Building Narratives of Roman Power, Past and Present
April 2-4 2025
Organized by Christopher Baron (Notre Dame) in collaboration with Anders Holm Rasmussen (University of Copenhagen)
Theme
Scholars have been thinking about the Roman empire for a long time, offering a variety of theories and explanations for Roman imperialism. Too often, however, they have taken the writings of the ancient historians simply at face value. The object of this conference is to examine the attitudes toward Roman imperialism on the part of Greek historians writing under the Roman empire, and to compare these views and their evolution over time with those found in Latin historical writing. The conference offers an innovative approach by integrating historiography with the study of Roman imperialism.
Speakers:
- Sulochana Asirvatham (Montclair State University)
- Christopher Burden-Strevens (University of Kent)
- Jessica Clark (Florida State University)
- Cynthia Damon (University of Pennsylvania)
- Jon Davies (University of Copenhagen)
- Jennifer Gerrish (College of Charleston)
- Caitlin Gillespie (Brandeis University)
- Kyle Khellaf (UC Riverside)
- Mads Ortving Lindholmer (Danish Institute in Rome)
- Regina Loehr (Washington University in St. Louis)
- Jesper Majbom Madsen (University of Southern Denmark)
- Kit Morrell (University of Queensland)
- Josiah Osgood (Georgetown University)
- Antonio Pistellato (Università Ca’Foscari Venezia)
- Anders Holm Rasmussen (University of Copenhagen)
- Andrew Scott (Villanova University)
- Kathryn Welch (University of Sydney)
- Liv Mariah Yarrow (Brooklyn College)
Sponsors:
- Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, Notre Dame
- Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF)
- Department of Classics, Notre Dame
- Department of History, Notre Dame
Forthcoming Volume:
Chris Baron (Notre Dame) and Anders Holm Rasmussen (University of Copenhagen) are working on an edited volume with contributions from the conference.