The Princeton University Numismatic Collection

The Rebirth of Antiquity:
Numismatics, Archaeology and Classical Studies
in the Culture of the Renaissance

Friday, November 9, 2007
McCormick Hall 101

Provisional Program

9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Registration, coffee
9:30 - 10 a.m.  Opening
            General welcome: Alan Stahl, Curator of Numismatics, Princeton University
            Official greetings: Karin Trainer, University Librarian, Princeton University

10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Morning Session, Chair: Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Department of Art and Archeology, Princeton University

John Cunnally, Department of Art and Design, Iowa State University
"Of Mauss and (Renaissance) Men: Numismatics, Prestation, and the Genesis of Visual Literacy."

Peter N. Miller, Chair of Academic Programs, Bard Graduate Center
"Peiresc's Numismatics, with Special Reference to Islamic Coins"

Brian Ogilvie, History Department, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
"Ezechiel Spanheim's Metallic Archive"

12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Lunch, Fine Tower Penthouse Lounge

2:00 - 4:15 p.m. Afternoon Session, Chair : Anthony Grafton, Department of History, Princeton University

William Stenhouse, History Department, Yeshiva University
"Onofrio Panvinio versus the numismatists: The right to interpret antiquity"

Christopher Wood, Department of History of Art, Yale University
"The Temporal Instability of the Artifact"

Tamara Griggs, Department of History, University of Chicago
"Controlling the Past in Eighteenth-Century Rome"

4:30 p.m. Reception for the opening of the exhibit "Numismatics in the Renaissance", Firestone Library. The exhibit, which will include rare books, coins, medals, manuscripts and prints and drawings from Princeton University collections that relate to the study of ancient coins in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, will remain open from November 9, 2007, through July 20, 2008.

The symposium on November 9 is open free to the public by pre-registration. It is sponsored by the Rare Books and Special Collections Department of Firestone Library, and the Friends of Princeton University Library will provide general support and host the opening reception. The symposium is being offered under the auspices The Humanities Council of Princeton University and is co-sponsored by The Center for the Study of the Book and Media, The Department of Art and Archaeology, The Department of Classics, The Program in Hellenic Studies, The Program in Renaissance Studies, and The Shelby Cullom Davis Center.

Those who wish to register and receive information on the location of the sessions should contact Alan Stahl, Princeton's Curator of Numismatics, at astahl@princeton.edu . We will send information on transportation and parking to all registrants.

Alan Stahl
Curator of Numismatics
astahl@princeton.edu
(609) 258-9127

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