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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| University of Vienna, main building Kleiner Festsaal |
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| 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 |
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| 8 p.m. Reception at the Rathauskeller Lanner/Lehar-Saal |
7 p.m. Conference Dinner at Martinschlössl |
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