BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:"-//Durham University/Events" METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:DUEVENT2110 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20130518T175745Z DTSTART:20070618T083000Z DTEND:20070618T151500Z STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:OPAQUE LOCATION:Department of Classics and Ancient History, Ritson Room, Monday 1 8 June 2007 SUMMARY:Fields of vision. Inaugural workshop for the Centre for the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean and the Near East DESCRIPTION:Durham University 38 North Bailey Durham DH1 3EU 9.30 Joh annes Haubold (Dept. of Classics and Ancient History): Welcome and Introdu ction 10.00 Donald Murray (Dept. of Classics and Ancient History): 'A Co mmon Foe? The Northern Barbarian in the Iranian, Mesopotamian and Greek I magination' 10.30 John Steele (Dept. of Physics): 'Sharing the Sky: Inte ractions between Greek and Babylonian Astronomers' 11.15 Coffee 11.45 Penny Wilson (Dept. of Archaeology): 'Pots, People and the Plural Communit y: A Case Study of the Greeks in Egypt at Sais' 12.15 Igor Dorfmann-Laza rev (Dept. of Theology and Religion): 'The Vision of Man in Hermes Trismeg istos's “Definitions”’ 13.00 Lunch in the Department o f Classics 14.00 Round Table Discussion Participants in the workshop ar e also cordially invited to attend the guest lecture by Professor Etman of the University of Cairo: 15.00 Ahmed Etman (University of Cairo): ‘ ;Homer in the Arab World’ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR