Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

This symposium is supported by the Fondation Hugot of the Collège de France.

Organized by Thomas Römer and Hervé Gonzalez.

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Program

Symposium

09:30 - 09:45

Opening of the symposium

Thomas Römer

23 May 2019

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

The forgotten queens of Mesopotamia : from Alma to Pu'abi in the ^3rd millennium BC

Laura Battini

23 May 2019

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

Women office-holders in Greek cities (^5th-1st century BC) : contrasting receptions

Violaine Sebillotte Cuchet

23 May 2019

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

The Lagid queens of the ^3rd and ^2nd n. è. centuries BC: a slow march to power

Anne Bielman Sánchez et Giuseppina Lenzo

23 May 2019

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

Representation of female power at the Persian court according to the Book of Esther and Greek literature

Jean-Daniel Macchi

23 May 2019

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

That sometimes it's better to let women do their thing. The story of Abigail and David in 1 Samuel 25

Sophie Ramond

23 May 2019

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

Translating the courage and exemplarity of women : the Targum of Ruth

Thierry Legrand

23 May 2019

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

New approaches to the priestess-entum of the god Nanna at Ur

Dominique Charpin

24 May 2019

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

Kunšîm-mâtum, the priestess of Dagan of Terqa (^18th century BC)

Nele Ziegler

24 May 2019

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

Women in power or of power ? Some thoughts from Assyrian documentation

Lionel Marti

24 May 2019

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

Lilith : how a demon becomes Adam's first wife

Thomas Römer

24 May 2019

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

Textile, ritual ligature and feminine power : about Ezekiel 13

Christophe Nihan

24 May 2019

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

The many faces of Mary Magdalene in ancient traditions

Valérie Nicolet

24 May 2019

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

When women were priests... A re-examination of the roles of authority played by early Christian women

Pierluigi Piovanelli

24 May 2019

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

Mary of Nazareth : a figure at the center of doctrinal conflicts from the ^2nd to the^5th centuries

Simon Mimouni

24 May 2019

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

The status of women in the Koran between the supernatural and society

Jacqueline Chabbi

24 May 2019

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

Other women in power !? Elements of synthesis from an anthropological perspective

Salvatore D'Onofrio

24 May 2019

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

Closing of the symposium

Thomas Römer

24 May 2019

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot

24 May 2019

17:00 - 18:00

Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East

Documents and media

Program

Opening of the symposium

The forgotten queens of Mesopotamia : from Alma to Pu'abi in the 3rd millennium BC

The last tawananna : the great Hittite queen Puduheba and her times

Jezebel, princess of Tyre and queen of Israel (1 Kings 21)

Women of power in ancient China

Women office-holders in Greek cities (5th-1st century BC) : contrasting receptions

The Lagid queens of the 3rd and 2nd n. è. centuries BC: a slow march to power

Representation of female power at the Persian court according to the Book of Esther and Greek literature

That sometimes it's better to let women do their thing. The story of Abigail and David in 1 Samuel 25

Translating the courage and exemplarity of women : the Targum of Ruth

New approaches to the priestess-entum of the god Nanna at Ur

Kunšîm-mâtum, the priestess of Dagan of Terqa (18th century BC)

Women in power or of power ? Some thoughts from Assyrian documentation

Lilith : how a demon becomes Adam's first wife

Textile, ritual ligature and feminine power : about Ezekiel 13

The many faces of Mary Magdalene in ancient traditions

When women were priests... A re-examination of the roles of authority played by early Christian women

Mary of Nazareth : a figure at the center of doctrinal conflicts from the 2nd to the5th centuries

The status of women in the Koran between the supernatural and society

Other women in power !? Elements of synthesis from an anthropological perspective

Closing of the symposium

See also

The forgotten queens of Mesopotamia : from Alma to Pu'abi in the ^3rd millennium BC

Women office-holders in Greek cities (^5th-1st century BC) : contrasting receptions

The Lagid queens of the ^3rd and ^2nd n. è. centuries BC: a slow march to power

Kunšîm-mâtum, the priestess of Dagan of Terqa (^18th century BC)

Mary of Nazareth : a figure at the center of doctrinal conflicts from the ^2nd to the^5th centuries