10.45 – 12.30 MA/RMA/PHD Masterclass with Professor Adeline Grand-Clément
“Protecting Nature, Preserving Resources or Caring for the Gods? A Reappraisal of Greek ‘Sacred Groves’ and Their Management” (open to Leiden students of all programmes; please register here)
12.30 – 13.15 Lunch
13.15 – 14.15 Keynote lecture by Professor Adeline Grand-Clément (Toulouse): Divine Agency and the ‘Natural World’ : Approaching Ancient Greek Environmental Sensitivity Through Myths and Rituals
14.15 – 14.45 Geert Ham, “Artificial Nature for a Divine Dynasty: Fountains and Caves in Ptolemaic Royal Architecture”
14.45 – 15.15 Babs van Eijk, “Pater Tiber: A River on the Move”
15.15 – 15.45 The H.S. Versnel Prize Winner Presentation
15.45 – 15.50 Closing remarks.