Upcoming Conferences and
Calls for Papers
Registration: JUSTICE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
Registration deadline: February 25, 2010. To register: www.uwo.ca/classics/justice_conference
The University of Western Ontario, Mar 5th-7th, 2010
This conference seeks to bring together scholars from around North America to present papers on aspects of law or justice in Greek or Roman antiquity. More specifically, the conference will address some of the following concerns: how a demand for justice was articulated and implemented in ancient civilizations; the nature of human or divine justice in Greek or Roman myth and literature; the function of law in ancient society; the rules, procedures, and institutions of Greek or Roman law; ancient philosophers on law or justice; and the influence of social norms and political and cultural traditions on law. The speakers draw together such diverse topics as philosophy, drama, the ancient city, and visual culture under the larger heading of law and justice.
PROGRAMME:
FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010:
Session 1. Justice in Greek Poetry I: 1:00 -3:00 PM
- Dr. Judith Fletcher (Wilfrid Laurier University): Twisting Justice in Aristophanes’ Clouds
- Dr. Victoria Wohl (Univ. of Toronto): The Justice of Lamentation in Euripides’ Hecuba
- Dr. Christopher G. Brown (Univ. of Western Ontario): Paying the Penalty: Justice in This World and the Next
- Dr. David Mirhady (Simon Fraser University): Justice the True and the Beneficial
- Dr. Chi Carmody (Univ. of Western Ontario): Justice Then and Now: A Modern Reading of Aristotle's Corrective/Distributive Distinction1
- Dr. Roger Fisher (York University) Antigone Rests Her Case (Ant. 904-20)
- Dr. Rebecca Kennedy (Denison University, OH): A Culture of Justice: The Courts in Athenian Tragedy and the Visual Arts
- Dr. Cynthia Patterson (Emory University): The Justice of Athena: Aeschylus' Eumenides and the Athenian Courts
- Dr. Thomas A. J. McGinn (Vanderbilt University): Was Justice Delayed Justice Denied For the Romans?
- Dr. Andrew Riggsby (Univ. of Texas at Austin): Cicero’s Ambivalence Towards the Criminal Courts
- Eloise LeMay ((Univ. of Western Ontario): The Republican interrex and its application of imperium
- Dr. James T. Chlup (Univ. of Manitoba): Just War in Onasander’s Strategikos
- Dr. Michael Gagarin (Univ. of Texas at Austin): Law and Justice in Classical Athens
- Dr. Sarah Bolmarcich (Trinity University, Texas): Justice in Greek International Relations
- Dr. Robert Wallace (Northwestern University): Justice and Community in Democratic Athens
- Dr. Alex Gottesman (Temple University): Competing Visions of Justice and Community in [Lysias] 6 and Andokides 1
- Dr. N. Popov-Reynolds (Florida Gulf Coast University): A History of Violence: Discussions of Violence Within the Army in Athenian Lawsuits
- Carrie L. Galsworthy (Miami University): The Magicians’ Contributions to a Just World
- Kathryn Balsley (Stanford University): Performances of Justice in Imperial Latin Literature
- Dr. Leanne Bablitz (Univ. of British Columbia): Babatha’s Legal Experience
- Dr. Michael P. Fronda (McGill University): Q. and M. Minucius Rufus in Genoa: Arbitration and the Performance of Roman Power
Session 2. Aristotle: 3:30- 5:00 PM
SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2010
Session 1: Justice in Greek Poetry II: 9:00 - 11:30
Session 2: Law in Ancient Rome I: 12:30-3:00 PM
Session 3. Law in Ancient Greece I: 3:30 -5:00 PM
SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010
Session 1: Law in Ancient Greece II: 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM
Session 2: Law in Ancient Rome II: 1:00- 3:00 PM
Queries: Kelly Olson at kolson2@uwo.ca
Dr. Kelly Olson
Associate Professor and Graduate Chair
Dept. of Classical Studies and Faculty of Law
The University of Western Ontario
Talbot College 425
London, Ontario, CANADA N6A 3K7
phone: 519-661-2111 x84525
fax: 519-850-2388
Call for papers: Integration and identity in the Roman Republic
Manchester, 1-3 July 2010
The project ‘Integration and identity in the Roman Republic’ is currently carried out by Saskia Roselaar at the University of Manchester. It aims to clarify the processes of integration between Italians and Romans in the period 340-91 BC. The issue of integration has been studied mainly in the context of the Romanization of Italy and the formation of identities in Italy, which are considered the result of increased contact between Romans and Italians. However, it still remains unclear in what contexts Romans and Italians came into contact with each other. The project's aim therefore is to study the points of contact between these groups: before we can say anything about the cultural and linguistic consequences of integration, we must know where and why exactly Romans and Italians met.
The project studies these contacts in three broadly defined spheres:
Geographical: To establish which were the points of contact between Romans and Italians, we must first find out where these groups lived. The project will focus specifically on the landscape of the colonies founded by the Romans throughout Italy, which are usually assumed to have played a large role in the Romanization of Italy. Although it is sometimes assumed that Italians were expelled from their lands, recent research has suggested that Italians often lived in the colonies or their territories. A more detailed reconstruction of the colonial landscape is therefore in order.
Political and administrative: Italians sometimes received full or partial Roman citizenship, which would have brought them into contact with Romans on a regular basis. Other Italians were governed directly by Roman state officials. Regular contact with Roman government may have been an important factor in the integration of Italians; the project seeks to explore the relations between political and administrative contacts and the economic and cultural developments in various Italian areas.
Economic: Contacts between Romans and Italians could occur for various economic reasons. It appears that trade occurred in a variety of contexts, which must be studied in more detail. Furthermore, it is well known that Italians conducted trade outside Italy, with the assistance of the Roman state. Thus, increased contacts with Rome may have been beneficial for the Italian economy.
The study of these possibilities for contact between Rome and the Italians will shed light on the process of Romanization as it occurred in Republican Italy: it will be possible to establish in more detail exactly how much contact existed between Rome and the various Italian peoples, and what modes of contact existed. Research into political integration will also shed light on the concept of Roman identity in the Republic: the study of political rights shows which rights the Romans were willing to share with the Italians, and thereby their level of inclusion into Roman society.
We would welcome papers on any aspect of integration and the formation of identity in the Roman Republic. We would particularly like to invite archaeologists and linguists, since it is clear that integration and identity cannot be studied by ancient historians alone. Some suggested topics are:
-Colonial landscapes
-Legal barriers for integration
-Ideas about integration among Romans and Italians
-Different modes of integration for various social classes
-Regional variations in the methods and results of integration
Confirmed speakers include:
Guy Bradley (Cardiff) Tim Cornell (Manchester) Altay Coskun (Waterloo, Canada) Elena Isayev (Exeter) David Langslow (Manchester) Kathryn Lomas (UCL) |
John Patterson (Cambridge) Jonathan Prag (Oxford) William Rees (Oxford) Saskia Roselaar (Manchester) Nathan Rosenstein (Ohio State) |
If you are interested in speaking at or attending the conference, please let me know as soon as possible, so that we will have an idea of numbers participating. The deadline for abstracts is 1 March 2010.
Saskia Roselaar
Newton International research fellow
The University of Manchester
Classics and Ancient History
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PL
United Kingdom
+ 44 (0) 161- 2752712
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar,
"The ‘Falls of Rome’: The Transformations of Rome in Late Antiquity" at the American Academy in Rome,
28 June – 30 July, 2010
Director: Michele Renee Salzman, University of California at Riverside
Michele.Salzman@ucr.edu or 951 827 1991
Associate Director: Kimberly Bowes, Cornell University
kdb48@cornell.edu or kimberlybowes@yahoo.com or 917 699 0340
This seminar will focus on a topic that is fundamental to the study of antiquity; “What does it mean to say Rome fell?” Unlike other attempts to analyze the fall in terms of the political and military end of the Roman Empire, this seminar will focus on the capital of that empire, the city of Rome, in the late third to the seventh centuries. Through intensive study of texts and new archaeological remains, we will critically examine the reasons traditionally adduced for Rome’s fall - political and/or military crisis – and search for more complete definitions, and more complete explanations, of societal change.
The seminar is founded on interdisciplinary interactions, including the collaboration of the Seminar Director, Michele Renee Salzman, an historian, with the Associate Director, Kimberly Bowes, an archaeologist. All readings and seminar discussion will be in English. We welcome applicants from a wide variety of fields in the humanities.
Participants are chosen from university and college faculty who teach American post-secondary students. This includes faculty teaching abroad who teach American students. Applicants of all ranks and all levels of institution are welcome. In addition, two places are reserved for qualified advanced graduate students
For detailed information about the Seminar and the application go to the American Academy in Rome website,
http://www.aarome.org/other-ways-to-participate.php#program5
or contact the Director or Associate Director at the addresses above.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: March 2, 2010.