From Archetype to Ecosystem: Funerary Stelai and the Dynamics of Cultural Symbiosis

This workshop offers a broader outlook on the vast body of material of funerary stelai. Taking Classical Athens and Attica as a reference point for what defines our understanding of the archetypal stele form, this workshop ventures a journey along the chronological and geographical axes from Classical and Hellenistic Macedonia to Roman northern Syria and Upper Mesopotamia. It explores how Classical forms underwent multiple transformations (μεταμορφώσεις) of their shaping parameters. The workshop will attempt to shift our perspective from strict binary conceptual models to a multi-cellular cosmos of cultural antithesis and symbiosis

Myrina Kalaitzi, from the National Hellenic Research Foundation, is the Stanley J. Seeger Visiting Fellow, Spring 2026.  Read her full biography on the Hellenic Studies website.

Respondent: Nathan Arrington, Art and Archaeology and Hellenic Studies

Beverages and pastries will be served following the workshop.

Please register to attend.