Interpreting the Past: Essays from the 4th

International Conference on European History

Edited by Kenneth E. Hendrickson & Nicolas C.J. Pappas

ISBN: 978-960-6672-27-9, 324 pages, Hardback

First published in 2007 by ATINER

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Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

 

Preface

ix

 

Gregory T. Papanikos

 

 

 

 

 

Introduction & Acknowledgments

1

 

Nicholas C. J. Pappas

 

 

 

 

 

PART I: Introductory Essay

 

 

 

1.                

The Use of History as a Tool of Policy-Making

11

 

Gregory T. Papanikos

 

 

 

 

 

PART II: Society and Culture in Antiquity

 

 

 

2.

Notes on the Treasury of the Siphnians at Delphi and the Etruscan Sanctuary of Poggio Civitate near Murlo

19

 

Rozmeri Basic

 

 

 

 

3.

Alignment, Utterance and Agency:  The Delphic Oracle and Speech-Act Theory

29

 

Stuart Price

 

 

 

 

4.

Leisure-Time Activities in Roman Palestine and Provincia Arabia: Historical-Archaeological Analysis

37

 

Estee Dvorjetski

 

 

 

 

5.

Crossing the Great Divide:  The Transgression of Class Boundaries in the Roman World

49

 

John K. Evans

 

 

 

 

 

PART III: Society, Politics and War in Greece and Rome

 

 

 

 

6.

Local Identities in Classical Athens

63

 

Danielle L. Kellogg

 

 

 

 

7.

A Commander doesn’t Need Brains, Just a Good Loud Voice

75

 

Edward M. Anson

 

 

 

 

8.

Ancient International Law? The Roman Deditio (Surrender) Ritual

83

 

Paul Burton

 

 

 

 

9.

An Economy from Ashes: Historical Notes on Role of Business and Economy in the Survival of Athens under the Late Republic

77

 

David P. Wick

 

 

 

 

 

PART IV:  Ceramic Artisans in Ancient Greece

 

 

 

 

10.

Nikosthenes and Chalcis

117

 

Michael M. Eisman

 

 

 

 

11.

The Origin of Chalcidian Ware

125

 

Keri Ecker

 

 

 

 

PART V: Asian Religion and Philosophy in Antiquity

 

 

 

12.

The Curriculum of Ren (Love) in the Teaching of Confucius

141

 

Yuen Ting Lee

 

 

 

 

13.

Buddhist Memes in the Late Roman Empire

153

 

Gary P. Leupp

 

 

 

 

PART VI: From the Ancient to the Medieval

 

 

 

14.

Good Grief:  Augustine of Hippo Redeems Regret

167

 

Mark Cullum

 

 

 

 

15.

Babylas as Martyr and Model: John Chrysostom's Understanding of the Christian Empire

179

 

Justin Stephens

 

 

 

 

16.

Continuity of Urban Structures between Antiquity and Middle Ages in Croatia

185

 

Miljenko Jurkovic, Nikolina Marakovic and Tin Turkovic

 

 

 

 

PART VII: The Mediterranean in the Modern Era

 

 

 

17.

Shaping Legal Decisions: Power across Borders in the Early Modern Mediterranean

205

 

Stephen Ortega

 

 

 

 

18.

Charles V and Suleiman the Magnificent in Coetaneous Spanish Historiography

215

 

Yasuhiro Mikura

 

 

 

 

19.

The Orientalist Shakespeare and Othello the Turk

225

 

Ebru Gokdag

 

 

 

 

20.

Forging the Moral and Intellectual Case for Imperialism:  British Travellers in 18th and 19th Century Greece

235

 

Sabrina Joseph

 

 

21.

A Silent Space in the Midst of City Chaos: Architecture and Art at Sisli Metamorphosis Greek Orthodox Cemetery

251

 

Evangelia Aleksandru-Sarlak

 

 

PART IX:  Themes in Contemporary History

 

22.

Introducing Cyprus in the Economic Debate: The Resilience of Cypriot Agriculture in the 20th Century 1921-2000

271

 

Alexander Apostolides and Costas Apostolides

 

 

23.

No Settlement in Sight: Jimmy Carter’s Effort to Resolve the Cyprus Dispute

287

 

Scott Kaufman

 

 

24.

The Turkish-Kurdish National Identity Dilemma

297

 

Lenore G. Martin

 

 

25.

Berlin Wall:  Destruction and Preservation

309

 

Petermichael von Bawey

 

 

 

List of Contributors to this Volume

323