2024 BYZ PRO

1. David Philip Wick, Professor (Retired), Gordon College, USA.
   Title: “Re-Booting” or “Re-Inventing” an Authentic, Organic Polis as a “Destination City” – A Few Perspectives on the Feel, Trauma and Successes of an Ancient Athenian Attempt at a (Very Modern) Urban Experiment.
2. Javier Campos, Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.
   Title: The Social Meaning of Bagpipes in Antiquity. Reasons for a Long Silence.
3. Sotiria Rita Koutsopetrou-Møler, PhD Candidate, University of Agder, Norway.
   Title: A Comparison of the Athenian and Roman Law on Rape.

1. William Davis, Professor, Colorado College, USA.
   Title: Schelling, Hegel, and the Marbles of Aegina.
2. Nicholas Meihuizen, Extraordinary Professor, North-West University, South Africa.
   Title: Some Thoughts on Humour in Yeatsian Style.

1. Edward Cloutis, Professor, University of Winnipeg, USA.
   Title: Reflectance Spectroscopy as a Tool for Analysis of Marble Statuary.
2. Wanli Lan, Associate Professor, Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology, China.
   Ligang Zhou, Professor, Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology, China.
   Title: Origin of the Xiongnu Terrace Tomb – New Findings from the Gol Mod-2 Site, Mongolia.
3. Kevin Glowacki, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, USA.
   Title: Advances in the Household Archaeology of Ancient Crete: The Minoan Prepalatial Period.

1. James Kirkland, Professor, East Carolina University, USA.
   Title: From “Little Red Riding Hood” to “The Company of Wolves” and Beyond: Representations of the Werewolf in Folklore, Fiction, and Popular Culture.
2. Elizabeth Dahab, Professor, California State University, Long Beach, USA.
   Title: The Rebirth of Ganesh in Nobel Prize Laureate VS Naipaul’s The Mystic Masseur.
3. Aleksandra Tryniecka, Assistant Professor, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland.
   Title: Is Marrying Ernest a Bad Idea? Women’s Desire and Men’s Self-Image in Oscar Wilde’s the Importance of Being Earnest (1895).

Session 3b
Moderator: Elizabeth Dahab, Professor, California State University, Long Beach, USA.

1. Arnaud Nanta, Professor, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France.
   Title: Japanese Colonial Archaeology in Korea (1905-1945): From the Premises to the Large-Scale Excavation Programs in Pyŏngyang and Kyŏngju.
2. Yossi Nagar, Head, Laboratory of Anthropology, Israel Antiquities Authority, Israel.
   Title: Early Christians in an Early Period: A Second-Century CE Unusual Cemetery at Yavne, Israel.

1. Wei-cheng Chu, Associate Professor, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
   Title: Queering Solitude in Christopher Isherwood’s A Single Man.
2. Anisha Saxena, Assistant Professor, SUNY Cortland, USA.
   Title: Group of Lovers or RApe: Narratives of Sexual Assault from Premodent South Asia Literature.
3. Murat Gokmen, Lecturer & Dean of Research, Düzce University, Türkiye., MA student in Quds Studies (in English) & Ankara Social Sciences University,Türkiye., MA student in Turkish Language Teaching Studies (in Turkish) & Düzce University Türkiye, MSc student in International Relations and Diplomacy (in English) & Leiden University, Netherland..
   Title: Challenging Gender Norms: A Critical Analysis of the Witch’s Role in Rapunzel retold by Mary Hoffman.

1. Agata Czapiewska, PhD Student, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland.
   Title: Vilnius Theater “Reduta” with Przybyszewski on Stage – A Study of Polish – Vilnius Experimental Theater.
2. Justinus Pieper, Scientific Researcher, Technical Vocational Didactics (TVD), University of Siegen, Germany.
   Title: The Classical World Revisited: Some Benefits for Today and Tomorrow.
3. Evangelia Şarlak, Professor, Işık Üniversity, Türkiye.
   Ruhiye Onurel, Lecturer, Istanbul Beykent University, Türkiye.
   Title: Integration of Icon Symbolism in Contemporary Turkish Art and Stylistic Experiences.

1. Steven Oberhelman, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and George Sumey Professor of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University, USA.
   Title: Byzantine and Postbyzantine Laic Texts: Navigating the Public and Private Spheres.
2. Irma Karaulashvili, Associate Professor, Ilia State University, Georgia.
   Title: Ruler-Apostle Chosen by God in the Byzantine and Georgian Narratives on the Christianization of Georgia/Karthli.
3. Monika Szczot, Associate Professor, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland.
   Title: Between Imitation and Emulation. The Ancient Symposium in Polish Literature – An Attempt to Describe the Cultural Phenomenon on Selected Literary Examples.
4. Manhal Frayh, Associate Professor, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia.
   Title: The Impossibility of the American Dream in John Steinbeck’s of Mice and Men.

1. Moshe Gat, Professor Emeritus, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
   Title: Nuri al-Said and the Existence of a Jewish Community in Iraq.
2. Nemanja Vujcic, Associate Professor, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
   Title: Syrian King and Syrian Goddess: Hellenistic Influences on Ideology and Political Organization of the two Great Sicilian Slave Revolts.
3. Ilksoy Aslim, Lecturer, Bahçeşehir Cyprus University, Cyprus.
   Title: The Political and Religious Struggle of Makarios against the Greek Junta and its Supporters in Cyprus.

1. Houliang Chen, Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.
   Title: A Troubling, Permanent Alien Presence: Representation of Chinese Immigrants in Charles Kingsley’s at Last: A Christmas in The West Indies.
2. John T. P. Lai, Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
   Title: Abyss and Anxiety: Cross-Cultural Reception of The I Ching in Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle.

1. Katherine Petrasek, Graduate Student, Queen’s University, Canada.
   Title: Physician Turned Mother: Privileging the Doctor-Parenting Expertise in Greco-Roman Antiquity.
2. Aneta Liwerska-Garstecka, PhD Student, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland.
   Title: The Role of Incubation in Ancient Greek Asklepieions.
3. Neil Manspeizer, PhD Student, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
   Arnon Karnieli, Professor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
   Title: Geoarchaeological Examination of Modern Vegetation Cover in the Southern Levant as Correlated with Historical Agricultural Land-use between the 4^th C. BCE to 20^th C. CE.

1. Liu Lin, Professor, Shandong University, China.
   Title: The Odes’ Recitation in Zuozhuan and Reader-Response Criticism.
2. Shokhan Fatah, Permanent Teaching Staff, Charmo University, Iraq.
   Title: A Linguistic-Stylistic Analysis of Maya Angelou’s “Our Grandmothers”.
3. Simonetta Milli Konewko, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.
   Title: Grazia Deledda and her Sardinian Cultural Identity.

1. Yucheng Qin, Professor, University of Hawaii at Hilo, USA.
   Title: Studying Abroad: The Mightiest Movement in Modern Chinese History.
2. Klaudia Oczachowska, PhD Student, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland.
   Title: Hephaestion’s Death: A Moment of Grief for Alexander or a Catalyst for his Quest for Immortality.
3. Arda Guler, Student, Istanbul Bilgi University, Türkiye.
   Ahmet Denker, Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University, Türkiye.
   Title: Experiencing Ancient Ephesus: A Journey through Time with 3D, XR and AI.

1. Junchang Yang, Professor, Institute of Culture and Heritage, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China.
   Title: Technological Study of Ancient Gilded Copper Granulations During The Sui and Tang Periods (6th-10th Century).
2. Yan Liu, Associate Professor, Institute of Culture and Heritage, China.
   Title: Early Granulated Gold Ornaments in Xinjiang: A Case Study on the Baiyanghe Excavations (4th-3rd C. BCE) in the Southern Junggar Basin.
3. Huan Yang, Associate Professor, Institute of Culture and Heritage, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China.
   Title: A Study on Lost Wax Casting in China from the Casting Method of the Bronze Chariots Unearthed from the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang Di.