From Macedonian Outpost to a Hellenistic Polis

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The SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University is pleased to present Ivaylo Lozanov

<p></p><p>The <a href="https://www.sfu.ca/hellenic-studies.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies </a>is pleased to present Ivaylo Lozanov, assistant professor of classical archaeology at Sofia University, Bulgaria, and an adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University</p><p>On Friday, March 4th, at 2:30 PM PT, join us online for his talk entitled &quot;From Macedonian Outpost to a Hellenistic Polis: The Ancient City of Kabyle in Thrace,&quot; as part of the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies&#x27; Spring Seminar Series.</p><p>The event will be moderated by the Director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies, professor Dimitris Krallis. </p><p>Attendance is free. The event is open to the public and will be recorded.</p><p>This programming is made possible thanks to the generous support of the<a href="https://www.snf.org/en/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)</a>.</p><h2>Abstract</h2><p>Among the cities in Thrace founded by Philip II (359-336 BC), Kabyle is explicitly recorded as a Macedonian colony. Its history comes through insufficient and fragmentary literary evidence, supplemented to a certain extent by inscriptions, coins and archaeological excavations. Systematic archaeological research launched in 1972 made the site central in studying Hellenistic urbanism in Thrace. Here the main focus will be put on the transformations of the urban landscape, architecture and particular finds which are instructive on the political and socio-economic changes that created a flexible and unique type of community in the Hellenistic period.</p><h2><a target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Speaker bio</h2><p>Ivaylo Lozanov is an assistant professor of classical archaeology at the Department of Archaeology, Sofia University, Bulgaria, as well as an adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University. His principal research interests lie in ancient urbanism, political history, religion, trade and economic relations in the Eastern Mediterranean, with a particular focus on Ancient Thrace in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. For more than 20 years, Lozanov has been the director and co-director of numerous archaeological excavations in Bulgaria. He is the co-author of two international interdisciplinary projects studying the Thracian elite of the Late Iron Age (in collaboration with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society, Germany, and the Department of Archaeology at SFU). He authored numerous papers including a chapter on Roman Thrace (in A Companion of Ancient Thrace. Wiley-Blackwell, 2015).</p><h2><a target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Moderator</h2><p>Born and raised in Athens, where he lived until his college years, <a href="https://www.sfu.ca/hellenic-studies/about/people/d-krallis.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dimitris Krallis</a> studied political theory at the University of Athens and Byzantine History at Oxford and at the University of Michigan, where he obtained his doctorate. He teaches Byzantine history at Simon Fraser University’s Department of Humanities and is the Director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies. He is the writer of two books, including, <a href="https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783030045241" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Serving Byzantium&#x27;s Emperors: The Courtly Life and Career of Michael Attaleiates. New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture Series</a>, which was recently <a href="https://alexandria-publ.gr/shop/vios-ke-politia-enos-vizantinou-mandarinou/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">translated into Greek</a>. He has also written numerous articles and co-translated the work of a major Byzantine historian, Michael Attaleiates. His research explores the social, political, economic and intellectual history of Byzantium, as well as its modern reception.</p><h2>Registration</h2><p>Guests can register for the event through Eventbrite. Alternatively, they can register by sending an email to hscomm@sfu.ca.</p><p>This event is free and open to the public and will be recorded.</p><p></p>

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