Interpreting the past
Subtitle: essays from the 4th international conference on European history
By: edited by Kenneth E. Hendrickson and Nicolas C.J. Pappas
Contributors: Athens Institute for Education and Research
Publisher: Athens Institute for Education and Research
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Athens, Greece
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9789606672279
Subjects: History; Congresses; Civilization
Other titles: Essays from the 4th international conference on European history; 4th international conference on European history; Fourth international conference on European history
Notes: Papers originally presented at the Institute's congress held in Athens on Dec. 29 and 31, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Introductory essay. The use of history as a tool of policy-making / Gregory T. Papanikos; title: Pt. 2. Society and culture in antiquity. Notes on the treasury of the Siphnians at Delphi and the Etruscan sanctuary of Poggio Civitate near Murlo / Rozmeri Basic; title: Alignment, utterance and agency : the Delphic Oracle and speech-act theory / Stuart Price; title: Leisure-time activities in Roman Palestine and Provincia Arabia : historical-archaeological analysis / Estee Dvorjetski; title: Crossing the great divide : the transgression of class boundaries in the Roman world / John K. Evans; title: Pt. 3. Society, politics and war in Greece and Rome. Local identities in classical Athens / Danielle L. Kellogg; title: "A commander doesn't need brains, just a good loud voice" / Edward M. Anson; title: Ancient international law? The Roman deditio (surrender) ritual / Paul Burton; title: An economy from ashes : historical notes on role of business and economy in the survival of Athens under the Late Republic / David P. Wick; title: Pt. 4. Ceramic artisans in ancient Greece. Nikosthenes and Chalcis / Michael M. Eisman; title: The origin of Chalicidian ware / Keri Ecker; title: Pt. 5. Asian religion and philosophy in antiquity. The curriculum of ren (love) in the teaching of Confucius / Yuen Ting Lee; title: Buddhist memes in the late Roman Empire / Gary P. Leupp; title: Pt. 6. From the ancient to the medieval. Good grief : Augustine of Hippo redeems regret / Mark Cullum; title: Babylas as martyr and model : John Chrysostom's understanding of the Christian empire / Justin Stephens; title: Continuity of urban structures between antiquity and the Middle Ages in Croatia / Miljenko Jurkovic, Nikolina Marakovic and Tin Turkovic; title: Pt. 7. The Mediterranean in the modern era. Shaping legal decisions : power across borders in the early modern Mediterranean / Stephen Ortega; title: Charles V and Suleiman the Magnificent in Coetaneous Spanish historiography / Yasuhiro Mikura; title: The orientalist Shakespeare and Othello the Turk / Ebru Gokdag; title: Forging the moral and intellectual case for imperialism : British travelers in 18th and 19th century Greece / Sabrina Joseph; title: A silent space in the midst of city chaos : architecture and art at Sisli Metamorphosis Greek Orthodox Cemetery / Evangelia Aleksandra-Sarlak; title: Pt. 8. Introducing Cyprus in the economic debate : the resilience of Cypriot agriculture in the 20th century 1921-2000 / Alexander Apostolides and Costas Apostalides; title: No settlement in sight : Jimmy Carter's efforts to resolve the Cyprus dispute / Scott Kaufman; title: The Turkish-Kurdish national identity dilemma / Lenore G. Martin; title: Berlin wall : destruction and preservation / Petermichael von Bawey.