11-08-2005, 07:47 AM
Call for Papers
"Beyond the Battlefields of the Graeco-Roman World": an inter-disciplinary postgraduate conference at the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford, UK, July 2-4 2006.
Ancient warfare and society has received significant attention in recent years. This is in part a result of the modern focus on the activities that preceded and followed military engagements. There is also the questioning of how ancient militia interacted and developed and yet were separated from their respective civilian societies.
This postgraduate colloquium aims to focus on the mechanisms, attitudes and behaviour of ancient armed forces beyond the context of the battlefield' and it invites contributions from the wide range of disciplines related to the Graeco-Roman World for the cross-fertilization of ideas and practices.
Amongst subjects proposed: warrior status, recruitment, communications between commander and state, religious and commemorative practices, military finance, and prisoners of war.
Professor Brian Campbell and Dr Hans van Wees have kindly agreed to give plenary papers and chair panels and this conference has also received AHRC funding.
Abstracts of proposed papers (30 minutes long) should be around 200 words in length and sent by March 31 2006 to:
Edward Bragg
Wadham College
Oxford, OX1 3PN
Edward.Bragg * AT * wadh.ox.ac.uk
"Beyond the Battlefields of the Graeco-Roman World": an inter-disciplinary postgraduate conference at the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford, UK, July 2-4 2006.
Ancient warfare and society has received significant attention in recent years. This is in part a result of the modern focus on the activities that preceded and followed military engagements. There is also the questioning of how ancient militia interacted and developed and yet were separated from their respective civilian societies.
This postgraduate colloquium aims to focus on the mechanisms, attitudes and behaviour of ancient armed forces beyond the context of the battlefield' and it invites contributions from the wide range of disciplines related to the Graeco-Roman World for the cross-fertilization of ideas and practices.
Amongst subjects proposed: warrior status, recruitment, communications between commander and state, religious and commemorative practices, military finance, and prisoners of war.
Professor Brian Campbell and Dr Hans van Wees have kindly agreed to give plenary papers and chair panels and this conference has also received AHRC funding.
Abstracts of proposed papers (30 minutes long) should be around 200 words in length and sent by March 31 2006 to:
Edward Bragg
Wadham College
Oxford, OX1 3PN
Edward.Bragg * AT * wadh.ox.ac.uk
