#  GSANES 2021: "Disruption in the Ancient Near East" (Feb. 19-20).  

 





February 20, 2021

 

 

We are happy to announce that the third Graduate Symposium in Ancient  
Near Eastern Studies (GSANES) will take place on February 19-20, 2021  
over Zoom. The topic for this year's symposium is "Disruption in the  
Ancient Near East."  
  
Originally a medical term referring to the tearing asunder of bodily  
tissue, disruption has come to refer to radical transformations in  
society and the uncertainty that sets in as a result. But disruptions  
do not have to be inherently negative experiences: as old systems fall  
into disarray, new, innovative systems may emerge in their place.  
Indeed, innovations can be causes of disruptions themselves. As such,  
we invite students to use diverse methodological and theoretical  
approaches to engage with disruption in the ancient Near East. Case  
studies and more general perspectives are both welcome. In addition,  
we urge our presenters and attendees to discuss the implications of  
ancient disruption for modern society, and carefully consider the  
utility and meaning of studying the ancient world in an age of  
disruption.  
  
To that end, five students will present their research in  
extraordinarily diverse topics, each engaging with different  
perspectives on disruption. Francesca Rochberg (University of  
California, Berkeley) will deliver the keynote address on Friday  
evening.  
  
**The event will not have a conference fee, but registration is stillrequired. Please RSVP at <gsanes2021@gmail.com> [orZachary\_Rubin1@brown.edu](mailto:orZachary_Rubin1@brown.edu).**  
  
We look forward to your attendance!  
  
Zachary Rubin, Brown University ([zachary\_rubin1@brown.edu](mailto:zachary_rubin1@brown.edu))  
Evelyne Koubková, Yale University (<evelyne.koubkova@yale.edu>)  
Andrew Deloucas, Harvard University (<adeloucas@g.harvard.edu>).

  
PROGRAM (All times EST)  
  
Friday February 19  
  
5:30pm – 6:30pm: Keynote address by Francesca Rochberg (University of  
California, Berkeley)  
Discontinuities in World Order: From the Beginning to the End of Antiquity  
  
Saturday February 20  
  
11:30am – 12:00pm: Pavla Rosenstein (Yale University)  
Tizpatum: Princess, Petitioner, Prisoner  
  
12:00pm – 12:30pm: Christine Mikeska (University of North Carolina at  
Chapel Hill)  
A Karum and A Capital: Investigating animal economy at MBA and LBA Hattuša  
  
12:30pm – 1:30pm: Lunch Break  
  
1:30pm – 2:00pm: Ana Belen Rumi Gutierrez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)  
Royal Images of the Early Ptolemies in Egypt: the Acceptance of a  
Foreign Dynasty in the Pharaonic Tradition through Archaeological  
Evidence  
  
2:00pm – 2:30pm: Arvin Maghsoudlou, (Southern Methodist University)  
Did the Muslim Conquest End Antiquity? An Art Historical Approach to  
the Ancient-Islamic Divide in the Iranian World  
  
2:30pm – 3:00pm: Tea and Coffee Break  
  
3:00pm – 3:30pm: Eric Aupperle (Harvard University)  
When the Dead Devour the Living: On Akkadian Death Omens, Necromancy,  
and Babylonian “Eschatology”  
  
3:30pm – 4:30pm: Plenary Discussion  
  
5:00pm – 6:00pm: Informal Reception



 

 

 



 

 

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