Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki Ephorate of Antiquities of Thessaloniki City University of Ioannina (Department of Fine Arts and Art Sciences - Laboratory of History of Art) A Two-day Conference The work of magic art History, uses and meanings of the Incantadas monument in Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Museum of the Ancient Agora of Thessaloniki 9 & 10 June 2018 PROGRAMME 1
Saturday 9 June 2018 Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki Manolis Andronikos Hall 9.30-10.30 10.30-11.00 Welcome talks Evangelia Stefani, Archaeologist, Director of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki Polyxeni Adam-Veleni, Archaeologist, theatrologist, Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Thessaloniki City Yiannis Boutaris, Mayor of Thessaloniki The work of magic art : Themes and objectives of the meeting Esther Solomon, Assistant Professor in Museum Studies, University of Ioannina, Styliana Galiniki, Archaeologist, Head of the Department of Lithics, Wall-paintings and Mosaics Collections, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki 1st session: 11.00-13.00 The Monument of the Incantadas: Architecture, Sculpture, Iconography Elements for a new architectural study of the Incantadas Michel Sève, Archaeologist, Εmeritus Professor, University of Lorraine The inscription of the Incantadas colonnade in the context of the majuscule lettering of the Imperial Era Georgios Velenis, Architect, archaeologist, Professor Emeritus, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Las Incantadas (the Enchanted) in Thessaloniki and the monumental landscape of the city in the second century CE Theodosia Stefanidou-Tiveriou, Professor Emerita of Classical Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The fifth pillar of the Idols colonnade Asterios Lioutas, Head of the Department of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities and Museums, Ephorate of Antiquities of Thessaloniki City 2
13.00-14.30 Lunch break 2nd session: 14.30-17.00 The Incantadas of the Foreigners (Travellers, photographers, archaeologists) Travellers and the Magemenes of Thessaloniki Sappho Tambaki, former Assistant Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The Incantadas: From Étienne Gravier d Otières (1685) to Paul Perdrizet (1930): Unknown texts and testimonies Alexandros Ch. Gregoriou, Researcher A long delayed endeavour: the publication of the Incantada by Paul Perdrizet (1910-1931) Samuel Provost, Associate Professor of Late Antique Archaeology and History of Art, University of Lorraine (Nancy) Discourse of experience: (philological and) methodological remarks on the (historical) narration of the steal of the Incantadas Panagiotis El Gedi, Ph.D. candidate in Modern Greek Literature, University of Ioannina Searching for the Incantadas through the history of photography Haris Yiakoumis, Historian of Art and Photography, collector, Doctor of the University of Paris 17.00-17.30 Coffee break 3
3rd session: 17.30-18.30 Ancient remains and Ottoman modernity in Thessaloniki Angels and idols at the threshold of Ottoman modernity in Thessaloniki Panagiotis C. Poulos, Lecturer, Department of Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens The Place of Thessaloniki in Early Ottoman Archaeology Edhem Eldem, Bosphorus University & Collège de France 18.30-18.45 Break 4th session: 18.45-20.15 The Incantadas in the present of Thessaloniki: Collective cultural memory, public discourses, literature and arts Shaping the cultural identity of Thessaloniki (1985-2018): Public discourses on the rediscovery of a forgotten monument Styliana Galiniki, Archaeologist, Head of the Department of Lithics, Wall-paintings and Mosaics Collections, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Esther Solomon, Assistant Professor in Museum Studies, University of Ioannina Searching for lost memories: The Incantadas in the recent literature of Thessaloniki Georgia Gotsi, Associate Professor of Modern Greek and Comparative Literature, University of Patras Las Incantadas of Thessaloniki in contemporary artistic creation Maria D. Kagiadaki, Art Historian, Ephorate of Antiquities of Thessaloniki City, Adjunct Academic Staff (Tutor), Hellenic Open University 4
Sunday 10 June 2018 Museum of the Ancient Agora of Thessaloniki Giorgos Velenis Hall 5th session: 10.00-12.00 Historic topography and spatial research Las Incantadas: The topographic framework, the architectural typology, and the disiecta membra Massimo Vitti, Archaeologist, Municipality of Rome, Fulvia Bianchi, Archaeologist The Incantadas : a proposal for partial reconstruction of the monumental center of the Roman city of Thessaloniki Aristotelis Mentzos, Professor Emeritus of Byzantine Archeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The Incantadas in Szekely s panorama, 1863. Evidence on the orientation of the monument Yiannis Epaminondas, Architect, Director of Thessaloniki Centre, MIET (Cultural Foundation of the National Bank of Greece) Collecting and archaeological research Savvas Demertzis, Veterinarian, collector, Curator of the Mount Athos Map Library, member of the Advisory Committee of the Centre for the History of Thessaloniki 12.00-12.30 Coffee break 5
6th session: 12.30-14.00 The Incantadas quarter The neighborhood of the prayers; a draft for the history of the Enkantadas area, 15th-20th centuries Evanghelos Chekimoglou, Economist PhD, MA, Principle Curator, Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki Unfolding the cortijo of the Incantadas: The architecture of Sephardic housing complexes cortijos in Thessaloniki Vilma Hastaoglou-Martinidis, Professor Emerita, School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The Incantadas Brook: Evidence and data on geomorphological changes in the region Elli Gala-Georgila, Civil Engineer, Phd in History of Architecture 14.00-15.00 Lunch break 7th session: 15.00-16.30 Originals and copies: looking for a new cultural paradigm The Incantadas 1995-2017, the adventure of the copies Polyxeni Adam-Veleni, Archaeologist, theatrologist, Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Thessaloniki City Las Encantadas in Thessaloniki. TIF-Helexpo s month-long efforts to bring the Caryatids of Thessaloniki, the interest of 200,000 visitors and the integration of the sculptures into the urban landscape Kyriakos Pozrikidis, Phd, Managing Director of TIF HELEXPO S.A 6
New restoration and casting of the pillars of the Incantadas: An opportunity given by the Parisian exhibition Au royaume d Alexandre le Grand. La Macédoine antique. Sophie Descamps, Senior curator, The Louvre 16.30-17.00 Closing session concluding remarks Walk in the Agora and the broader area of the Incantadas. 7
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