Conference Programme

Sunday, 20 October 2024

Arrival at Vila Lanna. Directions available here.

Day 1: Monday, 21 October 2024

9:00 - 9:15

Welcome

Session 1

Chair: Diana Míčková (Czech Academy/Alchemies of Scent)

9:15 - 10:00

Speaker: Laurence Totelin - "‘Plunge the jar in a well of cold water for 40 days’: Greek and Roman medical authors on perfume manufacture"

Commentators: Béatrice Caseau, Sean Coughlin

10:00 - 10:45

Speaker: Heike Wilde - "Sources for Perfumery and Scent in Ancient Egypt"

Commentators: Eduardo Escobar, Giuseppe Squillace

10:45 - 11:00

Break

Session 2

Chair: Maren Protzen (President of the German Society of Perfumers)

11:00 - 11:45

Speaker: Rana Babaç Çelebi - "Scents of the Past: The Art and History of Perfumery in Ancient Anatolia"

Commentators: Laurence Totelin, Heike Wilde

11:45 - 12:30

Speaker: Béatrice Caseau - "Christianity and Scent: Rituals of Incense in Late Antiquity"

Commentators: Jay Silverstein, Laurence Totelin

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

Session 4

13:45 - 15:45

Perfume Workshop - Susinum (at Alchemies of Scent Annex)

15:45 - 16:00

Break

Session 5

Chair: Laurence Totelin (Cardiff University)

16:00 - 16:45

Speaker: Roberto P. Dario - "From ‘Myrepsos’ to Modern ‘Noses’: Knowledge Techniques and Perfumery Evolution"

Commentators: Demi Williams, Laura Prieto

16:45 - 17:30

Speaker: Giuseppe Squillace - "Perfumers in the Ancient World Between 5th and 4th Century BC: Names, Origins, and Techne"

Commentators: Roberto P. Dario, Sean Coughlin

17:30 - 19:00

Reception

Day 2: Tuesday, 22 October 2024

8:15 - 11:15

Visit to Botanical Garden

11:15 - 11:30

Arrival at Akc Husova 4a

Session 6

Chair: Marie Urban Le Febvre (Independent Perfumer, ISIPCA, Osmothèque)

11:30 - 12:15

Speakers: Eduardo Escobar & Giacomo Montanari - "Towards a Reconstruction of the 'First' Perfume Recipe of Tappūtī-Bēlat-Ekalle"

Commentators: Maria Rosaria Belgiorno, Heike Wilde

12:15 - 13:00

Speaker: Alice Capobianco - "Tracing Archaeological Evidence of Perfumery in Roman Towns"

Commentators: Jay Silverstein, Barbara Huber

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch

Session 7

Chair: Radka Bušovská (Joh. Vögele KG)

14:30 - 15:15

Speaker: Maria Rosaria Belgiorno - "Eau de B.C.: Mesopotamian-Aegean Origins and the Link with Serpents"

Commentators: Giacomo Montanari, Katarzyna Gromek

15:15 - 16:00

Speaker: Demi Lizzann Williams - "African Ritual Aromatics and Cosmetics: Exploring Cultural Significance and Global Impact"

Commentators: Anya King, Katarzyna Gromek

16:00 - 16:30

Break

Session 8

Chair: Sean Coughlin (Czech Academy/Alchemies of Scent)

16:30 - 17:15

Speaker: Anya King - "Innovation and Heritage in Early Islamicate Perfumery"

Commentators: Andrea Salayová, Barbara Huber

17:15 - 18:00

Speaker: Katarzyna Gromek - "Introducing Xiāng: The Reconstruction of the Olfactory Landscape of Early China in Practice"

Commentators: Demi Lizzann Williams, Andrea Salayová

18:00 - 19:00

Rest

19:00 - 21:00

Dinner

Day 3: Wednesday, 23 October 2024

Session 9

Chair: Heike Wilde (Czech Academy/Alchemies of Scent)

9:00 - 9:45

Speaker: Andrea Salayová - "From Beavers to Bottles: The Historical Legacy of Castoreum in Perfumery and Medicine"

Commentators: Alice Capobianco, Béatrice Caseau

9:45 - 10:30

Speaker: Jay Silverstein - "Making the Mendesian: The Hellenistic Perfume Industry at Tell Timai"

Commentators: Maria Rosaria Belgiorno, Alice Capobianco

10:30 - 11:00

Closing Discussion

11:00 - 13:00

National Library Manuscript Collection Visit with Ondřej Fúsik

13:00 - 14:30

Informal Lunch and Farewell