I'm certainly not in the know, but has there ever been a Roman Military conference of any kind in North America? <p>Legio XX<br>
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<em>has there ever been a Roman Military conference of any kind in North America?</em><br>
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No, but it's not for want of trying on my part (the proviso would be that it had to happen on the East Coast near some of the decent cideries at fall ;-). Mike Pavkovic once talked about having it in Hawaii, but there has never been a serious offer to host it made to the committee.<br>
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The problem (but it is by no means a serious obstacle) is that most scholars working on RME are based in Europe and you really need a balanced mix of scholars and re-enactors to make it work at its best. Bias either way diminishes the value of the event in my opinion.<br>
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So... why not start your own series of North American RME seminars? After you've had a couple, put in a bid to get the conference proper to come over. If I could afford it, I'd come (these days I can seldom afford European ones outside the UK, so it would need to be a good year for Bishop Industries plc... ;-).<br>
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Just a thought...<br>
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Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>
Just name where a decent cidery is and we'll bring a barrel of the stuff. <p>Legio XX<br>
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You know, I was just thinking the other day that a nice historical convention would give all the opportunity one could want for hobnobbing and trying out new impressions and toys, without the bother of getting rained on or sunburned. Panel discussions, movies, plays or dramatic readings, wargames, rolling down flights of stairs in armor, all kinds of fun! Wouldn't have to end at 4 or 5 PM, either.<br>
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Run with it, Richard, you are JUST the man to set it all up! Deb will help. If you can round up some corporate or academic financial backing, that'll help with the hotel rental, and might even contribute air fare to some of our brethren from across the Pond.<br>
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Looking forward to it! Vale,<br>
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The Foundation for Ancient Military Studies was established to support just this sort of thing (the academic side of it). Write
[email protected] with a detailed proposal and we'll see about a small seed grant.<br>
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Jenny <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=jrscline>JRSCline</A> at: 6/21/04 3:57 am<br></i>
Whoa, wacky, I thought I was kidding about that part! Sorry, Rich, looks like you aren't going to get the second story of the caupona built this summer after all! Guess I'll see all you guys at the con, eh?<br>
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Where would a venue like this be held? What role would reenactors be able to play? <p>Magnus/Matt<br>
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Dr. Bishop suggests that a good conference would have half researchers and academics, and half reenactors. You may remember that Peter Connolly himself rebuilds things and carts it around for university lectures.<br>
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Starting smaller, a research seminar might be more achievable the first year.<br>
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Lots of things to think about certainly, so feel free to join the Roman Days 2005 planning group on Yahoo to join in. Well, here too.<br>
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For example, where are the military historians in the US? We have the USNA at Annapolis locally (can we say Roman navy and marines?), VMI in Lexington. West Point is sort of a drive, but Yale has the bulk of the Dura Europos finds.<br>
There there is the US Army that funds some study on military history. <p>Legio XX<br>
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If you want to consider Yale as a possible venue because of the Dura Europas finds, then you don't want to schedule it until 2006. The museum/Art Gallery is under major renovation right now, and very little is open to the public. The scheduled reopening is 2006, per the museum/gallery folks. I was there in April, 2004. They had some Roman artifacts on the main level, but nothing military. The mithraeum is too large to relocate, and the shield(s) are presumably in special climate controlled storage during the renovation.<br>
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I can recommend Yale/New Haven, CT for access to public transportation and major airports in the vicinity - New York's two and Bradley International, and Tweed New Haven! Shuttle services can get one from any of the airports into New Haven, CT. Metro North and Amtrak provide rail service. For those with autos, parking in Yale campus lots is free on the weekends (at least it is currently).<br>
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Quote:</em></strong><hr>where are the Roman military historians in the US?<hr><br>
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<em>where are the Roman military historians in the US?<br>
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Good question</em><br>
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Well there are some here for starters:<br>
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www.geocities.com/richsc5...homilitary<br>
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How about encouraging (say) Everett L. Wheeler of Duke University to come and discuss/critique RME studies from a historian's point of view? Should flush a good few of the historians out of the woodwork, and it's bound to be provocative ;-)<br>
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"Everett L. Wheeler of Duke University "<br>
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Can't seem to find him in the History or Classical Studies dept's at Duke. <p>Legio XX<br>
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<em>Can't seem to find him in the History or Classical Studies dept's at Duke.</em><br>
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Perhaps he saw my suggestion and has gone underground ;-) ...unless he's in Camp X-Ray of course...!<br>
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Now if we could get SAMH involved here. They are mostly in the US.
Everett Wheeler has been writing
BMCR reviews out of Duke this year so even if he's not on the faculty list, it might be worth e-mailing the Classics dept. (
[email protected] ) and asking if they've got an e-mail address. He responded very promptly and helpfully when I e-mailed him about something a few years ago.