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Opening the Ancient World

A Public Academic Virtual Conference

Livestreaming here Sunday-Monday, July 20-21, 2025
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Body and Medicine in Antiquity:
Health Care, Knowledge, and Practice

2021 PROCEEDINGS PUBLICATION

Preview our open access publication, under contract with ArchaeoPress!

SOCIAL HOUR

On July 21st at 5:00 PM EDT, click below to join a Social Hour with SASA!

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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Theme:

Body and Medicine in Antiquity:

Health Care, Knowledge, and Practice

Conference Description

When:

July 20th and 21st, 2025

9:00 AM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT both days

Social Hour Monday 7/21 5:00 PM EDT - 6:00 PM EDT

Where: 

This is a FREE public conference that will be live streamed

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and on our partners' channels:

English Streamers

 

SASA's YouTubeFacebook, and Twitch

World History Encyclopedia's YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter / X

Digital Hammurabi's YouTube, Twitter / X and Twitch

World of Antiquity's YouTube

History with Kayleigh's YouTubeTwitter / X and Facebook

Melissa in De Nile's Twitch

About the Conference
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Schedule & Program
RSVP - Special Session
RSVP required to participate in Special Session during the conference live stream.
RSVP must be one hour prior to the Special Session.
Social Hour takes place on a private Zoom after the conference ends.
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Keynote Speakers

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Casey L. Kirkpatrick, PhD

 

PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Archaeology at Simon Fraser University, an Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of
Western Ontario, and a Guest Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

 

MA in Ancient Egyptian Culture from Swansea University and a PhD in Anthropology, specializing in Bioarchaeology and Archaeology, from the University of Western
Ontario. She also completed a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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Bronwen L. Wickkiser 

Solomon Bluhm Professor of Ancient History at Hunter College and professor at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She also directs the Bluhm Scholars Program, an honors program in Classics at Hunter College. Her research draws on archaeological evidence alongside ancient texts to explore intersections between religion and healthcare in the Greco-Roman world.

Bronwen is the author of Asklepios, Medicine and the Politics of Healing in Fifth-Century Greece: Between Craft and Cult (Johns Hopkins University 2008); co-author of The Thymele at Epidauros: Healing, Space, and Musical Performance in Late Classical Greece, with P. Schultz, G. Hinge, C. Kanellopoulos, and J. Franklin (Theran 2017); co-editor of Aspects of Ancient Greek Cult: Context, Ritual, and Iconography, with J. Tae Jensen, P. Schultz, and G. Hinge (Aarhus University, 2009); and co-editor of Godscapes: Environment and the Sacred in the Ancient Mediterranean and Beyond with S. Blakely and W. Closterman (Lockwood, in process).

Conference Goals

Conference Goals

Save Ancient Studies Alliance hosts the fifth year of our NEW type of conference for ALL Ancient Studies scholars with the following goals:

In the Classroom

1

Present and support excellent scholarship by scholars around the world, who work outside academia, and researchers who have not followed the traditional tenure-track career path.

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2

Foster discussion and action regarding public outreach and scholarly inclusiveness. 

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3

Hold a conference freely available to the public. 

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4

 Continue building a joint community of scholars including both those whose occupations are inside and outside academia.

Next Year - Conf 2026

Next Year's Conference

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SASA's Archaeogaming Education Program is supported by grants from NEH, NJCH, and University of North Carolina.

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