PROGRAM
THURSDAY, 6 JULY
9:00
Welcome
Gerhard Wolf
9:10
Introduction
When Sacred Substances Matter: Preliminary Remarks
Annette Hoffmann and Jessica N. Richardson (Florence)
Chair: Felix Jäger
9:30
Ornament and Amulet: Pre-Roman Figured Amber Pendants
Faya Causey (Washington)
10:15
Ancient Cameo as Passion Relic: The Reception of the Gemma Augustea at Saint-Sernin of Toulouse
Catherine Fernandez (Princeton)
11:00 Coffee Break
Chair: Mabi Angar
11:30
The Materiality of Classic Maya Artifacts
Sanja Savkic (Berlin)
12:15
Icons Made of Relics: Creating Holy Matter in Byzantium
Alexei Lidov (Moscow)
13:00 Lunch Break
15:00
Visit to view the Paliotto di San Zenobi, Museo dell’Opera dell Duomo (speakers only)
Jessica N. Richardson (Florence)
18:30
Evening Lecture
Liquid Holy Sites
Michele Bacci (Fribourg)
FRIDAY, 7 JULY
Chair: Marco Musillo
9:30
Eating the Image: Customs, Rites and Legends Concerning 'Iconophagia' in Europe, East Asia and Melanesia
Hans Wernher von Kittlitz (Frankfurt)
10:15
Ink and Buddhist Texts in Middle Period China and East Asia
Kaiqi Hua (Vancouver)
11:00 Coffee Break
Chair: Sinem Casale
11:30
Written on a Bodhi Tree Leaf
Michele Matteini (New York)
12:15
From Embodied to Mediated Experiences: Reuses of Sacred Wood in Ottoman Artifacts
Gül Kale (Montreal)
13:00 Lunch Break
Chair: Corinna Gallori
14:30
The Semantics of Transcendence in Havana: The Making of Relic-Images in Cuban Santería and in Everyday Revolutionary Life
Elena Zapponi (Rome)
15:15
Flesh and Stone: Interpreting the Sacred in Dakota and Euro-American Art
Annika Kelsey Johnson (Pittsburgh / Washington)
16:00 Coffee Break
Chair: Peyvand Firouzeh
16:30
The Power of Architectural Images in Medieval Deccan India and Beyond
Subhashini Kaligotla (Berlin)
17:15
Image and Matter: Conclusions
Gerhard Wolf
17:30
Final Discussion