Association Internationale pour l'Etude de la Mosaique Antique
AIEMA North America
10TH AIEMA NORTH AMERICA COLLOQUIUM
OCTOBER 21-22, 2011
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Friday afternoon, Oct. 21:
2:00-4:30 p.m. – Conference Registration
4:30 – Welcome to the Meeting
Session on Friday afternoon, Oct. 21: Mosaics and Wall Painting in Italy
4:45 – John Dobbins, “Art, Archaeology, and Advanced Technology: The Case of the Alexander
Mosaic at Pompeii”
5:05 - Lea Cline and Regina Gee, “Out of Sync, Out of Time: Challenging Style Chronologies at Villa A,
Oplontis (Torre Annunziata)”
5:25 – David Parrish, “Representations of Children in Roman Mosaics: A Preliminary Investigation”
5:45 – Questions
6:05-7:30 – Reception
Friday evening:
7:30 – Keynote Address by John Clarke: “Ancient Mosaics: Patronage, Production, Reception”
8:30 – Informal dinner of colloquium participants
1st Session on Saturday morning, Oct. 22: Pavements of Roman North Africa
9:00 a.m. – Rebecca Molholt, “Marble Mosaics: Simulation and Movement”
9:20 – Jeremy Rossiter, “Ad Bestias: The Bull Mosaic in the Roman Villa at Silin, Libya”
9:40 – Questions
2nd Session on Saturday morning: Mosaics of the Roman and Early Byzantine East, Part I
10:00 – Ethan Gruber, “Illuminating Historical Architecture: The House of the Drinking Contest at
Antioch”
10:20 – Tracy Cosgriff, Alicia Dissinger, Elizabeth Molacek, Dylan Rogers, “The House of the Boat of
Psyches at Antioch: A New Reading via a 3D Digital Model”
10:40 – Questions
11:00 – Coffee break
11:20 – Tour of ancient mosaics at Princeton
12:20 p.m. – Box lunch
1st Session on Saturday afternoon: Mosaics of the Roman and Early Byzantine East, Part II
1:30 p.m. – Marie-Patricia Raynaud, “Mosaic Workshops in Albania (5th – 6th c.)”
1:50 – Örgü Dalgiç, “On Constantinople’s Floors: The Roman and Late Antique Mosaics”
2:10 – Aliza Steinberg, “Some Observations on Garments and Their Accessories in the Mosaic Art of
Eretz Israel in Late Antiquity”
2:30-2:50 – Questions
2nd Session on Saturday afternoon: Iconography: Varia
2:50 – Sarah Cox, “Adrift at Dinner: An Excursus on Dining and Drinking Occasioned by the Lod Mosaic”
3:10 – Joanne Spurza, “Architectural Re-Use and the Afterlife of Mosaics at Later Ostia: Excavation of the
Palazzo
Imperiale, 2010”
3:30-3:50 – Questions
3:50 – Coffee break
3rd Session on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 23: Mosaics in the Modern Period
4:10 – Lucille Roussin, “Ancient Medium, Modern Message”
4:30 – Ruth Kolarik, “The Tomb of Louis Pasteur, Pasteur Institute, Paris, and Early Byzantine Mosaics”
4:50 – Irene Rousseau, “Hyperbolic Mosaic Sculptures: A Metaphor for the Intellectual Understanding
of the Unseen”
5:10 – Questions
5:30-6:30 – Business Meeting and Closure of the Colloquium
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N.B.: Session chairpersons will be announced at the time of the colloquium
Please note that all colloquium participants are asked to pay a registration fee of $40, to cover costs of
the colloquium. In addition, speakers and members of the North American Branch of AIEMA are
requested to renew their membership or join the association at a cost of $15. Please come
prepared to pay in cash.