Short Mommsen Colloquium
9-11 Oct. 2008 in Rostock
Tradition and innovation during the Flavian Empire: media strategies
The reign of the Flavian emperors is characterized by the desire to stabilize the organization of power after the tyranny of Nero and the struggle for succession. The new dynasty faces the task of proving its legitimacy by creating continuity with its Julio-Claudian predecessors, and especially with Augustus as the founder of the principate. On the other hand, the Flavians aim to implement their own cultural and legislative practices. This ambivalence between legitimisation through the past and innovative orientation towards the future can be traced in the strategies which the new regime develops in a wide range of media: in the arts, in literature, in its overall public self-presentation.
The conference will focus on this ambivalence between tradition and the claim for innovation. We especially welcome papers with an interdisciplinary approach, particularly joint projects of colleagues from different Classical disciplines.
If you would like to contribute to the colloquium, please send us an abstract (ca. 500 words ) before 1st May 2008. The Mommsen-Gesellschaft can contribute to travel costs and your stay in Rostock. Guests and graduate students are welcome.
Date: 9-11 October 2008
Location: Rostock/Germany
Deadline for submission of proposals: 15 April 2008
Organizers:
Dr. Norbert Kramer, Rostock
Prof. Dr. Christiane Reitz, Rostock,
PD Dr. Lorenz Winkler-Horaček, Rostock and Berlin
Information and submission of papers via email:
christiane.reitz(at)uni-rostock.de
norbert.kramer(at)uni-rostock.de
A website will be shortly available via www.Mommsen-Gesellschaft.de
9-11 Oct. 2008 in Rostock
Tradition and innovation during the Flavian Empire: media strategies
The reign of the Flavian emperors is characterized by the desire to stabilize the organization of power after the tyranny of Nero and the struggle for succession. The new dynasty faces the task of proving its legitimacy by creating continuity with its Julio-Claudian predecessors, and especially with Augustus as the founder of the principate. On the other hand, the Flavians aim to implement their own cultural and legislative practices. This ambivalence between legitimisation through the past and innovative orientation towards the future can be traced in the strategies which the new regime develops in a wide range of media: in the arts, in literature, in its overall public self-presentation.
The conference will focus on this ambivalence between tradition and the claim for innovation. We especially welcome papers with an interdisciplinary approach, particularly joint projects of colleagues from different Classical disciplines.
If you would like to contribute to the colloquium, please send us an abstract (ca. 500 words ) before 1st May 2008. The Mommsen-Gesellschaft can contribute to travel costs and your stay in Rostock. Guests and graduate students are welcome.
Date: 9-11 October 2008
Location: Rostock/Germany
Deadline for submission of proposals: 15 April 2008
Organizers:
Dr. Norbert Kramer, Rostock
Prof. Dr. Christiane Reitz, Rostock,
PD Dr. Lorenz Winkler-Horaček, Rostock and Berlin
Information and submission of papers via email:
christiane.reitz(at)uni-rostock.de
norbert.kramer(at)uni-rostock.de
A website will be shortly available via www.Mommsen-Gesellschaft.de