The programme for the conference on Italy in the Fifth Century – Social, Political and Economic Transformations in a Society under Stress, 395-493 CE is now available.
The conference will be held from March 21 to 23 2019 at the Istituto Archeologico Germanico di Roma and the Istituto Svizzero di Roma. There is no conference fee. Those who are interested in attending are kindly advised to contact Sarah Bühler ([email protected]).
Thursday, 21st March
Venue: Istituto archeologico germanico, Rome
Chair: Tanja Itgenshorst (Fribourg)
09.30-10.00 Welcome& Introduction
10.00-10.45 Imperial Elites (Sarah Bühler, Tübingen)
10.45-11-00 Coffee Break
11.00-11.45 Municipal Elites (Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner, Tübingen)
11.45-12.30 Fiscality and Elite Formation (John Weisweiler, Cambridge)
12.30-14.00 – Lunch Break
Chair: Rita Lizzi (Perugia)
14.00-14-45 Warfare and Violence (Jeroen Wijnendaele, Ghent)
14.45-15.30 Portraits and Elite Representation (Carlos Machado, St. Andrews)
15.30-16.00 Coffee Break
16.00-16.45 Economic Trajectories and Commerce: A Survey (Paolo Tedesco, Tübingen)
16.45-17.30 Poetry under Stress. Paulinus of Nola between Violence and Peace in the Early 5th C. (Robert Kirstein, Tübingen)
17.30-18.15 Spiritual Developments (Kristina Sessa, Ohio State University)
18.15-18:30 Coffee Break
18.30 – Evening lecture
Simony and the State in the Fifth Century Church (Michele-Renee Salzman, UC Riverside)
19.45 – Reception
Friday, 22nd March
Venue: Istituto Svizzero di Roma
Chair: Marco Maiuro (Rome, La Sapienza)
09.30-10.15 Aemilia (Claudio Negrelli, Venezia)
10.15-11.00 Tuscia Annonaria and Suburbicaria (Federico Cantini, Pisa)
11.00-11.15 Coffee Break
11.15-12.00 Umbria, Flaminia and Picenum (Fabrizio Oppedisano, Pisa)
12.00-12.45 Latium and the Roman Suburbium (Cristina Murer, Bern)
12.45-14.15 – Lunch Break
Chair: Arnaldo Marcone (Roma Tre)
14.15-15.00 Campania (Eliodoro Savino, Naples)
15.00-15.45 Lucania and Bruttium (Battista Sangineto, University of Calabria)
15.45-16.15 Coffee Break
16.15-17.00 Corsica and Sardegna (Pier Giorgio Spanu, Sassari)
17.00-17.45 Settlement Patterns in the Sicilian Countryside (Angelo Castrorao Barba, CSIC, LAAC/EEA Granada)
17.45-18.30 Apulia and Calabria (Giuliano Volpe/Roberto Goffredo, Foggia)
20.00 Uhr Dinner
Saturday, 23rd March
Venue: Istituto Svizzero di Roma
Chair: Domenico Vera (Parma)
09.00-09.45 Peasants and Agriculture (Kim Bowes, UPenn)
09.45-10.30 Venetia and Histria (Alexandra Chavarría Arnau, Padova)
10.30-10.45 Coffee Break
10.45-11.30 Coin Circulation (Flavia Marani, Pisa)
11.30-12.15 Italy and the East (Umberto Roberto, Rome)
12.15-13.00 Cities (Neil Christie, Leicester)
13.00-13.30 Conclusions (Stefan Rebenich, Bern)
Organizers:
Sarah Bühler (Tübingen), Stefan Rebenich (Bern), Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner (Tübingen), John Weisweiler (University of Cambridge)
Generous Support by:
Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 923 “Threatened Order – Societies under Stress”, University of Tuebingen
DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
SNF – Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Istituto Svizzero di Roma
Istituto Archeologico Germanico di Roma