workshop 1

workshop 1

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The project’s first workshop, 'Leadership in times of crisis in the Later Roman Empire' was held online, 28-30 May 2021, with a focus on the fourth century.

We plan to put up some videos of the event in future

The Later Roman Empire was fraught with risks and opportunities for leadership, in the imperial, military, civic and church spheres. What we might call in retrospect ’good’ and ‘bad’ leaders and advisors flourished amid the various crises that engulfed Rome and its territories from 100 to 500 CE. Our workshop will examine some of the significant questions that arise: what forms did crisis- and risk-management take? What input did advisors have to crucial decisions of leadership and the choice of new leaders? What opportunities and risks did the end of one tenure and the beginning of the next offer to enterprising men, and occasionally to women?

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Keynote speaker

Professor Philip Bosman, Stellenbosch University

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Confirmed speakers

Associate Professor Cam Grey, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Dr Jeroen Wijnendaele, University of Ghent

Professor Pablo Ubierna and Diego M. Santos, Buenos Aires

Professor Theo de Bruyn, University of Ottawa

Professor Edward Watts, University of California, San Diego

Assistant Professor Ashley London Bacchi, Starr King School for the Ministry

Professor Hugh Elton, Trent University

Associate Professor Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides, Macquarie University

Professor Bronwen Neil, Macquarie University

Dr Peter Edwell, Macquarie University

Dr Phoebe Garrett, Macquarie University

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