British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Herculaneum: Scholarship, Reception, Prospects

Saturday, 4 March 2006

10.00	Registration
10.30	Herculaneum - Traces of urban life in a Roman town Dr. Jens-Arne Dickmann, Seminar für klassische Archäologie, University of Heidelberg
11.15	Tea and Coffee
11.45	How the Villa dei Papiri wrote the History of Ancient Art Professor Carol Mattusch, Mathy Professor of Art History in the Department of History and Art History, George Mason University Philodemus and the philosophical culture of the first century BC Professor David Sedley, FBA, University of Cambridge
1.15	Lunch
2.15	The Excavations at Herculaneum: History and overview Dott. Maria Paola Guidobaldi, Director of Excavations, Herculaneum, Archaeological Superintendency of Pompeii The Herculaneum Conservation Project: aims and progress Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, OBE, Director, British School at Rome and Director, the Herculaneum Conservation Project
3.45	Tea and Coffee
4.15	The Volcanology of the Bay of Naples Professor Chris Hawkesworth, FRS, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol and Mr James Small, PhD Candidate, University of Bristol
5.00	Beyond the Pale: Satellite Imaging and New Archaeological Evidence for Extra-Urban Roman Culture Professor L. Michael White, R.N. Smith Endowed Chair in Classics and Director, Institute for the Study of Antiquity & Christian Origins, University of Texas, Austin
6.00-7.00	Reception