SHIFTING
FRONTIERS III
The Third
Bi-Annual
SHIFTING
FRONTIERS IN LATE ANTIQUITY CONFERENCE
"Urban and
Rural in Late Antiquity,
ca. AD
200-600"
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
USA
11-14 March 1999
The
Third Conference on Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity, "Urban and Rural
in Late Antiquity" [ca. 200 - 600], will be held at Emory University,
Atlanta, 11 - 14 March 1999.
All
sessions are in the Dental Building, Rm #230, 1462 Clifton Road
The
Exhibition "Rome and the Germans as Seen in Coinage" by Emory University
and the Staatliche M|nzsammlung M|nchen is on display in the Schatten Corridore
Gallery, Level 3, of the Woodruff Library of Emory University. A complementary
copy of the catalogue can be found in your conference packet.
Thursday
11 March 1999
12:00
- 2:00 Registration: Register or pick-up your conference packet in
Dental
Building, Rm #101
Urban
Centers I
2:00
- 4:00 Session #1
"Augsburg
in Late Antiquity: A Roman City in Transition" Gunther Gottlieb
(Universitdt Augsburg, Germany)
"The
Late Ancient City and the Croatian Adriatic Coast," Miroslav Katic
(Croatia)
"Bygone
Rome in the Historia Augusta," Jacqueline Long (Loyola University,
Chicago)
"Re-Writing
Rome: Damasus and the Urbs Christiana," Dennis Trout (Tufts University)
4:00
- 4:30 Coffee Break [coffee and tea are available in Dental Building 101]
4:30
- 5:30 Plenary Session
"Towns,
Vici and Villae: Late Roman Military Society on the Frontiers of the Province
Valeria," Zsolt Visy (Pannonius University of Pics, Hungary)
6:00
- 7:00. Reception: In the Joseph W. Jones Room, Level 3 Robert W. Woodruff
Library, adjacent to the Exhibit "Rome and the Germans as Seen in
Coinage."
Friday
12 March 1999
7:00
- 8:00 Complementary Continental Breakfast available in Dental Building 101.
Late Registration is also at this time and place.
Urban
Centers II
8:00
- 9:30 Session #2
"Alexandria
and the Mareotis Region," Christopher Haas Villanova University)
"The
Case of Late Antique Berytus: Urban Wealth and Rural Sustenance: A Different
Economic Dynamic," Linda Jones Hall (St. Mary's College of Maryland)
"Urban
Space in Caesarea Maritima, Israel," Joseph Patrich (University of Haifa,
Israel)
9:30
- 10:00 Coffee Break [coffee and tea are available in Dental Building 101]
10:00
- 11:00 Plenary Session
"Women
and Horses and Power and War," John Drinkwater (University of Nottingham,
Great Britain)
11:00
- 12:00 Session #3
"Studies
on the Topography of Pompeiupolis and its Surroundings (Cilicia/Southern
Turkey) in Late Antiquity. Results of a Survey," Erguen Lafli (Universitdt
T|bingen, Germany)
"Byzantine
Urbanism at Petra: Decline or Transformation?", Zbigniew Fiema (Dumbarton
Oaks)
12:00
- 1:30 Lunch [at individual discretion]
Town
and Country I
1:30
- 3:00 Session #4
"Archaeological
Perspectives on Rural Settlement in Late Antiquity in the Upper Rhine and
Danube Area," Helmut Bender (Universitdt Passau, Germany)
"Peasants
as 'makeshift soldiers for the occasion': Sixth-century Settlement Patterns in
the Balkans," Florin Curta (Cornell University)
"Ex
toto Orbe Romano: Urbanization and Ruralization in the Carpathian-Danubian
Region during Late Antiquity," Linda Ellis (San Francisco State
University)
3:00
- 3:30 Coffee Break [coffee and tea are available in Dental Building 101]
3:30
- 4:30 Colloquium
4:30
- 5:30 Session #5
"Town
and Countryside in Roman Arabia during Late Antiquity," David Graf
(University of Miami)
"Rabbinic
Landscapes: Domestic Relations, Town and Countryside in Late Antique
Palestine," Hagith Sivan (University of Kansas)
7:00
- 9:30 Banquet and Plenary [Cox Hall Dining Room, 3rd Floor]
"Urban
Life at Rome in Late Antiquity," Giza Alfvldy (Universitdt Heidelberg,
Germany)
Saturday
13 March
7:30
- 8:30 Complementary Continental Breakfast available in Dental Building 101
Town
and Country II
8:30
- 9:30 Session #6
"From
Colonate to Slavery: A History of the Peasantry in Visigothic Spain," Luis
Garcia-Moreno (Universidad de Alcala, Spain)
"The
Interdependence of Town and Country in Late Antique Spain," Michael
Kulikowski (Washington and Lee University)
9:30
- 10:00 Coffee Break [coffee and tea are available in Dental
Building
101]
10:00
- 11:00 Session #7
"Autun
and the Civitas Aeduorum," Bailey Young (Eastern Illinois University)
"Rural
Society and Economy in Late Roman Cyprus," Marcus Rautman (University of
Missouri, Columbia)
11:00
- 12:00 Plenary Session
"The
Preacher's Household: Sermons and Gender-roles," Gillian Clark (University
of Liverpool, Great Britain)
12:00
- 1:30 Lunch [at individual discretion]
Christianization
1:30
- 3:00 Session #8
"From
Pagan to Christian in Cities of Roman Anatolia," Kenneth Harl Tulane
University)
"Christianizing
the Rural Empire: The Case of the Anatolian and Iberian Pennisulas," Mark
Graham (Michigan State University)
"Christianizing
the Syrian Countryside: An Archaeological and Architectural Approach,"
Frank Kidner (San Francisco State University)
3:00
- 3:30 Coffee Break [coffee and tea are available in Dental Building 101]
3:30
- 4:30 Session #9
"Core
and Periphery: The Christianization of the Aristocracy of Roman Italy and the
Western Provinces," Renee Salzman (University of California, Riverside)
"The
Continuity of Paganism in the Cities and Countryside of Late Roman
Africa," David Riggs (Christ Church, Oxford University, Great Britain)
4:30
- 5:30 Colloquium
5:30
- 6:30 Business Meeting of the Society for Late Antiquity [also in Dental
Building 230]
Sunday
14 March 1999
7:30
- 8:30 Complementary Continental Breakfast available in Dental Building 101
Church
and Clergy
8:30
- 10:00 Session #10
"Nec
sedere in villam: Villa-Churches, Rural Piety and the Priscillianist
Controversy," Kim Bowes (Princeton University)
"His
locis ministrent presbyteri: Urban Bishops and Country Priests in Late Antique
Gaul," Tracy Keefer (University of South Carolina)
"Urban
or Rural? Church and Churchmen in Sub-Roman Britain," Christopher Snyder
(Marymount University, Arlington)
10:00-10:30
Coffee Break [coffee and tea are available in Dental Building 101]
10:30
- 11:30 Session #11
"Monasteries
and Pilgrimage in Cilicia and Isauria," Hugh Elton (Florida International
University)
"Egeria
and Thecla Shrine at Seleucia in Isauria," Hiroaki Adachi (Doshisha
University, Japan)
Registration:
Advanced Registration begins 15 January 1999. Please register in advance, if
possible, so that we may better plan the breakfast setups, reception, and
banquet.
To
register send your name, academic affiliation, and a check payable to Emory
University to:
Shifting Frontiers
Office of University Conferences
Drawer B, DUC
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
Alternatively
conference participants and attendees for Shifting Frontiers may pay their
registration fees by credit card to the Office of University Conferences via
email. Please email the following information to univconf@resfac.emory.edu:
Name of Participant/Card Holder
Type of Credit Card (Visa and MC only)
Account Number
Expiration Date
Fee Amount
(Note: Please reference "Shifting Frontiers" in the subject line of
your email.)
If there are any questions processing your fees, Emory University's Office of
Conferences will contact you via email.
Fees:
(Includes three Continental Breakfasts, a Reception, and Banquet)
Additional meals will be available on campus and nearby on a cash basis.
Non-Students...$75
Students.........$25
Lodging:
Participants are encouraged to make reservations at the Emory Inn, where
preferred rates and rooms have been established for us. The Emory Inn is
directly on and a part of Emory University. The lecture hall where our sessions
will be held is just over one block away. For room reservations contact the
Emory Inn directly, noting our group affiliation, Shifting Frontiers in Late
Antiquity. The Emory Inn is ready to accept your reservations at anytime. To
insure guest room availability at these preferred, the Emory Inn requests that
reservations be made prior to 9 Feb. 1999. Single or Double Occupancy, $95 per
diem.
The Emory Inn, 1615 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30329. Phone (404) 712- 6565,
also 1-800-933-6679, FAX (404) 712-6025
A
limited number of dormitory-like rooms are available for graduate students at
Villa International of Atlanta. For information and rates inquire with Janice
Clotfelter, fax: 404-248-9315, phone: 404-633-6783.
Visitor
Information: Visitors to Emory from outside Atlanta can get information from
this Emory Web page [http://www.emory.edu/visitors/ ].
From Hartsfield International Airport to Emory University:
If you need transportation to campus from the airport, you may ride the Atlanta
Airport Shuttle, take a taxi cab, or utilize MARTA - Atlanta's public
transportation system:
1.
Atlanta Airport Shuttle - the shuttle will transport conference guests to and
from Atlanta Hartsfield Airport for $15 one way and $24 round-trip. The shuttle
will stop at the Woodruff Residential Center and the Turman Residential Center
(additional stops at Dobbs University Center, Emory Hospital, Emory Clinic,
Emory Inn, University Inn, and the Emory Conference Center Hotel). Reservations
are strongly recommended a day in advance, but can be made a minimum of two
hours prior to pick-up time. If no reservations have been made, the shuttle will
not stop on Emory's campus. Please call the Altanta Airport Shuttle at
404-524-3400, if you have any questions or to make a reservation.
2.
Taxi -- The taxi fare from the airport to Emory is approximately $25.00.
3.
MARTA -- From the airport, take the MARTA train Northbound to the Lindberg
Station. Exit the train at Lindberg and then board the #6 bus, which will make
multiple stops on the Emory campus. The fare for the MARTA system is $1.50
inclusive.
For
most current program check out the Website at
http://wcw.emory.edu/worldclasses/rome/frontiers.html