Below you will find the programme of the International Workshop: “Spaces of Diplomacy in the Roman Republic. Contexts for Interaction”, which will take place in Palma (Mallorca, Spain) on 7 and 8 November, at the CaixaForum Palma.
The workshop is funded by the Spanish Research Agency and the ERDF, within the framework of the research project: “Environments for dialogue: the spaces of diplomacy in the Roman provinces during the Republic”, developed by the “Civitas” research group at the University of the Balearic Islands.
7 NOVEMBER
10:00
Opening Session
Welcome and introduction
José Francisco Conrado de Villalonga (Fundació “la Caixa”)
Enrique García Riaza (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
10.15
Keynote speech
Elena Torregaray Pagola (Universidad del País Vasco)
“Los espacios fluidos en la práctica diplomática romana”
11:00
Session 1. Legal-institutional and ideological sphere
(workpackage coordinated by Alejandro Díaz Fernández)
11:00
P. Sánchez (Université de Genève)
“Espaces en déplacement et mise en scène: La cérémonie du serment de 201
a.C.”
11:20
Coffee-break
11:50
A. Díaz Fernández (Universidad de Sevilla)
“Sobre el espacio del imperator en la diplomacia romana de época
republicana”
12:10
L. P. Eberle (Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen)
“Magistrates on the move, between exemplarity and reality”
12:30
S. Davies (Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington)
“Sliding Scales, Blind Justice (& Tragic Ironies): Hellenistic & Roman Global
Sovereignties”
12:50
Discussion
16:00
Session 2. Military sphere
(workpackage coordinated by Gabriel Rosselló Calafell)
16:00
F. Cadiou (Université Bordeaux Montaigne)
“Légionnaires et auxiliaires : quelles interactions lors des campagnes
militaires à la fin de l’époque républicaine ?”
16:20
N. Barrandon; T. Carbonnot (Université de Reims Reims Champagne-Ardenne)
“Les espaces de la diplomatie en Gaule : quelle place pour les émotions dans
le récit césarien ?”
16:40
Coffee-break
17:10
G. Rosselló Calafell (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
“Impacto de la conquista sobre la producción del espacio diplomático en el
norte de África (siglos III-I a.C.)”
17:30
B. Vertedor Ballesteros (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
“El cuartel general romano como escenario de poder político-diplomático
(218-133 a.C.)”
17:50
E. García Riaza (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
“Contacts in armis (official interviews and unofficial meetings)”
18:10
Discussion
8 NOVEMBER
10:00
Session 3. Geo-political particularities and archaeological approaches
(workpackage coordinated by P. Marimon Ribas)
10:00
Luis Silva Reneses (Universitéde Genève)
“Espacios de negociación y negociación del espacio en los primeros tratados romano-cartagineses”
10:20
A.-M. Sanz (Chercheur associé, Lab. ANHIMA Paris-Marseille, UMR 8210)
“El espacio de la ciudad ocupada como escenario diplomático durante la segunda guerra púnica”
10:40
Coffee-break
11:10 H. Cornwell (University of Birmingham)
“Time and space for diplomacy during civil conflicts”
11:30
P. Marimon Ribas (Universitatde les Illes Balears)
“Kinship diplomacy y redes comerciales. El caso del Valle del Ródano”
11:50
Discussion
12:30
Session 4: conclusions and outlook
Round table: organisation of successive phases of the project, preparation of the new workshop, planning of publications and presentation of other dissemination initiatives.
This working meeting is part of the project “Environments for dialogue: the spaces of diplomacy in the Roman provincial sphere during the Republic (IANVA)”, PID2022-137408NB-I00, financed by MCIU/ AEI /10.13039/ 501100011033/ and by “ERDF A Way of Making Europe”.