Families and Kinship in the Hellenistic World: Structures, Dynamics, and Identities
The Hellenistic Families Conference 2026 explores the role of family and kinship in the Hellenistic states and their successor kingdoms—an area that remains under-explored in current scholarship.
How did Hellenistic communities understand the social, cultural, and economic dimensions of family life? How did family structures contribute to identity formation at both individual and collective levels? Join us to hear scholars in the field share new research on these questions.
Event details
- Dates: 26–27 February 2026
- Format: Online (Zoom)
- Time zone: All times listed below are GMT + 11
- Cost: Free
- Registration: Required (via the official conference website)
Visit the official conference website (registration, abstracts, and bios)
Programme
Day 1 — 26 February 2026 (GMT + 11)
- 5:00pm — Natasha Parnian, The Limits of Lineage: Family and Legitimacy in Late Sasanian Iran
- 5:30pm — Stefan Pfeiffer (Keynote), Family, Dynasty, and Genealogy in the Representation of the Ptolemies: A Prospective Community of Memory
- 6:30pm — Break
- 7:30pm — Raúl Navas-Moreno, Iranian Women in the Seleucid Dynasty: Asymmetric Marriage Strategies and Iranian Presence in the Imperial Family
- 8:00pm — Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides, Families on the Move: A New Hellenistic Reality
- 8:30pm — Francesca Della Guardia, From Dynastic Ancestors to Living Parents: Family Politics under the Euergetes
- 9:00pm — Close
Day 2 — 27 February 2026 (GMT + 11)
- 9:00am — Angus Llewellyn Jacobson, Like Mother, Like Daughter: Stratonice I and Phila II as Intermediaries between Nuptial and Natal Families
- 9:30am — Altay Coşkun (Keynote), Hellenistic Queenship: A New Role with New Female Agency?
- 10:30am — Paul McKechnie, Follow the Money: Tobias, Joseph and Hyrcanus
- 11:00am — Penelope Carpentier, We Are Family: The Children and Cousins of Early Hellenistic Sidon
- 11:30am — Close
Note: Registration, Zoom access details, abstracts, and speaker bios are available on the official conference website linked above.