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SUMMARY:Between Heaven and Earth: Law\, Power\, and the Social Order in Late Antiquity
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LOCATION:Manchester\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:<p>Our conception of Roman justice has changed dramatically over the last few decades.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;In the English-speaking world\, there has been a decisive shift away from the constitutionally based paradigm\, toward an idea of the administration of justice as a heuristic process through which Roman political elites sought\, on an ad hoc basis\, to rationalise and justify Roman power in the provinces.</p>\n<p>The conference &lsquo\;Between Heaven and Earth: Law\, Ideology\, and the Social Order in Late Antiquity&rsquo\; will assess the &lsquo\;state of play&rsquo\; regarding&nbsp\;&nbsp\;the administration of Roman law from the&nbsp\;<em>Constitutio Antoniniana</em>&nbsp\;(212 CE) to the end of Antiquity.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;It is a period characterised by revolutionary changes.&nbsp\;The extension of citizenship\, the re-organization of provincial administration under Diocletian\, and the changing ideological frame-work underpinning the emperor&rsquo\;s power each triggered significant developments.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;The conference will consider problems including\, but not limited to the following:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>The changing balance of practice: arbitration\, municipal\, provincial\, and episcopal&nbsp\;&nbsp\;courts</li>\n<li>Justice and the God(s): the changing ideological foundation of&nbsp\;<em>jurisdictio</em></li>\n<li>Deviance\, Discipline\, and Persecution: From&nbsp\;<em>superstitio</em>&nbsp\;to &lsquo\;heresy&rsquo\;</li>\n<li>Law and the social order:&nbsp\;<em>ius colonatus\, patria potestas</em>\, marriage legislation</li>\n<li>Codes\, canons\,&nbsp\;<em>collationes</em>: changing practices of collection and communication</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The format of the meeting will not be based exclusively on lectures. Rather\, we envisage a mix of formats for generating discussion and exchanging expertise\, including:</p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Primary source masterclass</strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Contributors will pre-circulate key primary sources on a givien topic\, and to lead or contribute to seminar-style discussion and/or evaluation of their significance</li>\n<li><strong>Historiographic masterclass</strong>&nbsp\;Contributors will pre-circulate key secondary sources on a givien topic\, and will lead a seminar-style assessment and/or re-evaluation of their significance. The sources can either be &lsquo\;landmark&rsquo\; publications or publications whose importance has been overlooked or misunderstood.</li>\n<li><strong>First person&nbsp\;<strong>retrospective</strong></strong>&nbsp\;Contributors will offer a powerpoint talk or a seminar-style discussion of pre-circulated material\, or a combination): In this case you would offer an informal overview of one or more of your own previous publications (similar to the American Academy of Religion &lsquo\;How My Mind Has Changed&rsquo\; series or the Torino Petersen seminars).&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Many scholars&mdash\;and not only younger scholars!&mdash\;will be intensely interested to hear &lsquo\;from the horse&rsquo\;s mouth&rsquo\; what is really at stake in key publications.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;This is especially true for publications that are not in one&rsquo\;s own native language&mdash\;sometimes a clearer understanding of the landscape or context of a scholar&rsquo\;s work changes one&rsquo\;s understanding dramatically.</li>\n<li><strong>Overview retrospective</strong>&nbsp\;involving a retrospective on a wider historiographical area</li>\n<li><strong>Roundtable&nbsp\;</strong>We welcome suggestions for plenary roundtables on key topics\, along with suggestions of individuals who might contribute a five-minute ex verbal introduction of a pre-circulated handout.</li>\n<li><strong>Lecture&nbsp\;</strong>(in order to make the most of the opportunity to exchange a deadline of&nbsp\;<strong>1 September</strong>&nbsp\;is set for submission of lecture handouts.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;This will allow them to be pre-circulated to other conference participants at the same time as the ask to please plan to pre-circulate your hand</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Please do not hesitate to get in touch with questions or suggestions! These should be addressed to Kate Cooper (kate.cooper@manchester.ac.uk) in the first instance.</p>
ORGANIZER;CN=Kate  Cooper;CN=Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner:
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