9.00-9.30: Breakfast (Room 4202)
9.30-9.35: Welcoming and Introduction (Segal Theatre)
Elizabeth Mellen and Alessandra Migliara, conference co-chairs
9.35-11.15: Panel 1: Xenoi and Plato (Segal Theatre)
Moderator: Mateo Duque, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Welcoming the Xenos from Elea Anna Pavani, University of Cologne/Brown University
Enemies by Nature: Plato and the Xenophobia of Kallipolis Samuel Yelton, The New School for Social Research
Does the “Idea of the Barbarian” exist according to Plato? Carlo Delle Donne, La Sapienza University of Rome
Plato’s Provincialism and Diogenes’ Cosmopolitism Pedro Dotto, The New School for Social Research
11.15-11.40: Coffee break (Room 4202)
11.40 – 1.00: Panel 2: Historical Approaches to Ancient Hospitality (Segal Theatre)
Moderator: Mary Jean McNamara, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Horns of Plenty and Debauchery: The Appropriation of the Keras in Attic Vase Painting Nadhira Hill, University of Michigan
Sikel Kings, Athenian Guests? Considering the Proxenia Decree of Archonides and Demon (IG I3 228) Jayden Lloyd, The University of British Columbia
Public Hospitality: A Dichotomy of Social Class in the Roman World Jessica Mingoia, Rutgers University
1.00-2.00: Lunch (Room 4202)
2.00-4.00: Screening of Aeschylus’ Suppliants (directed by Moni Ovadia) (Segal Theatre)
Response by Professor Helene Foley, Columbia University
4.00–4.20: Coffee break (Room 4202)
4.20-5.00: Panel 3: Xenoi and the Athenian Drama (Segal Theatre)
Moderator: Noah Davies Mason, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Performing Hospitality and/or Hostility towards Xenoi: The Case of Dramatic Satyrs Efstathia Athanasopoulou, University of Patras
Oedipus at Colonus: A Story of Refugee Identity, Space, and Mediating Relationships Ashley Mehra, University of Cambridge
5.00-6.00: Keynote address (Segal Theatre)
Suppliants at the Dionysia: Embracing Refugees in an Anti-Immigrant Athens
Prof. Rebecca Futo Kennedy, Denison University
6.00-7.00: Reception (Room 4202)