1st Conference of the NFN “Imperium and Officium: Comparative Studies in Ancient Bureaucracy and Officialdom”

“Official Epistolography and the Language(s) of Power”

University of Vienna, 10-12 November 2009

Provisional Programme


Thursday,
19 November
Friday,
20 November
Saturday,
21 November
day of arrival University of Vienna, Campus Aula Institut für Orientalistik Institut für Alte Geschichte
Presentation of the project parts Workshop 1 Workshop 2
9.30 a.m.
Baker, Heather: Royal Institutional Households in First Millennium BC Mesopotamia

5-10 min talks by the cooperation partners (W. Henkelman, S. Parpola, M. Roaf)
9-9.45 a.m.
Panel 1: The Language of Power II: Official Epistolography in Islamic Egypt (642-969 AD) (project Procházka)
9.30-10.30 a.m.
Panel 1: The Interaction of Roman Rule with Traditional Hellenistic Institutions in Asia Minor (project Taeuber)

Hofmann, Vera & Christoph Samitz: presentation of the project database (approx. 15 min)
10.15 a.m.
Jursa, Michael: The Language of Power I: Official Epistolography in Babylonia in the First Millennium BC

5-10 min talks by the cooperation partners (G. Frame, W. Henkelman)
11.00 a.m. Coffee Break
11.30 a.m.
Palme, Bernhard: The Framework of Imperial Power in Late Antique Egypt (284-641 AD): Governors, Military Commanders, and their officia

5-10 min talks by the cooperation partners (N. Gonis, F. Morelli, R. Haensch, D. Slootjes, Ch. Armoni, J. Manning, J. Keenan, M. Ford)
12.15 p.m. Lunch Break
1.30 p.m.
Taeuber, Hans: The Interaction of Roman Rule with Traditional Hellenistic Institutions in Asia Minor

5-10 min talks by the cooperation partners (K. Harter-Uibopuu, A. Kalinowski)
2.15 p.m.
Tost, Sven: Police Authorities in Late Antique Egypt

5-10 min talks by the cooperation partners (Ch. Armoni, N. Gonis, J. Manning, F. Morelli, P. Sänger)
3.00 p.m. Coffee Break
3.15 p.m.Procházka: The Language of Power II: Official Epistolography in Islamic Egypt (642-969 AD)

5-10 min talks by the cooperation partners (S. Hopkins, W. Diem, A. Kaplony, F. Morelli)
University of Vienna, main building
Kleiner Festsaal
5 p.m.
Address by
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Franz Römer
Dean of the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Viktor Schwarz
Dean of the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Jursa

Prof. Amélie Kuhrt
The Study of Empires: comparative approaches
8 p.m.
Reception at the Rathauskeller
Lanner/Lehar-Saal
7 p.m.
Conference Dinner at Martinschlössl