Konferenz:
Disaster and Relief Management in Ancient Israel, Egypt and the Ancient Near East
4.-6.10.2010
International Conference organized by Project B7.
Venue: Villa Tillmanns, Wächterstraße 30, Leipzig
Date: 4-6 October 2010
Convenors: Angelika Berlejung, Ariel Bagg, Gunnar Lehmann
Contact: taeschner@theologie.uni-leipzig.de
Even if kings, pharaos, rulers, and priests promote the illusion of control and order, disasters are and always were part of the usual ebb and flow of everyday life. Disasters are able to overthrow the cultural, social, religious and political systems, but at the same time, “catastrophes are great educators of mankind” (Pitirim Sorokin) and generate different mechanisms of relief management. Thus their impact is both, destructive and productive. The international conference deals with disasters and worst case scenarios in Antiquity, with the focus on the Ancient Near East, Egypt and Ancient Israel. Questions as e.g. „What is a disaster?“, „Were nomadic societies more or less vulnerable to disasters than rural and urban settlements?“, or „How did societies in Antiquity manage catastrophes?“, and „Are there early traces of risk evaluation, social networks, solidarity and relief management?“ will be discussed. Scholars from different sciences will have a close look at the concepts of disasters, their impact on society, possible dynamics and cultural dimensions. They will give insights into their actual research on the destructivity and productivity of disasters, including the possibility, that disasters were used as topoi in ideological, mythological and theological discourses.
Second part of the conference: Plagues in Nomadic Contexts
Programme
October 4th, 2010
Leipzig, Villa Tilmanns, Wächterstr. 30
I. Theories of disaster | |
13.00 | Angelika Berlejung (Leipzig), Gunnar Lehmann (Beersheva), Ariel Bagg (Leipzig): |
14.00-15.30 | Elke M. Geenen (Kiel): |
15.30-17.00 | Jan Dietrich (Leipzig): |
Break | |
17.30-19.00 | Elisabeth List (Graz): |
II. Disaster and relief management in Israel/Palestine | |
19.00-20.30 | Public Lecture |
20.30 | Dinner |
October 5th, 2010
Leipzig, Villa Tilmanns, Wächterstr. 30
8.00-9.30 | Aaron A. Burke (UCLA/Los Angeles): |
Break | |
10.00-11.30 | Gunnar Lehmann (BGU/Beersheva): |
11.30-13.00 | Ariel M. Bagg (Leipzig): |
Lunch | |
II. Disaster and relief management in Israel/Palestine | |
14.30-16.00 | Diana Edelman (Sheffield): |
16.00-17.30 | Sebastian Graetz (Mainz): |
Break | |
18.00-19.30 | Bernd Janowski (Tübingen): |
19.30-21.00 | Thomas Römer (Lausanne/Paris): |
Dinner |
Oktober 6th, 2010
Leipzig, Villa Tilmanns, Wächterstr. 30
III. Disaster and relief management in the Ancient Near East and Egypt | |
9.00-10.30 | Paul Kruger (Stellenbosch): |
Break | |
11.00-12.30 | Joachim F. Quack (Heidelberg): |
Lunch | |
14.00-15.30 | Ludwig Morenz (Bonn): |
15.30-17.00 | Marco Stockhusen (Leipzig): |
Break | |
17.30-19.00 | Hanspeter Schaudig (Heidelberg): |
19.00-20.30 | Jörg Klinger (Berlin): |
Dinner/Departure |