Seminars
14 July 2016 Start
15 July 2016 End
Austria Seminar Room, Department of Ancient History, University of Vienna, Main Building, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Vienna

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Proceedings in the Law Courts of Roman Egypt (30 BCE – 300 CE)

14-15 July 2016

Workshop on Roman Court Proceedings at the University of Vienna, which emanates from an ongoing research project in Vienna papyrology.

Programme

THURSDAY, 14 JULY 2016

9:00 – 10:45

Welcome and Introduction: FWF Project on Roman Court Proceedings in Papyri; Bernhard Palme (Universität Wien; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Papyrussammlung)

Court Proceedings in Papyri: an Overview of the Roman-Period Material; Anna Dolganov (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Documenta Antiqua)

Access to Legal Institutions and the Rule of Law in the Roman Empire; Dennis Kehoe (Tulane University)

10:15–11:15 Coffee

11:15 – 13:00

Ad fontes! Textkritisches zum Rechtsstreit des Satabus vs. Nestnephisp; Claudia Kreuzsaler (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Papyrussammlung)

PROJECT PRESENTATION 1

Acta and Archives: the Making, Storage and Retrieval of Records Anna Dolganov (ÖAW)

13:00–14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:00

PROJECT PRESENTATION 2

Acta and the Legal Profession: Different Types of „Lawyers“ and Their Activity Anna Dolganov (ÖAW)

Il Progetto REDHIS e un Testimone Inedito dei Manualia di Paolo (P.Vindob. L 124); Dario Mantovani (Università di Pavia, ERC Project: REDHIS)

16:00–16:30 Coffee

16:30 – 18:30

Per una Tipologia dei Marginalia nei Papiri Giurisprudenziali; Marco Fressura (Università di Pavia, REDHIS)

Proceedings in Church Councils; Clifford Ando (University of Chicago)

CONCLUDING DISCUSSION

FRIDAY, 15 JULY 2016

9:00 – 10:45

Ius proprium: the Choice of Law in Roman Egypt; Éva Jakab (Szeged University)

PROJECT PRESENTATION 3

Acta and the Development of the Law: Judicial Precedents; Anna Dolganov (ÖAW)

10:45–11:15 Coffee

11:15 – 13:00

Acta of Polycarp and Pionios; Georgy Kantor (Oxford University)

Monologues and Dialogues: Some Considerations on „Reading“ Criminal Trials; Ari Bryen (Vanderbilt University)

SOURCE DISCUSSION

Court Proceedings as a Literary Genre: Acta Martyrum, Acta Alexandrinorum and other Paraliterary Texts

13:00–14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:00

PROJECT PRESENTATION 4

Imperial Pronouncements and Proceedings Before the Emperor; Anna Dolganov (ÖAW)

Un Frammento Inedito di Costituzioni Imperiali da Vienna (P.Vindob. L 128); Serena Ammirati (Università di Pavia, REDHIS)

16:00–16:30 Coffee

16:30 – 18:30

Bilingual Court Proceedings in Papyri: an Overview of the Late-Roman Material; Bernhard Palme (Universität Wien; ÖNB, Papyrussammlung)

Zur Intitulatio und Invocatio in der Spätantike; Wolfgang Kaiser (Universität Freiburg am Breisgau)

PROJECT PRESENTATION 5

The Courts are No More? The Disappearance of Proceedings from the Papyrological Record Bernhard Palme

CONCLUDING DISCUSSION