- Conference Date and Venue
- Abbreviated Conference Schedule
- Presentations
- Timeline for abstracts, drafts, manuscripts
- Preparation of Papers for Publication
- Travel and Transportation
- Accommodation
- Getting Around
- Reimbursement
- Wireless Access
- Contact Information
Conference Date and Venue
POMP, CIRCUMSTANCE, and the PERFORMANCE of POLITICS:
ACTING POLITICALLY CORRECT IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
March 7–8, 2019
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
1155 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Breasted Hall
https://oi.uchicago.edu/
Conference Schedule
A copy of this schedule will be included in your welcome pamphlet.
TUESDAY, March 5th
Arrival of overseas presenters
WEDNESDAY, March 6th
Arrival of presenters from North America
5:00–6:00 pm SELF-GUIDED VISIT of ORIENTAL INSTITUTE MUSEUM
with Dr. Jean Evans, Chief Curator, available to answer questions
6:00 pm WELCOME DINNER | PERSIA GALLERY
catered by Kabobi Grill
7:00–8:00 pm OPTIONAL Members' Lecture | BREASTED HALL
Dr. Morag Kersel, "Pots from the City of Sin - The Consequences of Buying Holy Land Antiquities"
8:00–9:00 pm OPTIONAL Reception for Members' Lecture | MESOPOTAMIA GALLERY
THURSDAY, MARCH 7th
8:30–9:00 MORNING COFFEE | LaSALLE BANKS ROOM
coffee, tea & light food
INTRODUCTION
9:00 SEMINAR INTRODUCTION & WELCOME
Christopher Woods, Director of the Oriental Institute
Kathryn R. Morgan, Organizer, Postdoctoral Fellow, the Oriental Institute
9:30 Feinman & Nicholas, "Rethinking Politics"
SESSION 1: MAKING SPACE
10:00 Porter, "Schism"
10:30 McMahon, "Spacious or Empty?"
11:00–11:30 COFFEE BREAK | LaSALLE BANKS ROOM coffee, tea & light food
11:30 Smith, "Sign/Signal"
12:00 Anderson, "Reinvented Social Somatics..."
12:30 Response & Discussion, Jean Evans
1:00 GROUP PHOTO for all participants | STAIRS of the ORIENTAL INSTITUTE
1:00–2:15 LUNCH BREAK for attendees | ORIENTAL INSTITUTE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE
SESSION 2: ACTING IN SPACE
2:15 Gilan, "I will not again..."
2:45 Goebs, "Botched, Tweaked, Reinterpreted"
3:15–3:45 COFFEE BREAK | LaSALLE BANKS ROOM
coffee, tea & snacks
3:45 Kearns, "Performing community"
4:15 Andrews, "City and Soul"
4:45 Response & Discussion, Seth Richardson
5:15–6:30 RECEPTION | MESOPOTAMIA GALLERY
beer, white wine & hors d'oeuvres
7:00 DINNER for participants and invited guests | DE COLORES GALERIA Y SABORES | 1626 S Halstead St, Pilsen
transportation provided from the Oriental Institute at 6:30; return to the Sophy Hotel at 9:00
FRIDAY, MARCH 8th
8:30–9:30 MORNING COFFEE | LaSALLE BANKS ROOM
coffee, tea & light food
SESSION 3: REACTING IN SPACE
9:30 Morgan, "Fumbling Towards Complexity"
10:00 Ristvet, "An Imperial Audience"
10:30 Osborne, "The Great Silence"
11:00–11:30 COFFEE BREAK | LaSALLE BANKS ROOM
coffee, tea & snacks
11:30 Frangipane, "New Forms of Political Expression..."
12:00 Response & Discussion, Gil Stein
1:00 FAREWELL LUNCH | LaSALLE BANKS ROOM
catered by Nella Pizza e Pasta
2:30 Shuttle to O'Hare Airport (ORD), all terminals
provided by Echo Limousine
Presentations
Presentation time: 20–25 min
Questions: 5 min per speaker
AV Guidelines: We encourage you to use Powerpoint (rather than Prezi, etc.) Presentation files will be collected by a student assistant at the Welcome Dinner on Wednesday, March 6. Please bring your Powerpoint with you on a flash drive.
It is standard practice at the Oriental Institute to make an audio-visual recording of presentations for archival, not distribution, purposes. You will be asked to sign a waiver on Wednesday evening that provides the Oriental Institute with the permission to do so. If you do not wish to be recorded, please let us know as early as possible.
All sessions conclude with a 30–minute slot for response and discussion, of which 5–10 minutes will be structured remarks by the discussant, and 20 minutes will be moderated discussion among presenters, participants, and audience members. Please make an effort to read the papers in your session ahead of time, in order to facilitate discussion.
Timeline for drafts, manuscripts
Please send:
- An early draft of your paper to distribute among respondents and speakers before February 15th
Paper drafts will be uploaded to a shared folder and made accessible to all participants. Please try to read as many papers as possible before the Symposium, and at a minimum, those in your session, in order to facilitate discussion.
- Your paper for publication before August 30th
Charissa Johnson, Managing Editor of the Publications Office of the Oriental Institute, will give a brief presentation detailing the OIS publication process during lunch on Friday, March 8. See also "Preparation of Papers for Publication," below; n.b. this information is subject to updates.
Preparation of Papers for Publication (in alphabetical order)
Deadline
August 30th, 2019
Fonts and Transliterations
Because the volume will contain a multiplicity of scripts, there is no preferred transliteration or transcription (normalization) style. This applies to proper nouns as well, anglicized or otherwise.
Submit all fonts used (unless readily available in MS Word). Unicode Gentium fonts are preferred (http://software.sil.org/gentium/). The publishing office works with Macs (OS 10.12.5).
Images
https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/OI-artwork-submission-guidelines.pdf
Images are strongly encouraged; OIS volumes can handle color and multiple-page images.
Trim size per page is 7x10 in. Images can be submitted as TIF, JPEG, PNG, or PDF (if necessary).
Copyright: when inquiring about permissions for reproduction, specify that this is an academic publication being published by an academic publisher. The initial print run will likely be around 500–1000 copies. Online estimates vary.
There is some money in the budget for images; this is not extensive, however, so if you have other sources available, please go to these first.
Manuscript submission guidlines for 2019
Page limit
Roughly this should be 20–30 pages (6000–9000 words) in double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font.
Publication Office
If you have questions about the publication process feel free to contact Charissa Johnson directly.
Charissa Johnson
Managing Editor, Publications
crjohnson@uchicago.edu
773.702.5967
Review Process
After initial content review and copying editing, authors will receive a first set of proofs. Once proofs are approved by authors and resubmitted, final image setting will take place. The manuscript will then be submitted to the OI Director, Christopher Woods, and to one or two outside reviewers.
Style
Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.)
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/book/ed17/frontmatter/toc.html
American, not British, spelling where applicable
BCE and CE where applicable
For the Oriental Institute Seminar (OIS) series, references should be author-date.
Travel and Transportation
Flight Arrangements
For help or to modify your travel arrangements, you can feel free to contact the agents at Tower Travel: email reservations@towertravel.com, or call 866.625.6491 (within the US) or 630.928.7148 (international).
Unless you have contacted me to make other arrangements, please make your own way to the Sophy Hotel upon arrival. We recommend either public transportation (see directions, below) or a ride-share service (Uber or Lyft, see below). Due to traffic, depending on your time of arrival, public transit may be the fastest way to reach the hotel. You will be reimbursed for these expenses, as long as you provide receipts (see Reimbursement).
A shuttle to O'Hare International Airport (ORD) from the Oriental Institute will be provided on the afternoon of Friday, March 8 at 2:30 PM.
Getting to the University from O'Hare Airport
Public Transportation
Via public transportation (Chicago Transit Authority, or “CTA”), the trip from O’Hare to Hyde Park takes the better part of two hours and costs $5.25. From the baggage claim level, follow signs for the CTA Trains. In the station, buy a CTA card at one of the machines, loading it with $5 to $10 (or more, depending on how often you intend to use the card). CTA cards can be used on trains and buses. Bus and train fare is $2.25, and a transfer costs 25 cents. If you don’t purchase a CTA card, only buses accept cash, and they require exact change. Unlimited-ride visitor passes also are available for one, three, and seven days. For more information, visit www.transitchicago.com.
Board the Blue Line and, after a roughly 45-minute ride, get off at the Jackson stop. Head upstairs to street level, walk east one block to the intersection of Jackson and State Streets, and catch the #6 bus heading south, using your CTA card. The #6 bus will take you straight to Hyde Park along Lake Shore Drive. There are several stops in Hyde Park, but we recommend you get off on 57th Street and walk a few blocks west to central campus.
Taxi
A taxi from O’Hare to Hyde Park costs about $80 and takes about 45 minutes—except during rush hour, when it may take twice as long. If you arrive in the afternoon or early evening, it may actually take less time to come by public transit.
Getting to the University from Midway Airport
Midway Airport is closer to the university. Follow signs for the CTA Trains, which also lead to the CTA buses. Board the #55 bus to Hyde Park and, after about 45 minutes (maybe a little longer during rush hour), get off at University Avenue. A taxi from Midway to Hyde Park costs about $50 and takes about half an hour.
Information about both airports, Uber and shuttle services
The CTA has a helpful website with details about airport transit. The Chicago Department of Aviation also has a website with details about airport terminal layouts and transportation options.
We encourage you to use Uber or Lyft to and from the airports:
https://www.uber.com/cities/chicago/
https://www.lyft.com/rider/cities/chicago-il
Available airport limo/shuttle services include http://www.airportexpress.com/ and https://www.echolimousine.com/.
Accommodation
The Sophy Hyde Park
1411 East 53rd Street
Chicago, IL 60615
Tel: 773.289.1003
www.sophyhotel.com
The Hyatt provides a shuttle to campus, which runs from 7am till 7pm daily. Information about departure times and stops can be requested at the front desk.
You will receive a paper map in the conference folder, but you can also find an online Map of the University of Chicago Campus / Hyde Park here:
https://maps.uchicago.edu/#
Please note that you will need a credit card to check in. Your accommodation has been paid for by the OI, however, if you order something to your room or use the minibar, your card will be charged.
The hotel shuttle will take you to and from the hotel for events and the conference (or you can walk, if the weather is good!). For those who depart on Friday, March 8, 2019, please bring your luggage with you to the Oriental Institute. The luggage will be kept safe here until your departure.
A shuttle will be provided from the Oriental Institute to O'Hare International Airport at 2:30 PM on Friday.
Getting Around
Things to do in Hyde Park
Hyde Park, home to the University of Chicago, is a great community with a lot to see. It is one of the City of Chicago’s 77 “community areas.” They are not formal administrative districts, but everyone knows these neighborhoods by name, so if you say you’re going to Hyde Park, Chicagoans will know what you’re talking about. (This is useful if you explore Chicago and are unsure how to get back. Just ask a cab or bus driver how to get to Hyde Park.) If time allows, we encourage you to explore both the neighborhood and the rest of the city.
The University has a very informative website about Hyde Park.
Under "Explore Hyde Park" you find information about bars, restaurants and entertainment.
http://hydepark.uchicago.edu
How to get around in the city
Downtown Chicago consists of the main commercial district (known as “the Loop” after the above-ground train tracks that form a loop in this area) and residential, retail, and/or recreational areas on all sides. Most of the downtown action takes place around Millennium Park and along Michigan Avenue north of the river (called the “Magnificent Mile”). There are also restaurants all over the city, which you can easily search online and generally access by public transit. The areas around downtown and on much of the north side are largely safe, but take normal precautions as you would in any big city.
The quickest and most affordable ways to get between Hyde Park and downtown are the Metra Electric commuter rail and the #6 bus.
To get anywhere beyond the Loop, the quickest route is to take the “EL” trains (known as such whether they’re underground or elevated). From Hyde Park, take the #55 or the #59 bus west to where these streets intersect with the Green or the Red Line. Use CTA Bus Tracker to find out when the next bus is due.
Reimbursement
Please keep all receipts for reimbursement.
Expenses you paid out of pocket prior to arrival at the conference can be reimbursed directly to you in cash, or later via wire transfer or check. For cash reimbursement see D'Ann Yoder Condes in room 231 on the second floor of the Oriental Institute.
Expenses you accrue after departure, such as transportation from the airport, will be reimbursed upon receiving the receipts. Please scan and email receipts to Nate Francia (nmfrancia@uchicago.edu), who will give you further instructions. Any questions concerning reimbursement can be direct to Nate Francia as well.
Wireless Access
All conference participants can use the University of Chicago Wireless guest network during the stay.
Download Instructions to connect, username and password (.PDF)
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Kathryn R. Morgan
krmorgan@uchicago.edu
tel: 773-702-7497
