Chinese walls Conference this Thursday and Friday in Vienna

Success and Failure of Wall Building in Human History

Conference 18-20 October 2018

University of Vienna, Institute of Art History, Seminar Room 1

Garnisongasse 13, Court 9 (Uni Campus), 1090 Wien

Programme

Thursday, October 18
10:00-10:15
Welcome and Opening address Lukas Nickel and Robert Rollinger
Panel 1, Panel Chair: Eberhard Sauer
10:15-11:00
Gebhard Selz, Wien,The Martu-Wall of the UR-III period
11:00 coffee break
11:15-12:00
Robert Rollinger, Innsbruck,The Median wall and Xenophon
12:00-12:45
Lukas Nickel, Wien,The Qin and Han Great Wall
12:45-14:30 Lunch BreakPanel 2, Panel Chair: Christoph Schäfer
14:30-15:15
Nicola DiCosmo, Princeton,The Chinese Wall from a Nomadic Perspective
15:15-16:00Krzysztof Nawotka, Wrocław,The „Gates of Alexander“ and the Caucasian Wall of Derbent
16:00 coffee break16:15-17:15
Discussion (Tim Taylor)
19:00 Conference Dinner (Speakers and Discussants only)

Friday, October 19
Panel 3, Panel Chair: Lukas Nickel
9:00-9:45
Lauren Morris, Freiburg,The Iron Gate wall in Uzbekistan
9:45-10:30
Eberhard Sauer et al., Edinburgh,The Wall of Gorgan
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:45
Dirk Rupnow, Innsbruck,The Berlin Wall
11:45-12:30Discussion (Sitta von Reden)
12:30-14:30 Lunch Break
afternoon:Excursion: Roman Vienna(with Andreas Schwarcz, Wien)
Saturday, October 20
Panel 4, Panel Chair: Robert Rollinger
9:30-10:15Kai Ruffing, Kassel,The Hadrian ́s Wall
10:15-11:00
Christoph Schäfer, Trier,The Rhine and Danube Limes
11:00 Coffee break
11:15-12:15
Concluding Remarks and Final discussion
(Bert Fragner)

 Kontakt

Garnisongasse 13, Universitätscampus Hof 9, 1090 Wien
T: +43-1-4277-41401
F: +43-1-4277-9414
kunstgeschichte@univie.ac.at