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SUMMARY:Wolfson (Ancient) Warfare Wednesdays — Greek Warfare and Histori
 ography - Dr Roel Konijnendijk (MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow\, Leiden Universi
 ty)
DTSTART:20200701T170000Z
DTEND:20200701T180000Z
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CONTACT:Julian Siebert
DESCRIPTION:As a growing crowd of scholars and serious non-academic enthus
 iasts gets involved in debates about Greek warfare\, the controversies of 
 the field become more and more complex. It is difficult to keep up with al
 l the new methods and forms of evidence that are brought to bear on the su
 bject. However\, surprisingly often\, these are new approaches to very old
  questions. What did hoplite combat look like? What was the size of the Sp
 artan army? How did the Greeks win the Persian Wars?\n\nScholars grappling
  with the vastness of the literature increasingly find themselves rethinki
 ng these intractable problems. Instead of trying to find yet another\, bet
 ter answer\, they ask: where does this question come from? Why are we so i
 nterested in this particular aspect of the subject\, at the expense of so 
 much else? \n\nIn his talk\, Roel will focus on some of the longer trends 
 in the academic study of Greek warfare to work out some possible answers t
 o these questions. He will suggest that we are heirs to a strange militari
 st tradition that has narrowed our view and predetermined many of our conc
 lusions. But Roel will also discuss the ways in which we are breaking away
  from this tradition\, and the welcome change in direction that is shaping
  the field today.\n\nRegister "here":https://wolfson-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/web
 inar/register/9215911717003/WN_4jPWEfOYSBKW76pt91BLmw
LOCATION:Zoom webinar
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