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Friday, October 5, 2001

4:00 pm Opening Lecture by Patricia Fortini Brown: Born Free and Christian: the Origins of Venice According to the Chronicle Tradition

5:30 pm Opening of the Exhibition - Case Library

6:00 pm Reception - Case Library

7:30 pm Dinner for the Speakers - Merrill House

 

Saturday, October 6, 2001

9:00 am Registration

9:30 am Welcome and Introductory Remarks

9:45 am Albert J. Ammerman: Rethinking the Origins of Venice

10:15 am Michela Sediari: Rereading the Ancient Sources on Venice

10:45 am Coffee Break

11:00 am Maurizia De Min: New Archaeological Evidence from the Sites of Torcello and San Francesco del Deserto in the Northern Lagoon

11:30 am Jennifer Mass: Early Glass in the Venetian Lagoon

12:00 noon Discussion

12:30 pm Lunch Break and Exhibition Viewing

2: 00 pm Video: Doing Fieldwork in the Venetian Lagoon

2:30 pm Charles E. McClennen: Navigating Environments of Coastal Change in the Venetian Lagoon

3:00 pm Rupert Housley: Botanical Study of the Pollen and Other Plant Remains from Early Archaeological Sites in Venice

3:30 pm Coffee Break

3:45 pm Roberto Cecchi: New Evidence on the Foundations of the Basilica of San Marco

4:30 pm Juergen Schulz: A Historian of Architecture Looks at Venice

5:00 pm David B. Whitehouse: Overview and Discussion

5:30 pm Exhibition Open and Conversation - Case Library

6:30 pm Social Hour and Dinner for Invited Guests - Merrill House

Note that all of the lectures will be given in the Golden Auditorium of Little Hall, which is located next to Case Library at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York