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SUMMER COURSE 2025: CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CLASSICAL HERITAGE.
- 29/04/2025 - 16/07/2025
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Cultural heritage, and especially that related to the classical world, has become a dynamic element of our society in recent decades, although the dissemination and accessibility of its knowledge constitute a complex and dynamic process in constant evolution. Added to this is a special interest in our classical heritage, with wine and olive oil being two typical products of the Mediterranean diet and culture since ancient times, highly valued today. In this course, we will discover their uses and value in the ancient world, as well as fishing, salting, and hunting.
Cartagena has an exceptional heritage whose restoration work continues. In this course, we will explore the new features of both the Theater Portico and the Amphitheater with the help of their researchers, delving into other aspects such as an analysis of the past and present of other Hispanic theaters and the impetus for the construction of these buildings during the reign of Augustus, where figures from the city's elite, or patrons of Carthago Nova such as Iuba II, may have participated. The emperor's political and cultural circle and his image of power will be other sessions addressed.
We'll close the final day with research projects on the Cartagena Amphitheater, and gain insight into how the games were held in these grand performance venues.
Course Program:
Monday, July 14
9:00-10:30 a.m.: Phoenician and Carthaginian Wine: Production, Trade, and Consumption from East to West . Fernando Prados Martínez. Professor of Archaeology at the University of Alicante.
11:00–12:30 p.m.: Fishing and Salting in Roman Times on the Carthaginian Coast . Alejandro Quevedo Sánchez, Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow at the Spanish National Research Council (IH-CSIC).
12:30-2:00 PM: There's nothing more pleasing to the body than wine and olive oil. If Pliny the Elder recommends it, there must be a reason... Yolanda Peña Cervantes. Professor of Archaeology at UNED
5:00-6:30 PM: Hunting in Rome: More than a Hobby . Alicia Valmañana Ochaíta. Professor of Roman Law at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of Toledo.
7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.: Iuba II patron of Carthago Nova . Adolfo Domínguez Monedero, Professor of Ancient History at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Tuesday, July 15
9:00-12:00 p.m.: Visit to the monumental theater and portico complex . Elena Ruiz Valderas and Antonio J. Murcia Muñoz, Roman Theater Museum, Cartagena.
12:30-2:00 PM: Roman Theaters in Baetica, Past and Present . Oliva Rodríguez Gutiérrez, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Seville
5:00-6:30 PM: The Roman Theatre of Clunia. A Look at the Landscape . Miguel Ángel de la Iglesia Santamaría. Professor in the Department of Architectural Theory and Architectural Design, LABPAP. Laboratory of Architectural, Heritage, and Cultural Landscape. School of Architecture, University of Valladolid.
7:00-8:30 PM: Politics and Literature in the Age of Augustus . Antonio Alvar Ezquerra. Professor of Latin Philology at the University of Alcalá de Henares.
Wednesday, July 16
9:00-12:00 PM: Visit to the restoration of Cartagena's Roman Amphitheater . María José Madrid Balanza. Archaeological Heritage Unit of the Cartagena City Council.
12:30-2:00 PM: The Amphispania Project: The Carthago Nova Amphitheater: Documentation, Geometry, Architectural Analysis, and Museum Strategies . José Miguel Noguera Celdrán, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Murcia, and Francisco Fernández Matallana, co-director of the interventions on the Roman amphitheater in Cartagena.
5:00-6:30 PM: Animals and Gladiators in Roman Amphitheaters . María Engracia Muñoz Santos. Professor of Archaeology at the University of Valencia.
7:00-8:30 PM: Roundtable: Cartagena's Amphitheater: Future Perspectives. María José Madrid Balanza, María Engracia Muñoz Santos, and Elena Ruiz Valderas
INFORMATION
Vice-Rectorate for Students and Employment
Tel.: 968 33 88 18
Date : July 14-16, 2025
Venue : Auditorium of the Roman Theatre Museum of Cartagena.
Opening hours : 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Course : 25 teaching hours
Direction : Elena Ruiz Valderas
Enrollment Rules : To enroll, you must register through the UPCT website. Enrollment and attendance (80% required) entitle you to the corresponding diploma.
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