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The E-Sylum: Volume 26, Number 11, March 12, 2023, Article 7

POWER, IDENTITY AND ALEXANDER THE GREAT

Curator Marina Fischer passed along a great set of photos of the new exhibit The Birth of Portraiture: Alexander the Great and His Successors at the Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary. Here are a few selected photos - see the complete gallery online for a tour of the exhibit.

The University is also sponsoring a two-day numismatic symposium at the conclusion of the exhibit's run. -Editor

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To view the exhibit photos, see:
The Birth of Portraiture: Alexander the Great and His Successors (https://www.flickr.com/photos/coinbooks/albums/72177720306659412)

Power, Identity and Alexander the Great is a symposium held in conjunction with the end of Nickle Galleries' exhibition, The Birth of Portraiture: Alexander the Great and His Successors, curated by Marina Fischer.

This two-day event is free and will be of interest to students, faculty, collectors and members of the general public.

Speakers:
Susan Taylor, Artist and Engraver Royal Canadian Mint

David Bergeron, Curator, Bank of Canada

Terence Cheesman, Expert on ancient coins

Carolyn Willekes, Military Historian and Classicist, Mount Royal University

Francois Rufiange, Numismatics Educator

Michael Walsh, Trajan Publishing Corporation owner and publisher of Canadian Coin News

Dates
APRIL 29, 2023, 9:30 – 4:30pm followed by a reception, 5:00 – 8:00pm

Free with pre-registration

April 30, 2023, 9:30 – 3:00pm

Free with pre-registration

Organized by Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary in partnership with the Calgary Numismatic Society.

Exhibition Website (please see all the links to events to the right, including 2 tours, March 14 and April 4)
https://nickle.ucalgary.ca/exhibition/upcoming-the-birth-of-portraiture-alexander-the-great-and-his-successors/

Talk by Dr. Carolyn Willekes on March 16
https://nickle.ucalgary.ca/event/nn-carolyn-willekes-horses-and-royal-identity-in-the-hellenistic-world/

Numismatic Symposium April 29-30
https://nickle.ucalgary.ca/event/symposium-power-identity-and-alexander-the-great/

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
EXHIBIT: BIRTH OF PORTRAITURE: ALEXANDER THE GREAT (https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n10a10.html)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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