the full programme here.DAY 1Part 1Prof Peter Stewart (CARC, University of Oxford)IntroductionProf Stephanie Langin-Hooper (Southern Methodist University, Dallas)The Seleucid Empire as Seen through Miniature Objects: Cultural Negotiation and Social Change in the Coins, Seals, and Figurines of Hellenistic BabyloniaProf Matthew Canepa (University of California, Irvine)Seleucid Art as Iranian Art: Seleucid Art, Architecture and Urbanism and the Formation of New Perso-Iranian Imperial Visual and Spatial Cultures
Part 2Prof Vito Messina and Prof Carlo Lippolis (Università di Torino/CRAST)New Perspectives on Research at Seleucia on the TigrisDr Roberta Menegazzi (Centro Ricerche Archeologiche e Scavi di Torino per il Medio Oriente e l'Asia)Thoughts on the Dating of the Terracotta Figurines from Seleucia on the TigrisDAY 2Both parts of dayDr Alex McAuley (University of Auckland)Imitation or Innovation? Revisiting the Art of Seleukid Royal WomenProf Rolf Strootman (Utrecht University)Dynastic Visual Culture(s) in the Seleukid WorldDr Gunnar Dumke (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg)Seleukid Portraits – 30 Years AfterDr Simon Glenn (University of Leeds)Art After the Seleucids: The Numismatic Evidence from Bactria and Beyond
