Opening the Ancient World
A Public Academic Virtual Conference
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
Theme:
Body and Medicine in Antiquity: Health Care, Knowledge & Practice
When:
July 20th & 21st, 2025
Where:
This is a FREE public conference that will be livestreamed
ON THIS PAGE
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SASA's YouTube & Facebook
Digital Hammurabi, History With Kayleigh, Melissa in De Nile, World History Encyclopedia, World of Antiquity, and More Partners to be Announced!
A chat function will allow you to ask questions wherever we are streaming!
(though questions will be moderated to ensure discussion stays on topic)
Join Us!
Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns at conference@saveancientstudies.org.
Keynote Speakers
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.
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).
Schedule & Program
Conference Goals
Save Ancient Studies Alliance is planning the fifth year of our NEW type of conference for ALL Ancient Studies scholars with the following goals:
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.
2
Foster discussion and action regarding public outreach and scholarly inclusiveness.
3
Hold a conference freely available to the public.
4
Continue building a joint community of scholars including both those whose occupations are inside and outside academia.
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