The registration for Anthropology of War in the Roman Period Workshop sponsored by the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies is now open (closing on 30th January). The workshop aims to address the theme of human behaviour influenced by, reconfigured through and in response to war in the Roman period through the study of archaeological, epigraphic, and historical evidence.
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8:30-9:00 |
Registration and Coffee |
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9:00-9:15 |
Introduction Anna Walas (Leicester and Nottingham) and Joanne Ball (Liverpool) Why violence? |
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9:15-10:15 |
Keynote Siniša Malešević (UCD) Anthropological Aspects of Conflict in Roman and Chinese Imperial Expansion |
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10:15-11:30 |
Session 1: The Violence of Everyday Life |
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Andrew Gardner (UCL) Conflict and the Frontier Zones of Roman Britain |
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Rebecca Redfern (Museum of London) Bioarchaeological Perspective on Violence in Roman Britain |
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Rob Collins (Newcastle) Culturally-Embedded Violence? The Long-Term Impacts of a Militarised Frontier |
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11:30-11:45 |
Coffee |
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11:45-1:00 |
Session 2: Anthropology of Battlefield Behaviour |
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Joanne Ball (Liverpool) Combat Trauma & Battlefield Suicide |
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Arjen van Lil (Utrecht) Ritual, Narrative & Trauma: The Psychological Implications of Ritual Surrounding the Roman Republican Battlefield |
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Hannah Marie Chidwick (Bristol) Formative Relationship Between the Body and the Environment in Battle as Depicted in Latin Literary Representations of Warfare |
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1:00-2:00 |
Discussion and lunch |
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2:00 – 2:50 |
Session 3: Cultural Politics of War |
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Zakaria Riad Hijra (Birmingham) Studying Ancient Rome in Judea to Understand Contemporary Britain in India |
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Jacob Mackey (Occidental College, Los Angeles) Prosocial Norms, the Quest for Prestige, and Martial Success in Early Rome |
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2:50-3:10 |
Coffee |
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3:10-4:25 |
Session 4 :Remembering Violence:: Death, Conflict Ritualisation and Reconciliation |
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Andrew Lawrence (Bern) Coping with Conflict – Ritual Action at the Core and on the Periphery of the Empire |
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Jean-Christophe Sarrazin-Robert Dejeans (Bordeaux) Human Remains and Anthropomorphic Representations in Wells: Funerary or Social Practices Linked to War? |
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Conor Whatley (Winnipeg) Mourning Lost Soldiers at the End of Antiquity |
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4:30-5:00 |
Workshop Round Table – future directions |
Registration
The cost of the event, including morning and afternoon refreshments, and a buffet lunch, is £12 at reduced rare (Speakers / Roman Society members / Students / Unwaged)/Ex-forces) or £16 for a full price ticket. To book your place please request the booking form from [email protected] and either return it to the Roman Society, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU or email it to reserve a place ([email protected]) by the end of January.
Bursaries
We are also pleased to announce that three bursaries (£80 each) funded by the Barbican Research Associates for current HE students in the UK and bursaries for military personnel and veterans (£80 each) are available. The deadline for application for bursaries is 30th January. Please send a 300-500 word outline of what benefit this event would be to you, your affiliation and how the bursary would be spent to Dr Anna Walas and Dr Jo Ball ([email protected]
